Haroon Arshad

Haroon Arshad (born 6 September 1999) is an American-born Hong Kong cricketer.^[1] He made his first-class debut for Hong Kong in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 20 October 2017.^[2]

Haroon Arshad

Personal information
Born	(1999-09-06) 6 September 1999 (age 26) Brooklyn, United States
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Hong Kong
T20I debut (cap 27)	5 October 2019 v Oman
Last T20I	12 March 2023 v Malaysia
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA Matches 24 1 15 Runs scored 320 0 204 Batting average 22.85 0.00 18.54 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 Top score 68 0 37 Balls bowled 285 54 268 Wickets 14 0 11 Bowling average 28.21 - 20.90 5 wickets in innings 1 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 5/16 0/42 7/31 Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/– 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 March 2023

In August 2018, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament, but was not picked in the playing eleven.^[3] Hong Kong won the qualifier tournament, and he was then named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup, and again was not included in the final team.^[4]

He was the leading run-scorer for Hong Kong in the 2018 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup, with 52 runs in three matches.^[5] Arshad was a member of the Hong Kong Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series, and the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.^[6] He made his T20I debut for Hong Kong, against Oman, on 5 October 2019.^[7] Ahead of the T20 qualifier tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as the player to watch in Hong Kong's squad.^[8]

In November 2019, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.^[9] He made his List A debut for Hong Kong, against Bangladesh, in the Emerging Teams Cup on 14 November 2019.^[10] Later that same month, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman.^[11]

On 1 March 2020, in the Eastern Region group match against Nepal in the 2020 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament, he became the first bowler for Hong Kong to take a five-wicket haul in a T20I match.^[12] In May 2022, he was named in Hong Kong's side for the 2022 Uganda Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament.^[13]