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Born | (1996-02-12) 12 February 1996 (age 28) Multan, Punjab, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Opening Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 89) | 5 February 2022 v Oman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 6 June 2023 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 55) | 5 October 2021 v Namibia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 3 November 2023 v Nepal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2024 | MI Emirates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Chattogram Challengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 September 2023 |
Muhammad Waseem (born 12 February 1996) is a Pakistani-born cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team.[1][2]
Waseem was born in Pakistan,[3] growing up in the Punjab's city of Mian Channu. His nickname is Babba. [4] He qualified to play for the UAE in April 2021 by meeting the ICC's three-year residency requirement.[3]
On 3 February 2021, in the 2021 T10 League, Waseem equalled the record for the fastest fifty in a T10 cricket match, doing so in 12 balls.[5][6] In May 2021, he was called into the Multan Sultans squad as a replacement player for the 2021 Pakistan Super League.[7] In September 2023, he was picked by the Chattogram Challengers following the players' draft to play for them in the 2024 Bangladesh Premier League.[8]
In October 2021, Waseem was named in the UAE's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2021 Summer T20 Bash tournament.[9] He made his T20I debut on 5 October 2021, for the UAE against Namibia.[10] Five days later, in the UAE's match against Ireland, Waseem scored his first century in T20I cricket, with 107 not out from 62 balls.[11]
In November 2021, he was named in the UAE's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2021 Namibia Tri-Nation Series.[12] In February 2022, he was also named in the UAE's ODI squad for their series against Oman.[13] He made his ODI debut on 5 February 2022 against Oman.[14]
Waseem was appointed captain of the UAE in March 2023, replacing CP Rizwan for the final match of the 2023 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series. His first full series was the Nepal Tri-Nation Series which was UAE's final series of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2.[15] Waseem scored his maiden ODI century against Papua New Guinea in the Nepal series, scoring 119 from 76 balls including twelve sixes. His century came from 61 balls and set a new UAE record for the fastest ODI century,[16] but was surpassed the following day by Asif Khan's 41-ball century.[17]
Current captains of associate national cricket teams of Asian region | |
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Sultan Ahmed, Sanchit Sharma, Adhitya Shetty and Vishnu Sukumaran as reserves for the team. Fahad Nawaz replaced Zawar Farid due to injury. |