Saad Ali

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Syed Saad Ali (born 5 October 1993) is a Pakistani-born cricketer who played for the Pakistan national cricket team in 2019 before retiring in 2023 to join Major League Cricket.[1][2]

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Saad Ali
Personal information
Full name
Syed Saad Ali
Born (1993-10-05) 5 October 1993 (age 31)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm Medium
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 224)29 March 2019 v Australia
Last ODI31 March 2019 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017Islamabad
2017/18United Bank Limited
2018Quetta Gladiators
2019Lahore Qalandars
2019/20Sindh
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 68 64 13
Runs scored 4,377 1,919 333
Batting average 45.12 46.80 30.27
100s/50s 11/22 1/14 0/2
Top score 232 102* 57*
Balls bowled 469 30
Wickets 3 1
Bowling average 100.00 19.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/1 1/9
Catches/stumpings 63/– 17/- 4/-
Source: Cricinfo, 16 January 2021
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Domestic career

He made his Twenty20 debut for Islamabad in the 2017–18 National T20 Cup on 12 November 2017.[3] In November 2017, he was selected to play for the Quetta Gladiators in 2018 Pakistan Super League players draft.[4]

He was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, with a total of 957 runs in ten matches, more than 200 runs ahead of the next leading batsman in the tournament.[5] He was also the leading run-scorer for Karachi Whites in the 2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam One Day Cup, with 243 runs in five matches.[6] He was also the leading run-scorer for Peshawar in the 2018–19 National T20 Cup, with 183 runs in four matches.[7]

In March 2019, he was named in Punjab's squad for the 2019 Pakistan Cup.[8][9] In September 2019, he was named in Sindh's squad for the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament.[10][11] In March 2021, Saad was signed by Longton Cricket Club to play in the North Staffordshire and South Cheshire League during the summer of 2021 in England.[12]

International career

In April 2018, he was named in Pakistan's Test squad for their tours to Ireland and England in May 2018, but he did not play.[13][14] In August 2018, he was one of thirty-three players to be awarded a central contract for the 2018–19 season by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).[15][16]

In November 2018, he was again named in Pakistan's Test squad, this time for their series against New Zealand.[17] In December 2018, he was named in Pakistan's team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[18]

In March 2019, he was named in Pakistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Australia.[19][20] He made his ODI debut for Pakistan against Australia on 29 March 2019.[21]

References

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