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Full name | Saif Ali Zaib | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Northampton, England | 22 May 1998||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–present | Northamptonshire (squad no. 5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Northern Superchargers (squad no. 16) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Sudurpaschim Royals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024/25 | Southern Rocks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 4 August 2015 Northamptonshire v Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 31 July 2014 Northamptonshire v New Zealand A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,9 December 2024 |
Saif Ali Zaib (born 22 May 1998 in Northampton) is an English cricketer who plays for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. A spin-bowling all-rounder,Zaib is a left-handed batsman,who bowls left-arm orthodox spin. He made his List A debut for the county against the touring New Zealand A cricket team in July 2014, [1] and his first-class debut the following August.
Ahead of the 2015 season,Zaib signed a three-year contract with Northamptonshire. [2]
He made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Northamptonshire in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast on 27 July 2017. [3]
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