Babar Hayat

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Babar Hayat
Personal information
Full name
Babar Hayat
Born (1992-01-05) 5 January 1992 (age 32)
Hazro, Punjab, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Role Batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  22)1 May 2014 v  Afghanistan
Last ODI18 September 2018 v  India
ODI shirt no.10
T20I debut(cap  3)16 March 2014 v  Nepal
Last T20I17 February 2024 v  Japan
T20I shirt no.10
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches2256653
Runs scored7841,3237121,806
Batting average 39.2028.7671.2039.26
100s/50s0/81/83/11/14
Top score89122214* 135
Catches/stumpings 11/–36/–7/–19/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 February 2024

Babar Hayat (born 5 January 1992) is a Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer, who plays for the Hong Kong cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and a former captain of the national team.

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International career

Babar made his T20I cricket completion debut against Nepal on 16 March 2014. In his debut match he made only 20 runs from 25 balls. [1] He made his One Day International debut against Afghanistan in the 2014 ACC Premier League on 1 May 2014. [2] In the 2016 Asia Cup Qualifier in February 2016, he became the first Hong Kong player to score a century in a T20I match. [3]

Babar Hayat set the record for the highest ever T20I score by any player in the second innings of a T20I (122) and second in the list for scoring the highest ever T20I score in a losing cause just behind Australia's Shane Watson's 124*. Babar Hayat's 122 was also the highest ever score in T20I in the 2nd innings of a T20I in a losing cause. [4] Babar Hayat's 122 was in second place for the highest percentage of runs in a completed innings of a team, where his team scored only 175/7 in that innings. [5]

On 16 February 2017 in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship match against the Netherlands, he and Anshuman Rath made 197 runs for the third wicket. This was a List A record for Hong Kong and a record for any wicket in a World Cricket League match. [6]

In December 2017, he became the first batsman for Hong Kong to score a double century in first-class cricket, when he made 214 not out against Papua New Guinea in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup. [7]

In August 2018, he was named the captain of Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament. [8] However, prior to the tournament, Hayat stepped down as captain, [9] with Anshuman Rath replacing him. [10] Hong Kong won the qualifier tournament, and he was then named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup. [11]

In December 2018, he was named in Hong Kong's team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup. [12] He was the leading run-scorer for Hong Kong in the tournament, with 136 runs in three matches. [13] In April 2019, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia. [14]

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. [15] However, ahead of the 2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series, Hayat declared that he was no longer available to play for Hong Kong. [16]

However, in May 2022, he was named in Hong Kong's side for the 2022 Uganda Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament. [17]

T20 franchise career

On 3 June 2019, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament. [18] [19] In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Brampton Wolves franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament. [20]

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