Amjad Javed

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Amjad Javed
Personal information
Full name Amjad Javed
Born (1980-07-05) 5 July 1980 (age 44)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 32) 24 June 2008 v Bangladesh
Last ODI 15 March 2015 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 2) 17 March 2014 v Netherlands
Last T20I 10 July 2015 v Afghanistan
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC List A
Matches 9 12 13 65
Runs scored 181 181 387 1,294
Batting average 25.85 16.45 18.42 25.88
100s/50s 0/1 0/1 1/1 2/4
Top score 56 76 100 164
Balls bowled 408 230 1,600 2,374
Wickets 9 15 34 61
Bowling average 48.66 19.13 24.58 32.44
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 1
10 wickets in match n/a n/a
Best bowling 3/60 3/25 4/48 6/50
Catches/stumpings 4/– 1/– 3/– 13/–
Source: ESPN cricinfo, 26 February 2016

Amjad Javed (Arabic: أمجد جاويد‎‎; born 5 July 1980) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is an Emirati cricketer.

He is an allrounder who bats with right-hand and bowls right-arm medium. He is one of the few cricketers for UAE who had played Asia Cup. Amjad Javed's grandfather moved to Dubai from Lahore, Pakistan 50 years ago( wrong info about him), when his father was only 2 years old. Amjad Javed is of Pakistani descent but born and raised in UAE.[1]

Playing career

He made One Day International debut for the United Arab Emirates against Bangladesh at Gaddafi Stadium in 2008 Asia Cup. He scored 10 runs in which he hit a four and six and then bowled two overs without any success.

In World Cup Qualifier, Javed hit a blistering 164 from 117 balls, laced with 17 fours and eight sixes at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom as the UAE completed a 112-run win over Denmark.

In 2010, in a List-A match against Bermuda, Javed hit blitzed 89 off 59 balls which included seven fours and five sixes as UAE extended their domination over Bermuda with a thumping 134-run win at the National Stadium.

In 2012, Javed finished with the best figures 4 for 49 against Netherlands in Intercontinental Cup played at Deventer.

In 2015 ICC World Cup Qualifier, Javed blasting a 31-ball 63 to lift the team to 246 for 8 as United Arab Emirates held their nerve to secure a narrow 13-run win against Kenya at Hagley Oval in Christchurch putting an end to Kenya's hopes of extending their streak of five consecutive World Cup appearances.

International awards

Twenty20 International Cricket

Man of the Match Awards

# Series Date Against Match Performance Result
1 Scotland in UAE 4 February 2016 Scotland 76 (42 balls: 5x4, 5x6); 4-0-19-2  United Arab Emirates won by 9 runs.[2]

References

  1. http://www.thenational.ae/sport/uae-cricket/uae-born-and-bred-amjad-javed-juggles-a-job-of-long-hauls-but-is-countrys-most-important-player, Biography of Amjad Javed on The National, a newspaper about Sports, Retrieved 29 Feb 2016
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