When Saif Zaib played for Northamptonshire in their non-first-class fixture at Durham UCCE's Racecourse ground in May 2014 he became the first 15-year-old to play for the county, underlining his precocious talent as batsman and left-arm spinner. Nortnants soon offered him a three-year professional contract, and ahead of the 2015 season he shone for England's Under-17 against Pakistan U-17 in Dubai, scoring three successive half-centuries. He was schooled at RGS Wycombe, where his innings of 230 became a school record.

He made his debut in a county competition against Leicestershire in the Roayl London One-Day Cup in 2015 and with Northants slashing their cricket budget further opportunities seemed assured. Three more Championship matches fell his way in 2016 including five wickets in a marathon stint against Leicestershire.
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Saif Zaib Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct
FC	72	115	7	3651	196*	33.80	6586	55.43	9	16	410	37	28
List A	35	28	1	791	136	29.29	853	92.73	1	4	67	13	9
T20s	98	84	19	1625	92	25.00	1132	143.55	0	8	154	60	39

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
FC	72	61	2955	1765	45	6/115	6/115	39.22	3.58	65.6	1	2
List A	35	25	1146	1023	30	4/23	4/23	34.10	5.35	38.2	1	0
T20s	98	39	425	583	18	3/12	3/12	32.38	8.23	23.6	0	0

Saif Zaib T20 Stats

Batting & Fielding

Tournament	Teams	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Men's 100	2 teams	14	10	1	117	21	13.00	99	118.18	0	0	10	3	3	0
Vitality Blast	NOR	83	73	18	1475	92	26.81	998	147.79	0	8	140	57	35	0

Bowling

Tournament	Teams	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Men's 100	2 teams	14	7	45	70	2	1/6	1/6	35.00	9.33	22.5	0	0	0
Vitality Blast	NOR	83	32	380	513	16	3/12	3/12	32.06	8.10	23.7	0	0	0

Recent Matches of Saif Zaib

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
Northants vs Hampshire	3	3/18	13-Sep-2025	Birmingham	T20
Northants vs Glamorgan	145	0/22 & 0/22	08-Sep-2025	Northampton	FC
Northants vs Surrey	17*	--	03-Sep-2025	The Oval	T20
Fire vs Brave	1*	0/16	28-Aug-2025	Southampton	T20
Fire vs Rockets	--	1/8	24-Aug-2025	Cardiff	T20