Syed Aamer Ali (Urdu: عامر علی; born 24 November 1978), known as Amir Ali, is a Pakistani-born all-rounder who plays for the Oman national cricket team. He made his debut for the Omani national side in 2007.
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| Full name | Syed Amir Ali | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 November 1978 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 2) | 25 July 2015 v Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 9 March 2016 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1998 | Karachi Whites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Karachi Blues | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 10 March 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Early days
editAamer was born in Karachi, Pakistan, and played briefly in Pakistani domestic competitions before emigrating to Oman, making appearances at the first-class level for the Karachi Whites and the Karachi Blues.[1] His debut for Oman came at the 2007 ACC Twenty20 Cup, hosted by Kuwait,[2] and later in the year he played in the 2007 World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia, where matches held list-A status.[3] At the tournament, his best figures were 4/63 against the United Arab Emirates.[4]
International career
editAamer has since been a regular for Oman in international tournaments, playing further list-A matches at the 2009 World Cup Qualifier and Twenty20 matches at the 2012 and 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifiers.[5] He made his Twenty20 International debut in Oman's fifth-place playoff at the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier, against Afghanistan.[6]
Aamer was included in to the Oman squad for 2016 ICC World Twenty20. In the first match against Ireland, he scored match winning 32 runs from 17 balls. This included 5 fours and a six, and Oman won the match by 2 wickets.[7][8][9]
References
edit- ^ First-class matches played by Aamer Ali – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ Miscellaneous matches played by Aamer Ali – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ List A matches played by Aamer Ali – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ "Oman v United Arab Emirates in 2007/08". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
- ^ Twenty20 matches played by Aamer Ali – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ "ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 5th place play-off: Afghanistan v Oman at Dublin, Jul 25, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ Dikshit, Vishal. "Joy for underdogs Oman, Ireland stunned". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ "Oman create history on World T20 debut". Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ Monga, Sidharth. "A debut to remember". Retrieved 10 March 2016.