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| Full name | Zeeshan Ahmed Siddiqui | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1979-07-22)22 July 1979 (age 46) Karachi,Sindh, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armleg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 11) | 25 July 2015 v Afghanistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 29 November 2015 v Afghanistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zeeshan Ahmed Siddiqui (born 22 July 1979) is a Pakistani-borncricketer who plays for theOman national cricket team. He debuted forOman at the2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup, and has since played regularly for the side, including atlist-A andTwenty20 level. Zeeshan is aleg-spinningall-rounder who oftenopens the batting.
Born inKarachi, Zeeshan made his debut for Oman aged 28, at the ACC Twenty20 Cup hosted byKuwait in October 2007.[1] He played in all six of Oman's matches in that tournament, including the final, where Oman tied withAfghanistan to claim its first ACC title in any format. Zeeshan's twelve wickets at the tournament, more than any other Omani, came at anaverage of 8.50,[2] and included figures of 4/12 in the group match against Afghanistan, for which he was namedman of the match.[3] He also scored 128 runs, second only toAdnan Ilyas for Oman,[4] and top-scored with 34 againstMalaysia.[5]
Zeeshan made his list-A debut in November 2007, playing three matches at the2007 World Cricket League Division Two tournament inNamibia.[6] Against theUnited Arab Emirates in the tournament's final, he scored a maiden list-A half-century, 66 runs from 49 balls.[7] After placing second in WCL Division Two, Oman qualified for the2009 World Cup Qualifier in South Africa. At that tournament, Zeeshan scored 177 runs for Oman, second only toFarhan Khan,[8] and scored another half-century, 50 runs againstScotland.[9] His best bowling figures, 3/64, came in the same match, and he finished the tournament with eight wickets, behind onlyTariq Hussain (11) andHemal Mehta (9) for Oman.[10]
At the2011 ACC Twenty20 Cup, Oman placed third to qualify for the 2012 World Twenty20 Qualifier. AgainstBhutan in the former tournament, Zeeshan was man of the match, scoring 31 from 19 balls opening the batting withRajesh Ranpura, and then going on to take 2/3 to help Oman win by 124 runs.[11] At the World Twenty20 Qualifier, he played in all seven of Oman's group matches, as well as the 15th-place playoff againstDenmark, which Oman won to record its only victory of the tournament. Zeeshan was man of the match against Denmark, recording Oman's highest individual score of the tournament, 67 from 36 balls, before being stumped byFreddie Klokker off ofMartin Pedersen.[12] With 119 runs in the tournament, he placed second toJatinder Singh (136) in runs scored for Oman, but led Oman's bowling, with 12 wickets.[13] His best figures, 3/16, came againstUganda, but were not enough to stop Oman losing by three wickets.[14]
Now considered one of the veterans of the side, Zeeshan has continued to feature regularly for Oman in ACC and ICC tournaments, though the team is yet to qualify for any further high-level associate competitions.[1] At the2013 WCL Division Three tournament, he scored 69not out against Uganda in the 2013 WCL Division Three tournament,[15] and followed that with 64 againstItaly in the 5th-place playoff.[16] Another man-of-the-match performance came againstJersey at the2014 WCL Division Four tournament in Singapore, where he scored 87 not out opening withZeeshan Maqsood, helping Oman to a seven-wicket win.[17]
He made hisTwenty20 International debut against Afghanistan in the2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament on 25 July 2015.[18]