Saqib Mahmood


Saqib Mahmood is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire County Cricket Club. He is a right-arm fast bowler, who bats right-handed. In December 2015 he was named in England's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his international debut for the England cricket team in November 2019.
Because of his action, his pace, his use of reverse-swing and yorkers, especially during the death-overs, he has been compared to Waqar Younis.

Career

His parents being from Pakistan, and because of his heritage, he was unable to join the England Lions squad during their tour of India in January and February 2019, due to visa problems, eventually being replaced by Tom Bailey.
In April 2019, he became the first bowler for Lancashire to take a five-wicket haul in successive List A matches, when he did so in the 2019 Royal London One-Day Cup.
In September 2019, he was named in England's Test and Twenty20 International squads for their series against New Zealand. He made his T20I debut for England, against New Zealand, on 3 November 2019. The following month, Mahmood was named in England's One Day International squad for their series against South Africa. He made his ODI debut for England, against South Africa, on 9 February 2020. On 28 February 2020, he was added to England's Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka, replacing the injured Mark Wood.
On 29 May 2020, Mahmood was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic. On 17 June 2020, Mahmood was included in England's 30-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the Test series against the West Indies. On 4 July 2020, Mahmood was named as one of the nine reserve players for the first Test match of the series. On 9 July 2020, Mahmood was also included in England's 24-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the ODI series against Ireland. On 27 July 2020, Mahmood was named in England's squad for the ODI series.