Salman Nazar
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Full name | Salman Bin Nazar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Multan, Punjab, Pakistan | 29 March 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Sal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-hand bat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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T20I debut (cap 57) | 10 November 2021 v United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 14 November 2021 v Panama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–present | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 November 2021 |
Salman Nazar (born 29 March 1991) is an International cricketer who plays for the Canada national cricket team.[1] Salman is an All-rounder who is a left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He is also one of the best fielders in the country. Salman's consistency as a bowling all-rounder is admired in Canada's domestic circuit for over a decade.[2] He has played 207 club matches in and has dismissed 333 batsmen in 191 innings.
Career[]
Salman Nazar made his first-class debut against the Netherlands on 22 August 2013. On his debut, he made 60 runs off 76 balls.[3]
In 2012, Nazar made his debut in Twenty20 for Canada in Caribbean Twenty20 what's now known as Caribbean Premier League.[4] After the tour, Nazar decided to spend a summer in England, and signed a contract with Spring View Cricket Club in the Bolton Cricket Association. He finished the 2012 season with 100 wickets, which included 10 five-wicket hauls at bowling average of 11.05 and a best of 9/64.[5]
On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[6][7] In October 2018, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament in the West Indies.[8] He made his List A debut for Canada in the 2018–19 Regional Super50 tournament on 3 October 2018.[9]
In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[10]
In October 2021, he was named in Canada's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Antigua.[11] He made his T20I debut on 10 November 2021, for Canada against the United States.[12]
References[]
- ^ "Salman Nazar". Cricinfo.
- ^ "Salman Nazar". Cricclubs.
- ^ "Canada v Netherlands at King City (SW), Aug 22-24, 2013 - Cricket Scorecard - ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo.
- ^ "Salman Nazar". Cricinfo.
- ^ "Salman Nazar". BoltonAssociation.
- ^ "Global T20 Canada: Complete Squads". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Global T20 Canada League – Full Squads announced". CricTracker. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Cricket Canada announces squad for Super 50 Cup". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ "Group A (D/N), Super50 Cup at Tarouba, Oct 3 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ "Global T20 draft streamed live". Canada Cricket Online. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ "Canada's national squad for ICC 2022 Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier". Cricket Canada. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "10th Match, Coolidge, Nov 10 2021, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Region Qualifier". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
External links[]
- Salman Nazar at ESPNcricinfo
- Salman Nazar at CricketArchive
- Salman Nazar at Cricclubs
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Canadian cricketers
- Canada Twenty20 International cricketers
- Canadian sportspeople of Pakistani descent