Saqib Zulfiqar

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Saqib Zulfiqar
Personal information
Full name
Saqib Zulfiqar
Born (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 28)
North Holland
BattingRight-handed
Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox
Role Batsman
Relations Zulfiqar Ahmed (father)
Asad Zulfiqar (brother)
Sikander Zulfiqar (brother)
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  70)21 June 2019 v  Zimbabwe
Last ODI3 November 2023 v  Afghanistan
T20I debut(cap  41)12 June 2018 v  Ireland
Last T20I11 July 2025 v  Italy
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches1512118
Runs scored194775237
Batting average 14.9212.832.5014.81
100s/50s0/00/00/00/0
Top score34* 25* 534*
Balls bowled31210824318
Wickets 9409
Bowling average 37.3328.25–38.33
5 wickets in innings 00–0
10 wickets in match00–0
Best bowling2/432/16–2/43
Catches/stumpings 4/–4/–2/–5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 August 2025

Mohammad Saqib Zulfiqar (born 28 March 1997) is a Dutch cricketer. [1] He made his List A debut for the Netherlands against the United Arab Emirates on 17 July 2017. [2] In the match, he played alongside his brothers Asad and Sikander, making it the first instance of three siblings playing for a professional cricket team in the same game. [3] He made his first-class debut for the Netherlands in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 15 August 2017. [4]

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International career

In June 2018, he was named in the Netherlands' Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2018 Netherlands Tri-Nation Series. [5] He made his T20I debut against Ireland on 12 June 2018. [6]

In June 2019, he was named in the Netherlands' One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Zimbabwe. [7] He made his ODI debut for the Netherlands against Zimbabwe on 21 June 2019. [8] In April 2020, he was one of seventeen Dutch-based cricketers to be named in the team's senior squad. [9]

T20 career

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Rotterdam Rhinos in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament. [10] [11] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Saqib Zulfiqar". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "United Arab Emirates tour of Netherlands, 1st Match: Netherlands v United Arab Emirates at Amstelveen, Jul 17, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Triplets add to storied sibling history". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "ICC Intercontinental Cup at Dublin, Aug 15-18 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Three new faces as Netherlands begin post-Borren era". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "1st Match, Netherlands Tri-Nation T20I Series at Rotterdam, Jun 12 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Netherlands vs Zimbabwe: ODI & T20 Series". Cricket World. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "2nd ODI, Zimbabwe tour of Netherlands and Ireland at Deventer, Jun 21 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "Dutch men's squads announced". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  10. ↑ "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  11. ↑ "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  12. ↑ "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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