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Full name | Abtaha Mahin Maqsood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Glasgow, Scotland | 11 June 1999|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut(cap 25) | 17 October 2023 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 21 October 2023 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut(cap 8) | 7 July 2018 v Uganda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 24 October 2023 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2021–present | Birmingham Phoenix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Sunrisers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–present | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,20 October 2023 |
Abtaha Maqsood (born 11 June 1999) is a Scottish cricketer who currently plays for Middlesex,Sunrisers,Birmingham Phoenix and Scotland as a right-arm leg break bowler. [1] [2] The daughter of immigrants from Pakistan, [3] she was educated at Eastwood High School,Newton Mearns,and plays club cricket for Poloc,having joined them at the age of 11. After only four months at Poloc,she was called up to the Scotland under-17 squad and debuted for them aged 12. [4]
Maqsood plays cricket wearing a hijab. She has a black belt in taekwondo and was a flag bearer at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. [5] Maqsood played for the Scotland women's national cricket team in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in February 2017. [6]
In June 2018,she was named in Scotland's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament. [7] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for Scotland against Uganda in the World Twenty20 Qualifier on 7 July 2018. [8]
In May 2019,she was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Europe tournament in Spain. [9] In August 2019,she was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland. [10] Ahead of the inaugural season of The Hundred,Maqsood was signed by the Birmingham Phoenix,and played for the side again in 2022. [11] [12] In January 2022,she was named in Scotland's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia. [13] In March 2022,it was announced that Maqsood has signed for Sunrisers for the first part of the 2022 season. [14] Ahead of the 2023 season,it was announced that Maqsood was returning to Sunrisers,this time signing a professional contract with the side. [15] On 22 April 2023,she took her maiden five-wicket haul in Women's List A cricket, [16] helping her team to defeat Southern Vipers by 126 runs. [17] She also appeared for Middlesex in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup. [18]
In September 2024 she was named in the Scotland squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. [19]
In October 2024,she signed for Essex Women ahead of the 2025 women's domestic cricket restructure. [20] [21]
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