Sajid Mahmood

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Sajid Mahmood

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country = England
fullname = Sajid Iqbal Mahmood
nickname = Saj, King
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dayofbirth = 21
monthofbirth = 12
yearofbirth = 1981
placeofbirth = Bolton, Lancashire
countryofbirth = England
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testdebutdate = 11 May
testdebutyear = 2006
testdebutagainst = Sri Lanka
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lasttestdate = 5 January
lasttestyear = 2007
lasttestagainst = Australia
odidebutdate = 4 July
odidebutyear = 2004
odidebutagainst = New Zealand
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lastodiyear = 2007
lastodiagainst = South Africa
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year1 = 2002–present
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date = 29 November
year = 2007
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17944.html Cricinfo.com

Sajid Iqbal Mahmood (born 21 December 1981 in Bolton, Greater Manchester) is an English cricketer of Pakistani Janjua Rajput descent. He is a right-arm fast bowler who plays international cricket for England and county cricket for Lancashire.

Early life

Mahmood began playing club cricket in the Bolton Leagues, and played well enough to be signed by Lancashire in 2002. He made his debut for Lancashire in 2002 whilst on a scholarship with the club. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/lancashire/7121375.stm |title=Mahmood extends Lancashire deal |publisher=BBC Online |date=30 November 2007 Retrieved on 30 November 2007.] Despite having taken only six first-class wickets, Mahmood was chosen for England A's tour to India and Malaysia in 2003-04.

England career

He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2003; [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17944.html |author= |title=Sajid Mahmood player profile |publisher=Cricinfo.com |accessdate=2007-11-29] in the same year, he inadvertently broke the hands of Lancashire team-mate Andrew Flintoff and England A team-mate Alex Gidman, an early indicator of his pace.

He made his One Day International debut for England against New Zealand at Bristol in July 2004, but his seven overs proved expensive, conceding 56 runs without a wicket. More recently, he toured India with England in early 2006, playing in the third, sixth and seventh ODIs and taking several wickets.

He was included in the Test squad against Sri Lanka in 2006 following injuries to Steve Harmison, James Anderson and Simon Jones, and earned his first cap on 11 May 2006 in the first Test at Lord's, becoming England's 633rd Test player. England reached an imposing first-innings score of 551, and Mahmood took three wickets in his first four overs in Test cricket at the end of the second day, as the Sri Lankan team disintegrated to 91 for 6 at the close. He was unable to add to his tally before Sri Lanka were forced to follow on early on the third day, but added two further wickets in Sri Lanka's more composed second innings on the fourth day.

Mahmood was replaced by Jon Lewis for the third Test against Sri Lanka. However on 27 July 2006 he was selected ahead of Lewis for the second Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford after Liam Plunkett was ruled out due to injury. Although the pitch at Old Trafford favoured seamers, Mahmood performed relatively poorly. However, he was retained for the Third Test at Headingley. He contributed 34 runs with the bat in England's first innings, but then went for 108 runs over 24 overs, albeit with two wickets, in a high-scoring Pakistan first innings. In the second innings, he took 4 wickets for only 22 runs in 8 overs, contributing significantly to England's series-clinching victory. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/engvpak/engine/match/225257.html Pakistan in England Test Series - 3rd Test scorecard] ] He featured in the final match of the series, dubbed Ovalgate. He took 2-101 in Pakistan's first innings before the game was forfeited by Pakistan for refusing to take the field during England's second innings.

England in Australia 2006-2007

Mahmood was selected for England's 2006-07 Ashes squad, but James Anderson was selected ahead of him for the first and second tests. For the third test in Perth Mahmood and Monty Panesar replaced Anderson and Ashley Giles. He featured sporadically in the test, bowling just 7 overs in Australia's first innings and 10 in their second, taking no wickets. He later expressed his unhappiness about not bowling more during the test. [ [http://www.inthenews.co.uk/sports/cricket/news-channels/sport-channel/mahmood-reveals-disquiet-over-england-bowling-plan-$1032550.htm Mahmood reveals disquiet over England bowling plan] ] Mahmood also played in the ODI match against Australia on 2nd February 2007 in Sydney, taking 2 wickets for 38 runs, and sharing the new ball with fellow fast bowler Liam Plunkett. He took the wicket of Brad Hodge by bowling him. He also took the wicket of destructive batsman Matthew Hayden after Hayden had scored 51. Hayden hit the ball straight to Jamie Dalrymple.

2007 Cricket World Cup

After his successful performances in the Commonwealth Bank Series victory over Australia, Mahmood was shortlisted for the 15-man England squad for the World Cup. Although he wasn't selected for the first few matches, he came into the side against Canada. Against Sri Lanka in the Super Eight stage he produced his best figures in an ODI match, taking the wickets of Sanath Jayasuria and Kumar Sangakkara in his spell of 4-50. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2007/4/13084/html/scorecard.stm England vs Sri Lanka scorecard WC 2007] ] After his successful bowling figures against Sri Lanka, he was picked for the match against Australia. Despite being England's most expensive bowler in that match, [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2007/4/13085/html/scorecard.stm England vs Australia scorecard WC 2007] ] he was picked for the following match against Bangladesh, in which he took 3 wickets for 27 runs. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2007/4/13092/html/scorecard.stm England vs Bangladesh scorecard WC 2007] ] England won and Mahmood was awarded Man of the Match.

In a County Championship match against Kent, Mahmood suffered a chest injury that threatened to prematurely end his season. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/lancashire/7589731.stm |title=Mahmood could miss season finale |publisher=BBC Online |date=30 August 2008 Retrieved on 30 August 2008.]

Personal life

*He is the older cousin of boxers Amir and Haroon Khan.
*He has a younger brother named Rebak who wants to be a cricketer.
*He had a double hernia operation.
*He will appear in a Bollywood movie Victory. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7168281.stm |title=England duo land Bollywood roles |publisher=BBC Online |date=2 January 2007 Retrieved on 2 January 2007.]

References

ee also

* Janjua Rajput Clan
* International cricketers of Pakistani origin

External links

* [http://www.sajmahmood.com Sajid Mahmood] Official Site
* [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17944.html Sajid Mahmood] at Cricinfo
* [http://sport.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1833613,00.html Interview with Sajid Mahmood and Amir Khan] in "The Guardian"