Salman Nazar

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Salman Nazar
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Salman in August 2013
Personal information
Full name
Salman Bin Nazar
Born (1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 (age 33)
Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
NicknameSal
BattingLeft-handed
Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
T20I debut(cap  57)10 November 2021 v  United States
Last T20I14 November 2022 v  Bahrain
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches71710
Runs scored10607410
Batting average 10.0060.0019.555.00
100s/50s0/00/10/00/0
Top score10605510
Balls bowled156272192
Wickets 14614
Bowling average 10.8570.2213.97
5 wickets in innings 000
10 wickets in match000
Best bowling3/83/603/8
Catches/stumpings 2/–1/–1/–2/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 November 2022

Salman Nazar (born 29 March 1991) is a Canadian cricketer who plays as bowler for the Canada national cricket team. [1] Salman is a left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He is regarded as one of the best fielders of Canada. Salman's consistency as a bowling all-rounder is admired in Canada's domestic circuit for over a decade. [2] He is first Canadian cricketer to take 400 wickets in Canadian domestic tournaments.

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Career

Salman Nazar made his first-class debut against the Netherlands on 22 August 2013. On his debut, he made 60 runs off 76 balls. [3]

In 2012, Salman made his debut in Twenty20 for Canada in Caribbean Twenty20 what's now known as Caribbean Premier League. [4] After the tour, Salman decided to spend a summer in England, and signed a contract with Spring View Cricket Club in the Bolton Cricket Association. He finished the 2012 season with 100 wickets, which included 10 five-wicket hauls at bowling average of 11.05 and a best of 9/64. [5]

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament. [6] [7] In October 2018, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies. [8] He made his List A debut for Canada in the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament on 3 October 2018. [9]

In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament. [10]

In October 2021, he was named in Canada's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Antigua. [11] He made his T20I debut on 10 November 2021, for Canada against the United States. [12] In February 2022, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A tournament in Oman. [13]

ICC Men's World Cricket League

Salman Nazar scored a well fought half century for Canada vs Vanuatu when Vanuatu had a brilliant start and restricted Canada to 4 wickets down for just 30 runs in only the first 45 mins of the game. Salman walked in to bat at #6 and put up the second highest partnership of ICC world Cricket League alongside N. Kirton, and dedicated that well fought knock to his late father Syed Nazar Hussain Shah in the celebration on field.[ citation needed ]

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