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Born | Multan, Punjab, Pakistan | 12 February 1996|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Opening Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut(cap 89) | 5 February 2022 v Oman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 6 June 2023 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut(cap 55) | 5 October 2021 v Namibia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 15 December 2024 v Oman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2024-present | MI Emirates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Chattogram Challengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,15 December 2024 |
Muhammad Waseem (born 12 February 1996) is an Emirati cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. [1] [2]
Waseem was born in Pakistan, [3] growing up in the Punjab's city of Mian Channu. His nickname is Babba. [4] He qualified to play for the UAE in April 2021 by meeting the ICC's three-year residency requirement. [3]
On 3 February 2021,in the 2021 T10 League,Waseem equalled the record for the fastest fifty in a T10 cricket match,doing so in 12 balls. [5] [6] In May 2021,he was called into the Multan Sultans squad as a replacement player for the 2021 Pakistan Super League. [7] In September 2023,he was picked by the Chattogram Challengers following the players' draft to play for them in the 2024 Bangladesh Premier League. [8]
In October 2021,Waseem was named in the UAE's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2021 Summer T20 Bash tournament. [9] He made his T20I debut on 5 October 2021,for the UAE against Namibia. [10] Five days later,in the UAE's match against Ireland,Waseem scored his first century in T20I cricket,with 107 not out from 62 balls. [11]
In November 2021,he was named in the UAE's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2021 Namibia Tri-Nation Series. [12] In February 2022,he was also named in the UAE's ODI squad for their series against Oman. [13] He made his ODI debut on 5 February 2022 against Oman. [14]
Waseem was appointed captain of the UAE in March 2023,replacing CP Rizwan for the final match of the 2023 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series. His first full series was the Nepal Tri-Nation Series which was UAE's final series of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2. [15] Waseem scored his maiden ODI century against Papua New Guinea in the Nepal series,scoring 119 from 76 balls including twelve sixes. His century came from 61 balls and set a new UAE record for the fastest ODI century, [16] but was surpassed the following day by Asif Khan's 41-ball century. [17]
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