Antum Amir Naqvi (Arabic :انتومأميرنقفي;born 5 April 1999) is a Belgium-born Zimbabwean cricketer,who plays as a right-arm off-spinner and right-hand batter. [1] [2]
Naqvi was born in Brussels,Belgium,to Belgian parents whose families had migrated to Belgium from India and Pakistan. [3] When he was four years old his family moved to Australia,where he was educated at The Hills Sports High School in Sydney. [4] He is a qualified commercial pilot. [5] His younger brother Awad Naqvi plays for Tuskers. [6]
While Naqvi was living and playing cricket in Darwin in Australia,he was encouraged to play cricket in Zimbabwe by the former Zimbabwe international player Solomon Mire. [5] He made his first-class cricket debut in Zimbabwe in January 2023,playing for Mid West Rhinos in the Logan Cup against Eagles. He scored 140 not out batting at number six,and took 4 for 22 in the first innings and another wicket and three catches in the second innings in an innings victory for Rhinos. [7] In his second match a few days later he scored 103 in Mid West Rhinos' only innings, [8] thus becoming the 21st person in the history of first-class cricket to score hundreds in his first two innings. [9] In the final match of the competition,Naqvi made a third century and took five wickets. [10]
Naqvi made his List A debut in October 2023. In his second match,two days after his first,he took 3 for 56 and scored 128 not out off 93 balls,finishing off the victory for Rhinos with an unbroken 202-run partnership with Tarisai Musakanda. [11] Since then Naqvi has scored two more List A 100s.
In January 2024,captaining Mid West Rhinos in the Logan Cup against Matabeleland Tuskers,Naqvi scored 300 not out off 295 deliveries before declaring at 538 for 3;Rhinos went on to win by an innings and 40 runs. It is the first triple-century in the history of Zimbabwean domestic cricket. [12] [13] [14]
In March 2025,Naqvi captained Rhinos to the Zimbabwe Domestic Twenty20 championship. They won all four of their round-robin matches,then won the final,in which Naqvi scored 50 off 32 balls then took 2 for 19. [15] [16]
In July 2024,he earned his maiden call-up for the Zimbabwe national team for their T20I series against India. However,he did not play in any of the matches. [17] [18] [19] [20]