Cricket career
Born in Abu Dhabi in 1976, [2] Ahmed Nadeem first played for the UAE at the 1997 ICC Trophy [3] in Kuala Lumpur,his first match being against West Africa. [6] It would be three years before he next played for them –the 2000 ACC Trophy in the UAE. He also played in that tournament in 2002 and 2004. [7]
In 2001,he played in the 2001 ICC Trophy in Ontario [6] and in the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes,a tournament he also played in the following year. In 2003,he played for an Emirates Cricket Board team in four matches against Pakistan A, [7] and made his first-class and List A debut in 2004. His first-class debut was against Malaysia in the Intercontinental Cup [4] and his List A debut was against Canada in the ICC 6 Nations Challenge. [5]
He played for the UAE in the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland, [5] also playing three matches against England A, [7] matches in the 2005 Intercontinental Cup against Hong Kong and Nepal [4] and an ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament match against Hong Kong. [7]
After being absent from the team in 2006,he played for them in 2007,playing four Intercontinental Cup matches,including two against Scotland. [4] He also played an ACC Premier League match against Malaysia and against a Scotland XI and twice against a Canadian Invitation XI,which was his last appearance for his country to date. [7]
Cricket statistics
In his seven first-class matches,Ahmed Nadeem has scored 143 runs at an average of 14.30 with a top score of 34 [2] for the UAE [3] against Hong Kong. [8] He has taken 17 wickets at an average of 23.52 with best innings bowling figures of 5/84 [2] for the UAE [3] against Scotland. [9] In List A cricket he has scored 71 runs at an average of 14.20 with a top score of 24 [2] for the UAE [3] against the USA [10] and taken twelve wickets at an average of 22.33 with best innings bowling figures of 5/32 [2] also for the UAE, [3] against the USA. [11]
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