Player profile

Saqib Mahmood

Bowler · GB

Born: February 25, 1997
Batting: Right Handed Bat
Bowling: right-arm medium fast
From: Birmingham, Warwickshire

Batting career

All formats

FormatMRunsAvgSRHS

T20710.533.331

T20I22353.8977.7812

Test2525241.9449

list a25-83.335*

ODI173110.3358.4912

t100721502*

Bowling career

All formats

FormatMWktsEconOversBest

T20748.9824.33/22

T20I22219.3063.04/34

Test262.2561.02/21

list a204.210.0

ODI17255.19140.14/42

t1007011.6218.3

About

Player story

A promising fast bowler, Saqib Mahmood was named as the England Development Programme Cricketer of the year in 2015. Born in Birmingham, Mahmood graduated to represent England Under-19s at the age of 17. An Academy member since 2012, Lancashire’s first-team debut came in 2015 in a T20 Blast encounter against Derbyshire. The debuts in the other two formats came in the following year. In the 2016 edition of the Under-19 World Cup held in Bangladesh, Mahmood picked 13 wickets in six matches for England - becoming the third highest wicket-taker in the tournament. Mahmood attended a Lions training camp in Australia in late 2017. A pacer, who is known to bowl at 90mph and reverse the old ball, Mahmood is highly rated in the domestic arena. Did you know : In his final first-class outing, Kumar Sangakkara was dismissed by Saqib Mahmood.