Sajid Mahmood
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| Batting style | Right hand bat | |
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| Bowling type | Right arm fast | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 8 | 20 |
| Runs scored | 81 | 83 |
| Batting average | 8.10 | 9.22 |
| 100s/50s | -/- | -/- |
| Top score | 34 | 22* |
| Balls bowled | 1130 | 921 |
| Wickets | 20 | 22 |
| Bowling average | 38.10 | 41.27 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a |
| Best bowling | 4/22 | 3/37 |
| Catches/stumpings | -/- | 1/- |
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Sajid Iqbal Mahmood (born 21 December 1981 in Bolton, Greater Manchester) is an English cricketer of Pakistani Janjua Rajput descent. He is a right-arm fast bowler who plays international cricket for England and county cricket for Lancashire. He is the cousin of the boxer Amir Khan.
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[edit] Early life
Mahmood began playing club cricket in the Bolton Leagues, and played well enough to be signed by Lancashire in 2002. Despite having taken only six first-class wickets, he was chosen for England A's tour to India and Malaysia in 2003-04.
[edit] England career
He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2003; in the same year, he inadvertently rendered Lancashire team-mate Andrew Flintoff and England A team-mate Alex Gidman out of action with broken hands, an early indicator of his pace.
He made his One-day International debut for England against New Zealand at Bristol in July 2004, but his seven overs proved expensive, conceding 56 runs without a wicket. More recently, he toured India with England in early 2006, playing in the third, sixth and seventh ODIs and taking several wickets.
He was included in the Test squad against Sri Lanka in 2006 following injuries to Steve Harmison, James Anderson and Simon Jones, and earned his first cap on 11 May 2006 in the first Test at Lord's, becoming England's 633rd Test player. England reached an imposing first-innings score of 551, and Mahmood took three wickets in his first four overs in Test cricket at the end of the second day, as the Sri Lankan team disintegrated to 91 for 6 at the close. He was unable to add to his tally before Sri Lanka were forced to follow on early on the third day, but added two further wickets in Sri Lanka's more composed second innings on the fourth day.
Mahmood was replaced by Jon Lewis for the third Test against Sri Lanka. However on 27 July 2006 he was selected ahead of Lewis for the second Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford after Liam Plunkett was ruled out due to injury. Although the pitch at Old Trafford favoured seamers, Mahmood performed relatively poorly. However, he was retained for the Third Test at Headingley. He contributed 34 runs with the bat in England's first innings, but then went for 108 runs over 24 overs, albeit with two wickets, in a high-scoring Pakistan first innings. In the second innings, he took 4 wickets for only 22 runs in 8 overs, contributing significantly to England's series-clinching victory [1]. He featured in the final match of the series, dubbed Ovalgate. Taking 2-101 in Pakistan's first innings, before the game was cancelled during England's second innings.
[edit] England in Australia 2006/2007
Mahmood was selected for England's 2006-07 Ashes squad, but James Anderson was selected ahead of him for the first and second tests. For the third test in Perth Mahmood and Monty Panesar replaced Anderson and Ashley Giles. He featured sporadically in the test, bowling just 7 overs in Australia's first innings and 10 in their second, taking no wickets. He later expressed his unhappiness about not bowling more during the test.[2] Mahmood also played in the ODI match against Australia on 2nd February 2007 in Sydney, taking 2 wickets for 38 runs, and sharing the new ball with fellow fast bowler Liam Plunkett. He took the wicket of Brad Hodge by bowling him. He also took the wicket of destructive batsman Matthew Hayden after Hayden had scored 51. Hayden hit the ball straight to Jamie Dalrymple.
[edit] Personal Life
- He is the older cousin of boxers Amir Khan and Haroon Khan.
- He has a younger brother named Rebak who wants to be a cricketer.
[edit] References
- ^ Pakistan in England Test Series - 3rd Test scorecard
- ^ Mahmood reveals disquiet over England bowling plan
[edit] See also
[edit] External Links
- Sajid Mahmood Official Site
- Sajid Mahmood at Cricinfo
- Interview with Sajid Mahmood and Amir Khan in The Guardian
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England squad - 2007 Cricket World Cup | |
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1 Bell | 2 Bopara | 3 Joyce | 4 Pietersen | 5 Strauss | 6 Vaughan | 7 Collingwood | 8 Dalrymple | 9 Flintoff | 10 Nixon | 11 Anderson | 12 Lewis | 13 Mahmood | 14 Panesar | 15 Plunkett | Coach: Fletcher |
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