Ahmed Nadeem
Ahmed Nadeem (born 26 October 1976) is a United Arab Emirati cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,[2] he has played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team since 1997,[3] including seven first-class[4] and eight List A matches.[5] He has represented his country in three ICC Trophy tournaments[6] and three ACC Trophy tournaments.[7]
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| Born | 26 October 1976 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 17 September 2004 UAE v Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 6 July 2007 UAE v Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 29 February 2004 UAE v Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last List A | 11 July 2005 UAE v Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 5 September 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cricket career edit
Born in Abu Dhabi in 1976,[2] Ahmed Nadeem first played for the UAE at the 1997 ICC Trophy[3] in Kuala Lumpur, his first match being against West Africa.[6] It would be three years before he next played for them – the 2000 ACC Trophy in the UAE. He also played in that tournament in 2002 and 2004.[7]
In 2001, he played in the 2001 ICC Trophy in Ontario[6] and in the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes, a tournament he also played in the following year. In 2003, he played for an Emirates Cricket Board team in four matches against Pakistan A,[7] and made his first-class and List A debut in 2004. His first-class debut was against Malaysia in the Intercontinental Cup[4] and his List A debut was against Canada in the ICC 6 Nations Challenge.[5]
He played for the UAE in the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland,[5] also playing three matches against England A,[7] matches in the 2005 Intercontinental Cup against Hong Kong and Nepal[4] and an ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament match against Hong Kong.[7]
After being absent from the team in 2006, he played for them in 2007, playing four Intercontinental Cup matches, including two against Scotland.[4] He also played an ACC Premier League match against Malaysia and against a Scotland XI and twice against a Canadian Invitation XI, which was his last appearance for his country to date.[7]
Cricket statistics edit
In his seven first-class matches, Ahmed Nadeem has scored 143 runs at an average of 14.30 with a top score of 34[2] for the UAE[3] against Hong Kong.[8] He has taken 17 wickets at an average of 23.52 with best innings bowling figures of 5/84[2] for the UAE[3] against Scotland.[9] In List A cricket he has scored 71 runs at an average of 14.20 with a top score of 24[2] for the UAE[3] against the USA[10] and taken twelve wickets at an average of 22.33 with best innings bowling figures of 5/32[2] also for the UAE,[3] against the USA.[11]
References edit
- ^ Ahmed Nadeem at Cricinfo
- ^ a b c d e f Ahmed Nadeem at CricketArchive
- ^ a b c d e f Teams played for by Ahmed Nadeem at CricketArchive
- ^ a b c d First-class matches played by Ahmed Nadeem at CricketArchive
- ^ a b c List A matches played by Ahmed Nadeem at CricketArchive
- ^ a b c ICC Trophy matches played by Ahmed Nadeem at CricketArchive
- ^ a b c d e f Other matches played by Ahmed Nadeem at CricketArchive
- ^ First-class batting and fielding against each opponent by Ahmed Nadeem at CricketArchive
- ^ First-class bowling against each opponent by Ahmed Nadeem at CricketArchive
- ^ List A batting and fielding against each opponent by Ahmed Nadeem at CricketArchive
- ^ List A bowling against each opponent for Ahmed Nadeem at CricketArchive