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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 | 18 April 2025 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut(cap 8) | 7 July 2018 v Uganda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 13 October 2024 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | Birmingham Phoenix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022-2024 | Sunrisers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2025 | Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,6 June 2025 |
Abtaha "Abbie" Maqsood (born 11 June 1999) is a Scottish cricketer who currently plays for Essex and Scotland as a right-arm leg break bowler. She has also previously played for Middlesex,Sunrisers and Birmingham Phoenix. [1] [2]
The daughter of immigrants from Pakistan, [3] Maqsood was educated at Eastwood High School,Newton Mearns,and played club cricket for Poloc,having joined them at the age of 11. She plays cricket wearing a hijab. She has a black belt in taekwondo and was a flag bearer at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. [4]
After only four months at Poloc,Maqsood was called up to the Scotland under-17 squad and debuted for them aged 12. [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]
Maqsood was part of the Scotland squad for the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Pakistan in April 2025. [22]