Junaid Siddique (Emirati cricketer)

Zunaed Siddique (born 6 December 1992) is a Pakistani-born cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team.[1] Siddique was born in Multan, Pakistan.[1] He moved to the UAE in 2014.[2]

Zunaed Siddique
Personal information
Full name
Muhammad Zunaed Siddique
Born (1992-12-06) 6 December 1992 (age 31)
Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 82)8 December 2019 v United States
Last ODI1 May 2023 v Nepal
T20I debut (cap 48)18 October 2019 v Oman
Last T20I3 November 2023 v Nepal
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I
Matches 38 28
Runs scored 87 54
Batting average 5.89 7.71
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 16* 18
Balls bowled 1694 602
Wickets 52 33
Bowling average 27.46 22.75
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/23 4/12
Catches/stumpings 4/– 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 June 2023

In October 2019, he was added to the UAE squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the UAE.[3] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for the UAE, against Oman, on 18 October 2019.[4] In December 2019, he was named in the One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2019 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series.[5] He made his ODI debut against the United States on 8 December 2019.[6] In December 2020, Siddique was one of ten cricketers to be awarded a year-long full-time contract by the Emirates Cricket Board.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Junaid Siddique". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  2. ^ Radley, Paul (4 January 2020). "Junaid Siddique overcomes obstacles to emerge as new-look UAE's senior bowler". The National. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Unexplained withdrawals, Raza left holding the chalice. UAE T20 World Cup Qualifier preview". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  4. ^ "4th Match, Group B (N), ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier at Abu Dhabi, Oct 18 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  5. ^ "ECB announce team to represent the UAE in ICC Men's WCL2". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  6. ^ "1st Match, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 at Sharjah, Dec 8 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Rameez Shahzad omitted from latest list of centrally contracted UAE cricketers". The National. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

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