Shoaib Sarwar

Shoaib Sarwar

Personal information
Born	(1986-10-15) 15 October 1986 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006–2008	United Arab Emirates
First-class debut	4 February 2008 United Arab Emirates v Kenya
Last First-class	3 April 2008 United Arab Emirates v Netherlands
List A debut	22 April 2006 United Arab Emirates v Ireland A
Last List A	27 April 2006 United Arab Emirates v Sri Lanka A
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 3 2 Runs scored 134 8 Batting average 26.80 8.00 100s/50s 0/2 0/0 Top score 61 8 Balls bowled 354 42 Wickets 2 0 Bowling average 117.50 – 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 1/46 0/22 Catches/stumpings 0/0 0/0
Source: CricketArchive, 28 September 2008

Shoaib Sarwar (born 15 October 1986) is a United Arab Emirates cricketer.^[1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler,^[2] he has played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team since 2006,^[3] including three first-class and two List A matches.^[2]

Biography

Born in Sharjah in 1986,^[2] Shoaib Sarwar first played for the UAE at Under-19 level, playing in the Youth Asia Cup in Karachi in 2003 and in the ACC Under-19 Cup in Nepal in 2005.^[4] He first played for the senior side in 2006,^[3] making his List A debut with matches against Ireland A and Sri Lanka A in the EurAsia Cricket Series in Abu Dhabi.^[5] He also played against Brunei and Saudi Arabia in that year's ACC Trophy.^[4]

He made his first-class debut in February 2008, playing an ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Kenya.^[6] He scored 61 in the second innings of that match,^[7] his highest first-class score.^[2] He has since played matches in the tournament against Ireland and the Netherlands^[6] as well as a match against Essex County Cricket Club. He most recently represented his country in the ACC Trophy Elite tournament in Kuala Lumpur.^[4]

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