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| Born | (1996-07-05)5 July 1996 (age 28) Mianwali,Punjab,Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armfast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 254) | 14 December 2023 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 3 January 2024 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 245) | 22 November 2024 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 26 November 2024 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 98) | 28 September 2022 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 14 January 2024 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Northern cricket team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Peshawar Zalmi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Lahore Whites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aamir Jamal (born 5 July 1996) is a Pakistanicricketer who plays as a right-arm fast-medium bowler forPakistan national cricket team.[1]
Born inMianwali, Aamir Jamal played most of his cricket in and around Rawalpindi, beginning his domestic career in 2013 with inter-region Under-19 and departmental Under-19 tournaments.[2]
After performing for the Pakistan U19 team, he playedclub cricket and league cricket inEngland.[3] In the 2016/17 season, he played forHawkesbury Cricket Club inSydney Grade Cricket competition.[1][4]
Returning to Pakistan, and not getting enough opportunities to play Grade II matches, he purchased a car on loan from a bank and used to be an onlinetaxi driver to financially support himself and his family.[5][1]
Jamal made hisfirst-class debut forPakistan Television in the2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy on 1 September 2018.[6][7] He made hisList A debut for Pakistan Television in the2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam One Day Cup on 22 September 2018.[8]
In 2019, Jamal played for Doncaster Town in theECB Yorkshire South Premier League.[9]
In January 2021, he was named inNorthern's squad for the2020–21 Pakistan Cup.[6][10]During the summers of 2021 and 2022 he played for Whiston PCCC in the Yorkshire South Championship and Premier League.
In April 2024, Jamal signed forWarwickshire County Cricket Club and will be able to represent them in the initial rounds of the2024 County Championship and the group stage of the2024 T20 Blast.[11]
In September 2022, Jamal was named in Pakistan'sTwenty20 International (T20I) squad for theseries against England.[12] He made his T20I debut on 28 September 2022, againstEngland.[13]
In June 2023, Jamal was named in the PakistaniTest squad for the seriesagainst Sri Lanka.[14] He was again called up to Pakistan's test squad in November 2023 for a3-match Test series againstAustralia,[15] and made his debut in the first Test on 14 December 2023.[16] He took 6/111 in the first innings, becoming the 14th bowler for Pakistan totake a five-wicket haul on Test debut.[17] In the second and third Tests, Jamal proved himself as a worthy lower-order batter, highlighted by an impressive 82 in Sydney which featured aswitch hit for six offNathan Lyon.[18]
During the Sydney Test, Jamal mirrored a feat accomplished by Pakistan's legendary all-rounder, Imran Khan.[19] He became the second Pakistani cricketer, after Imran Khan, to score 80-plus runs and take a six-wicket innings haul in the same match. Imran Khan achieved this feat in a Test match against India in 1983.
Born in Mianwali but raised in Rawalpindi, Jamal played most of his cricket in and around Islamabad. He broke into the domestic circuit in 2013 playing in the inter-region Under-19 and departmental Under-19 tournaments.
Aamir Jamal, a former Pakistan Under 19 international, is a brisk opening bowler who will also add depth to Doncaster's batting.