Basil Hameed (born 15 April 1992) is an Indian-born cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team.[1][2] In December 2019, he was named in the One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2019 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series.[3] He made his ODI debut for the UAE, against the United States on 8 December 2019.[4]
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| Full name | Basil Hameed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1992-04-15) 15 April 1992 (age 30) Panniyankara, Kerala, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 80) | 8 December 2019 v United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 16 November 2022 v Nepal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 50) | 23 February 2020 v Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 20 October 2022 v Namibia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In February 2020, he was named in the UAE's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2020 ACC Western Region T20 qualifier tournament.[5] He made his T20I debut for the UAE, against Iran, on 23 February 2020.[6] In December 2020, he was one of ten cricketers to be awarded with a year-long part-time contract by the Emirates Cricket Board.[7]
In February 2022, in the second match against Oman, Hameed took his first five-wicket haul in ODI cricket.[8]
Hameed was born in Panniyankara, Kerala, India.[1] He was "on the verge of playing Ranji Trophy cricket for his native Kerala" before moving to the UAE for work reasons in 2015. As of 2019[update] he was an assistant sales manager with Al Nabooda Insurance Brokers (ANIB) and also played cricket for the company team in UAE domestic competitions.[9]