Qadeer Ahmed

Qadeer Ahmed Khan (Urdu: قدیر احمد) (born 15 November 1985) is a Pakistani-born cricketer who played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. He made his One Day International debut for the United Arab Emirates against Hong Kong in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship on 18 November 2015.^[1] He made his Twenty20 International debut for the UAE against Oman on 22 November 2015.^[2]

Qadeer Ahmed

Personal information
Full name	Qadeer Ahmed Khan
Born	(1985-11-15) 15 November 1985 (age 37) Attock, Pakistan
Batting	Right handed
Bowling	Right handed medium-fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	United Arab Emirates
ODI debut (cap 63)	18 November 2015 v Hong Kong
Last ODI	14 April 2019 v Zimbabwe
T20I debut (cap 22)	22 November 2015 v Oman
Last T20I	8 August 2019 v Netherlands
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 11 10 3 17 Runs scored 9 7 7 22 Batting average 4.50 7.00 7.00 5.50 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 4 5* 6* 7* Balls bowled 516 192 288 768 Wickets 8 9 5 15 Bowling average 58.37 28.11 34.00 41.40 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 0 Best bowling 2/38 2/18 3/43 3/48 Catches/stumpings 1/– 2/– 2/– 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 October 2021

In January 2018, he was named in the United Arab Emirates's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.^[3] In December 2018, he was named in the United Arab Emirates' team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.^[4]

In September 2019, he was named in the United Arab Emirates' squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the UAE.^[5] However, the following month, he was dropped from the UAE's squad for the tournament.^[6] Two days before the start of the tournament, the ICC confirmed that Ahmed had been suspended, after breaching cricket's anti-corruption rules.^[7][8] In April 2021, Qadeer was banned from all cricket for five years,^[9] backdated from 16 October 2019.^[10]

References

1. "ICC World Cricket League Championship, 14th Match: United Arab Emirates v Hong Kong at Dubai (CA), Nov 18, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
2. "Oman tour of United Arab Emirates, Only T20I: United Arab Emirates v Oman at Abu Dhabi, Nov 22, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
3. "Six teams vying for the final two spots in ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
4. "Emirates Cricket Board announce team that will represent the UAE in Asia Cricket's Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2018". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
5. "Emirates Cricket Board announces side to compete in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifiers 2019". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
6. "Unexplained withdrawals, Raza left holding the chalice. UAE T20 World Cup Qualifier preview". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
7. "Three UAE players charged under anti-corruption code". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
8. "UAE's Mohammad Naveed, Shaiman Anwar, Qadeer Ahmed suspended for corruption". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
9. "UAE bowler Qadeer Ahmed accepts five-year ban over corruption charge". The National. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
10. "Qadeer banned for five years under ICC Anti-Corruption Code". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

External links

• Qadeer Ahmed at ESPNcricinfo