Nizakat Khan

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Nizakat Khan
Personal information
Full name
Nizakat Khan
Born (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 31)
leg break
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 25)1 May 2014 v Afghanistan
Last ODI18 September 2018 v India
T20I debut (cap 9)16 March 2014 v Nepal
Last T20I31 October 2023 v Bahrain
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 20 53 6 58
Runs scored 583 996 435 1,618
Batting average 30.68 19.52 39.54 30.52
100s/50s 0/3 0/5 1/3 1/7
Top score 94 81 123 127*
Balls bowled 139 84 180 775
Wickets 4 4 1 18
Bowling average 26.00 20.75 85.00 28.72
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/11 3/19 1/42 4/14
Catches/stumpings 8/– 24/– 4/– 24/–
Source: Cricinfo, 31 October 2023

Nizakat Khan (born 8 July 1992) is a Pakistani-born Hong Kong

leg break. In August 2021, he was named the captain of the Hong Kong cricket team.[1]

Biography

Having played age-group cricket for

half centuries and a high score of 95.[4] His highest score came against Namibia.[5] With the ball he took 10 wickets at a bowling average of 18.80, with best figures of 4/14.[6] His best bowling performance came against Uganda.[7]

He made his

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[11][12] In August 2018, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament.[13] Hong Kong won the qualifier tournament, and he was then named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup.[14]

In December 2018, he was named in Hong Kong's team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[15] In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[16]

In September 2019, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the

2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[17] Ahead of the tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as the key player in Hong Kong's squad.[18] In November 2019, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[19] Later the same month, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman.[20]

In May 2022, he was named as the captain of Hong Kong's side for the 2022 Uganda Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament.[21]

References

  1. ^ "Nizakat Khan named new Hong Kong men's captain". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Nizakat Khan". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  3. ^ "List A Matches played by Nizakat Khan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  4. ^ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Nizakat Khan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Hong Kong v Namibia, 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  6. ^ "List A Bowling For Each Team by Nizakat Khan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Hong Kong v Uganda, 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  8. ^ "Asian Cricket Council Premier League, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  9. ^ "Hong Kong's Nizakat Khan suspended for illegal action". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Murtagh's four-for gives Ireland top spot". ESPN Cricinfo. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Global T20 Canada: Complete Squads". SportsKeeda. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Global T20 Canada League – Full Squads announced". CricTracker. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  13. ^ "Hong Kong Squad for the ACC Asia Cup Qualifiers 2018 - 27th August - 8th September 2018". Hong Kong Cricket. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  14. ^ "Anshuman Rath to lead Hong Kong into the 2018 Unimoni Asia Cup". Hong Kong Cricket. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  15. ^ "Aizaz Khan to replace injured Anshuman Rath as captain for Emerging Nations Cup!". Hong Kong Cricket. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  16. ^ "Global T20 draft streamed live". Canada Cricket Online. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  17. ^ "Men's ICC T20 World Cup Qualifiers squad announcement". Cricket Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  18. ^ "Team preview: Hong Kong". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  19. ^ "Hong Kong ACC Emerging Teams Tournament Men's Squad Announcement". Hong Kong Cricket. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  20. ^ "Hong Kong ICC Challenge League 'B' Squad Announcement". Hong Kong Cricket. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  21. ^ "Hong Kong men's squad for ICC Challenge League B round 2 in Uganda announced!". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

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