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Saqib Zulfiqar (born 28 March 1997) is a Dutch cricketer. He made his List A debut for the Netherlands against the United Arab Emirates on 17 July 2017. In the match, he played alongside his brothers Asad and Sikander, making it the first instance of three siblings playing for a professional cricket team in the same game. He made his first-class debut for the Netherlands in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 15 August 2017.

International career

In June 2018, he was named in the Netherlands' Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2018 Netherlands Tri-Nation Series. He made his T20I debut against Ireland on 12 June 2018.

In June 2019, he was named in the Netherlands' One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Zimbabwe. He made his ODI debut for the Netherlands against Zimbabwe on 21 June 2019. In April 2020, he was one of seventeen Dutch-based cricketers to be named in the team's senior squad.

T20 career

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Rotterdam Rhinos in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament. However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.

References

1. "Saqib Zulfiqar". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
2. "United Arab Emirates tour of Netherlands, 1st Match: Netherlands v United Arab Emirates at Amstelveen, Jul 17, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
3. "Triplets add to storied sibling history". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
4. "ICC Intercontinental Cup at Dublin, Aug 15-18 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
5. "Three new faces as Netherlands begin post-Borren era". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
6. "1st Match, Netherlands Tri-Nation T20I Series at Rotterdam, Jun 12 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
7. "Netherlands vs Zimbabwe: ODI & T20 Series". Cricket World. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
8. "2nd ODI, Zimbabwe tour of Netherlands and Ireland at Deventer, Jun 21 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
9. "Dutch men's squads announced". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
10. "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
11. "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
12. "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

External links

• Saqib Zulfiqar at ESPNcricinfo

Netherlands squads

v t e Netherlands squad – 2023 Cricket World Cup 4 O'Dowd 5 de Leede 7 Singh 15 Klein 17 van Beek 18 Ahmad 25 Nidamanuru 34 Barresi 35 Edwards (c & wk) 47 van Meekeren 48 Ackermann 52 van der Merwe 66 Zulfiqar 72 Engelbrecht 88 Dutt Coach: Ryan Cook Noah Croes and Kyle Klein as travelling reserves for the team. v t e Netherlands squad – 2024 Men's T20 World Cup 1 K. Klein 4 O'Dowd 5 de Leede 7 Singh 11 Pringle 17 van Beek 23 Kingma 25 Nidamanuru 34 Barresi (wk) 35 Edwards (c, wk) 47 van Meekeren 55 Levitt 66 Zulfiqar 72 Engelbrecht 88 Dutt Coach: Ryan Cook Ryan Klein as reserve for the team. Saqib Zulfiqar replaced Daniel Doram and Kyle Klein replaced Fred Klaassen due to injury.

• 1997 births
• Living people
• Dutch cricketers
• Netherlands One Day International cricketers
• Netherlands Twenty20 International cricketers
• Dutch people of Pakistani descent