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| Full name | Syed Saad Ali | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 October 1993 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm Medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut(cap 224) | 29 March 2019 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 31 March 2019 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Islamabad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017/18 | United Bank Limited | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Quetta Gladiators | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Lahore Qalandars | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019/20 | Sindh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,16 January 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syed Saad Ali (born 5 October 1993) is a Pakistani-born cricketer who played for the Pakistan national cricket team in 2019 before retiring in 2023 to join Major League Cricket. [1] [2]
He made his Twenty20 debut for Islamabad in the 2017–18 National T20 Cup on 12 November 2017. [3] In November 2017,he was selected to play for the Quetta Gladiators in 2018 Pakistan Super League players draft. [4]
He was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy,with a total of 957 runs in ten matches,more than 200 runs ahead of the next leading batsman in the tournament. [5] He was also the leading run-scorer for Karachi Whites in the 2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam One Day Cup,with 243 runs in five matches. [6] He was also the leading run-scorer for Peshawar in the 2018–19 National T20 Cup,with 183 runs in four matches. [7]
In March 2019,he was named in Punjab's squad for the 2019 Pakistan Cup. [8] [9] In September 2019,he was named in Sindh's squad for the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament. [10] [11] In March 2021,Saad was signed by Longton Cricket Club to play in the North Staffordshire and South Cheshire League during the summer of 2021 in England. [12]
In April 2018,he was named in Pakistan's Test squad for their tours to Ireland and England in May 2018,but he did not play. [13] [14] In August 2018,he was one of thirty-three players to be awarded a central contract for the 2018–19 season by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). [15] [16]
In November 2018,he was again named in Pakistan's Test squad,this time for their series against New Zealand. [17] In December 2018,he was named in Pakistan's team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup. [18]
In March 2019,he was named in Pakistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Australia. [19] [20] He made his ODI debut for Pakistan against Australia on 29 March 2019. [21]