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Zahid Mahmood (born 20 March 1988) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays for Southern Punjab. He made his international debut for the Pakistan cricket team in February 2021.[1]

Zahid Mahmood

Personal information
Born	(1988-03-20) 20 March 1988 (age 34) Dadu, Pakistan
Batting	Right handed
Bowling	Leg break
International information
National side	Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 233)	29 March 2022 v Australia
Last ODI	21 August 2022 v Netherlands
Only T20I (cap 90)	14 February 2021 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2009/10	Hyderabad
2019/20–present	Southern Punjab
2020–2021	Quetta Gladiators
2022-present	Islamabad United (squad no. 85)
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC ODI T20 Matches 1 51 4 54 Runs scored – 611 9 98 Batting average – 12.22 9.00 9.80 100s/50s –/– 0/2 0/0 0/0 Top score – 60* 9 19* Balls bowled 24 8,793 216 1,196 Wickets 3 153 4 70 Bowling average 13.33 36.74 55.00 20.98 5 wickets in innings 0 6 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 1 0 0 Best bowling 3/40 6/57 2/59 5/16 Catches/stumpings 0/– 15/– 0/– 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 September 2022

Early life and education

He was born in Dadu to a father who is retired as a government servant from NADRA.[2] He received his early education from Ustad Bukhari Degree College.[2]

He also holds a degree in physical education from University of Sindh.[2]

Domestic career

He made his first-class debut for Hyderabad in the 2009–10 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy on 9 November 2009, making a duck in the first innings and finishing 16 not out in the second.[3] He finished his maiden first-class season with twenty-nine runs and four wickets from three matches.[4] He made his List A debut for Hyderabad in the Royal Bank of Scotland Cup in the 2009–10 season, taking two wickets.[5]

In September 2019, he was named in Southern Punjab's squad for the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament.[6][7] In October 2020, during the first round of matches in the 2020–21 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Zahid took his 100th wicket in first-class cricket.[8] In the same game he also took his first ten-wicket match haul.[9] In December 2020, he was shortlisted as one of the Domestic Cricketers of the Year for the 2020 PCB Awards.[10]

International career

In January 2021, he was named in Pakistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against South Africa.[11] He made his T20I debut for Pakistan, against South Africa, on 14 February 2021.[12] In March 2021, he was named in Pakistan's Test squad for their series against Zimbabwe.[13][14] In June 2021, he was also named in Pakistan's Test squad for the series against the West Indies.[15] In September 2021, he was named in Pakistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against New Zealand.[16] The following month, he was named in the Pakistan Shaheens squad for their tour of Sri Lanka.[17]

In November 2021, he was named in Pakistan's Test squad for their series against Bangladesh.[18] In February 2022, he was also named in Pakistan's Test squad for their series against Australia.[19] The following month, Zahid was added to Pakistan's limited overs squad, also for the matches against Australia.[20] He made his ODI debut on 29 March 2022, for Pakistan against Australia.[21]

References

External links

• Zahid Mahmood at ESPNcricinfo

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