Waqas Barkat

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Waqas Barkat
Personal information
Full name
Waqas Barkat
Born (1990-02-17) 17 February 1990 (age 34)
Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
Role Batsman, Wicket-keeper
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  27)1 May 2014 v  Afghanistan
Last ODI10 March 2018 v  Zimbabwe
T20I debut(cap  11)16 March 2014 v  Nepal
Last T20I6 March 2020 v  Malaysia
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches1030228
Runs scored10230730410
Batting average 12.7513.9510.0017.82
100s/50s0/00/00/00/2
Top score273723* 66
Balls bowled9020024336
Wickets 0608
Bowling average 43.3334.37
5 wickets in innings 0000
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling2/133/39
Catches/stumpings 3/–8/–0/–16/3
Source: CricketArchive, 31 January 2023

Waqas Barkat (born 17 February 1990) is a Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer. Barkat is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He was born in Rawalpindi, Punjab.

Having played age group cricket for Hong Kong Under-19s in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup, [1] he proceeded to make his World Cricket League debut for Hong Kong in the 2011 World Cricket League Division Three, where he helped Hong Kong earn promotion to 2011 World Cricket League Division Two. It was in this tournament that he made his List A debut against Uganda. He played 5 further List A matches in the competition, the last coming against Papua New Guinea. [2] In his 6 matches, he scored 49 runs at a batting average of 8.16, with a high score of 25. Behind the stumps he took 9 catches and made 3 stumpings. [3]

He made his One Day International debut against Afghanistan in the 2014 ACC Premier League on 1 May 2014. [4]

In September 2019, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates. [5] In November 2019, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman. [6]

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References

  1. "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Waqas Barkat". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  2. "List A Matches played by Waqas Barkat". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  3. "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Waqas Barkat". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  4. "Asian Cricket Council Premier League, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  5. "Men's ICC T20 World Cup Qualifiers squad announcement". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  6. "Hong Kong ICC Challenge League 'B' Squad Announcement". Hong Kong Cricket. Retrieved 22 November 2019.