Sajid Mahmood

Sajid Mahmood is a right arm fast medium bowler and right handed batsman who plays for England cricket team. The other teams for whom he has played are Lancashire Cricket Board, Lancashire, England Lions and England A.

Sajid Mahmood debuted in One day International cricket on 4th July 2004 at Bristol (The Royal & Sun Alliance County Ground) against New Zealand. He was the No. 8 batsman and scored 1 run in 2 deliveries. He got the chance to bowl 7 overs in which he conceded 56 runs and could not take any wicket. New Zealand won this match by 6 wickets with 16 balls remaining. England and Sri Lanka played a Test match from 11th to 15th May 2006 at Lord’s and this was the debut Test of Sajid Mahmood. He was allocated the No. 11 batting spot, but did not get a chance to bat in the 1st innings. He bowled 13 overs, out of which 2 were maiden, gave away 50 runs and took 3 wickets. In the 2nd innings, he took 2 wickets while conceding 118 runs in 35 overs, out of which 5 were maiden. The result of this match was a draw.

Career Highlights

Sajid Mahmood has represented his country in 8 Test matches. In these he has scored 81 runs with 34 as his highest score. His batting strike rate has been 50.31 and batting average has been 8.10. He has taken 20 wickets while bowling 1130 deliveries in which 762 runs were scored. His bowling strike rate has been 56.50, bowling average has been 38.10 and economy rate has been 4.04.