Full Name

Saqib Mahmood

Born

February 25, 1997, Birmingham, Warwickshire

Age

27y 358d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast medium

Playing Role

Bowler

Education

Matthew Moss High School, Rochdale

Saqib Mahmood announced himself as a bowler of international class during England's ODI series against Pakistan in 2021. England were forced to pick a completely new squad at short notice after a number of Covid-19 cases were detected in their initial group leaving Mahmood to take the new ball in the first ODI in Cardiff; he dismissed Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam inside three balls, finished with 4 for 42, and was named player of the series as England romped to a 3-0 win.

Mahmood's powerful physique and impressive pace meant that the ECB have kept close tabs on him since his teenage years, and he earned a maiden England call-up after an impressive 2019 season for Lancashire. While able to move the new ball with conventional swing and seam movement, Mahmood stands out most when reversing the ball later in an innings, and has been clocked at 90mph/145kph.

Born in Birmingham but raised in Rochdale, Mahmood played for England Under-19s as a 17-year-old and quickly became a regular, leading the attack with gusto in the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh in 2016 - only two bowlers took more wickets in the competition. While opportunities were often scarce for Lancashire, he remained in the ECB's thoughts, taking part in a fast-bowling camp in Potchefstroom to prepare for the 2017 summer before being named in the Lions squad to shadow the Ashes party in Australia the following winter.

A side strain meant he missed almost all of the 2018 summer, but he returned to Lions duty that winter, though visa hold-ups, caused in part by his Pakistani heritage, meant he missed the series against India A. He was player of the tournament in the 2019 One-Day Cup, leading the wicket-taking charts with 28, and his form across all formats meant a call-up to England's Test and T20I squads for the New Zealand tour in 2019-20 - plus a pace-bowling development contract, which gave him access to the ECB's S&C staff and nutritionists.

Mahmood was expensive in his three T20Is on that tour but enjoyed working with Darren Gough, who imparted some wisdom regarding reverse-swing and presented him with his ODI cap in Johannesburg in early 2020. He slipped down the white-ball pecking order after a disappointing summer that year but turned up at the PSL in 2021 with a point to prove and was the competition's leading wicket-taker when it was interrupted by Covid.

He remained on the fringes of England's squads that summer across formats and impressed for Lancashire in his sporadic Championship appearance, taking a maiden first-class five-for during a spell with the old ball in a Roses win against Yorkshire.


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Saqib Mahmood Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests2436613762/214/7922.832.2461.0000
ODIs1212603527174/424/4231.005.2435.4100
T20Is1918378586214/344/3427.909.3018.0100
FC325850772586855/476/9630.423.0559.7310
List A413919781844716/376/3725.975.5927.8230
T20s8382163823401114/144/1421.088.5714.7400

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests221524952.0012441.93004110
ODIs125224128.004060.00002010
T20Is199435127.004577.77002120
FC3240183624916.45100436.050038250
List A411881424514.2017581.140011280
T20s83261581127.3610974.310022110

Saqib Mahmood T20 Stats

Bowling

TournamentTeamsMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
The Hundred Men's CompetitionOI-M121220928212 3/17 3/1723.508.0917.4000
Vitality BlastLANCS363669696444 4/25 4/2521.908.3115.8100
PSLPZ8817526717 3/12 3/1215.709.1510.2000
Big Bash LeagueST6613821013 4/22 4/2216.159.1310.6100

Batting & Fielding

TournamentTeamsMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
The Hundred Men's CompetitionOI-M1254157*15.001788.23000030
Vitality BlastLANCS36731664.002955.17000030
PSLPZ8431311*13.001586.66000120
Big Bash LeagueST61122*-366.66000010
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