Sami Aslam (born 12 December 1995) is a Pakistani cricketer who played for the Pakistan national cricket team between 2015 and 2017 before joining Major League Cricket. He was a left-handed batsman and an occasional right-arm off spin bowler.
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Full name | Sami Aslam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1995-12-12) 12 December 1995 (age 26) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsmen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 220) | 28 April 2015 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 6 October 2017 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 202) | 22 April 2015 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 1 September 2016 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2012–2020 | National Bank of Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2020 | Lahore Eagles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 December 2020 |
He is currently the second-highest run-scorer in U-19 ODI history with 1695 runs.[1] He was part of the Pakistan Under-19 cricket team that took part in the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Australia.[2] He was the captain of the team at the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, where he led Pakistan to the finals of the tournament. In 2014 he was selected for PCB summer camp.[3] He played his last series for Pakistan in October 2017 vs Sri Lanka.
In March 2019, he was named in Punjab's squad for the 2019 Pakistan Cup.[4][5] In September 2019, he was named in Southern Punjab's squad for the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament.[6][7]
In November 2020, Aslam ended his career in Pakistan,[8] with an aim of possibly representing the United States.[9][10] He would be eligible to play for USA on November 2023. [11] In June 2021, Aslam was selected in the players' draft ahead of the Minor League Cricket tournament.[12][13]