Iqbal Hussain (cricketer)

Iqbal Hussain (born 14 January 1989) is a cricketer who plays for the Qatar national cricket team and the former captain of the national team.^[1]

Career edit

He was named in Qatar's squad for the 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five tournament in South Africa.^[2] He played in Qatar's opening fixture, against the Cayman Islands, on 3 September 2017.^[3]

He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Qatar against Saudi Arabia on 21 January 2019 in the 2019 ACC Western Region T20 tournament.^[4] He was the leading wicket-taker in the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier tournament, with twelve dismissals in four matches.^[5]

In September 2019, he was named as the captain of Qatar's team for the 2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A tournament.^[6] He made his List A debut for Qatar, against Singapore, in the Cricket World Cup Challenge League A tournament on 17 September 2019.^[7] In October 2021, he was named as the captain of Qatar's squad for the Group A matches in the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier.^[8]

^ "Iqbal Hussain". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
^ "Road to ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 starts in South Africa". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^ "Group A, ICC World Cricket League Division Five at Benoni, Sep 3 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
^ "4th Match, ACC Western Region T20 at Al Amarat, Jan 21 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ "ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Region Final, 2019 / Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
^ "Qatar eye Challenge League title in Malaysia". The Peninsula Qatar. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
^ "2nd Match, CWC Challenge League Group A at Kuala Lumpur, Sep 17 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
^ "Qatar to host T20 World Cup qualifiers". Gulf Times. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

This biographical article related to Qatari cricket is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.