 Mahmood bowling in 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Saqib Mahmood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1997-02-25)25 February 1997 (age 28) Birmingham,West Midlands, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Saqi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 703) | 16 March 2022 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 24 March 2022 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 257) | 9 February 2020 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 4 September 2025 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 89) | 3 November 2019 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 31 January 2025 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–present | Lancashire(squad no. 25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Peshawar Zalmi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Oval Invincibles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021/22 | Sydney Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Saqib Mahmood (born 25 February 1997) is an Englishcricketer who plays forEngland andLancashire. Primarily, he is a right-armfast bowler. He made his international Twenty20 debut for England in November 2019, with his Test debut in March 2022.
Mahmood was born inBirmingham, England toBritish Pakistani parents, with his ancestral roots inAttock,Punjab.[2]
In April 2019, Mahmood became the first bowler for Lancashire to take afive-wicket haul in successiveList A matches, when he did so in the2019 Royal London One-Day Cup.[3]
In May 2021, Mahmood took his maidenfive-wicket haul in first-class cricket, with 5/47 in the2021 County Championship match againstYorkshire.[4]
In April 2022, he was bought by theOval Invincibles for the2022 season ofThe Hundred.[5] However, the following month he was ruled out of the rest of the season after suffering a back stress fracture.[6][7]
Mahmood signed a new three-year contract to play white-ball cricket for Lancashire in October 2024.[8][9] He was a key member of the Oval Invincibles team which emerged triumphant during the final of the2024 The Hundred season and he played a pivotal role in helping his team Oval Invincibles to defend the title successfully by bowling a match winning spell of 3 for 17 runs against theSouthern Brave and he masterminded the procession of wickets when he dismissedLeus du Plooy,Kieron Pollard andLaurie Evans inside seven balls.[10] For his match winning efforts with the ball in the 2024 The Hundred final, he was awarded the player of the final.
In September 2019, Mahmood was named in England'sTest andTwenty20 International (T20I) squads for their seriesagainst New Zealand.[11] Mahmood made his T20I debut for England, againstNew Zealand, on 3 November 2019.[12] Mahmood made his ODI debut for England, againstSouth Africa, on 9 February 2020.[13]
In August 2021, Mahmood was added to England's squad for the second Testagainst India, afterStuart Broad was ruled out of the rest of the series due to injury.[14] In February 2022, Mahmood was again named in England's Test squad, this time for their seriesagainst the West Indies.[15] Mahmood made his Test debut on 16 March 2022, for England against theWest Indies.[16] Mahmood faced setbacks to maintain his steady progress at international level, as he could not guarantee the role of being a mainstay in England team across formats after suffering consecutive lower-back stress fractures and he had to work on his way to regain fitness to earn his place in the lineup.[17][18]
In November 2024, Mahmood earned player of the series award for his bowling exploits in theEngland's tour of the West Indies, where he dominated the West Indies batting lineup in the five-match T20I series by picking up nine wickets.[19][20] During the five-match T20I series against the West Indies, he brokeDavid Willey's record for having taken the most number of wickets by an England bowler inside the powerplay overs in either a bilateral T20I series or a T20I tournament after grabbing a tally of eight scalps within the 1-6 overs during the five-match T20I series.[21] Willey held the previous England record for having taken the most T20I powerplay over wickets in a series or tournament with seven of them coming at the2016 World Twenty20.
In around mid-January 2025, he faced visa clearance delays as he was supposed to tour India with the other England team members for their white ball bilateral home series. Due to his Pakistani heritage, he apparently faced delays in clearing his visa and he also apparently missed the pace-bowling camp in Abu Dhabi ahead of the India tour.[17][22] He was belatedly granted visa by Indian officials and he was just well in time to fly with the other England players to India.[23][24] On 31 January 2025, Mahmood picked up a triple wicket maiden over in the second over of India's innings during thefourth T20I between England and India and during the procession of India's middle order collapse, albeit he had been the fulcrum of the collapse, as he picked up the priced scalps ofSanju Samson,Tilak Varma andSuryakumar Yadav in the same over in a space of six balls to reduce India to a precarious position of 12 runs for the loss of three wickets.[25][26][27] He also became only the second ever bowler in a men's T20I match after West Indies'sJerome Taylor (who achieved the feat against South Africa in 2007) to complete the milestone of having taken three wickets while also not conceding any runs in the same over.[28]
As a result of Mahmood's bowling action, his pace (up to 90 mph), his use of reverse-swing and yorkers, especially during the death-overs, he has been compared toWaqar Younis.[29]
I am from Attock.