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Full name Sajid Iqbal Mahmood
Born December 21, 1981, Bolton, Lancashire
Current age 26 years 196 days
Major teams England,England A,Lancashire,Lancashire Cricket Board
Nickname Saj, King
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height
6 ft 4 in
Education Smithills School
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
8
11
1
81
34
8.10
161
50.31
0
0
10
0
0
0
ODIs
25
15
4
85
22*
7.72
101
84.15
0
0
8
1
1
0
T20Is
2
1
1
0
0*
-
1
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
First-class
61
78
11
910
94
13.58
1475
61.69
0
2
13
0
List A
99
57
16
334
29
8.14
0
0
11
0
Twenty20
20
8
3
39
21
7.80
24
162.50
0
0
3
3
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
8
14
1130
762
20
4/22
6/130
38.10
4.04
56.5
2
0
0
ODIs
25
24
1155
1128
29
4/50
4/50
38.89
5.85
39.8
1
0
0
T20Is
2
2
42
63
1
1/34
1/34
63.00
9.00
42.0
0
0
0
First-class
61
8808
5471
173
5/37
31.62
3.72
50.9
11
4
0
List A
99
4308
3725
144
5/16
5/16
25.86
5.18
29.9
5
1
0
Twenty20
20
20
414
492
18
3/12
3/12
27.33
7.13
23.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, May 11-15, 2006 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 2-5, 2007 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v New Zealand at Bristol, Jul 4, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI
England v South Africa at Bridgetown, Apr 17, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, Jun 15, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I
England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
2002
Last First-class
Sussex v Lancashire at Hove, Jun 29-Jul 2, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2002
Last List A
Yorkshire v Lancashire at Leeds, May 28, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Nottinghamshire v Lancashire at Nottingham, Jun 16, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Lancashire v Derbyshire at Manchester, Jun 23, 2008 scorecard
Profile
A former supermarket shelf-stacker, Sajid Mahmood was spotted in the Bolton Leagues and joined Lancashire on a scholarship in 2002. From there, he rose rapidly through the ranks, and despite having only six first-class wickets to his name, he was selected for England A's tour to India and Malaysia in 2003-04. In unhelpful conditions, his wholehearted performances on that trip meant his full England debut was only a matter of time, although he had a chastising experience against New Zealand at Bristol, where his seven overs disappeared for 56 runs. Mahmood, whose cousin Amir Khan is an Olympic boxer, is tall and decidedly rapid, and bowls a fuller length than many of his pace-bowling contemporaries. For a while, he made his name at the expense of his team-mates - in 2003, he put Andrew Flintoff out of action with a beamer in the Old Trafford nets, and later broke Alex Gidman's hand at the ECB Academy. But three years later, he was inflicting the damage on his opponents instead, as he announced his Test arrival against Sri Lanka at Lord's with a fiery three-wicket burst, before overcoming cries of "traitor" from the British Pakistani fans at Headingley, as England sealed the series against his father's former countrymen. England's management weren't convinced, however, and Mahmood was overlooked for the subsequent Ashes opener at Brisbane, only to be recalled late in the series with no form or confidence to fall back on. Excellent in the field, he again showed promise with the ball in the subsequent World Cup but inconsistency continued to hamper his progress. Andrew Miller May 2007
