Shoaib Sarwar

Shoaib Sarwar (born 15 October 1986) is a United Arab Emirates cricketer.^[1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler,^[2] he has played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team since 2006,^[3] including eight first-class and nine List A matches.^[2]

Shoaib Sarwar

Personal information
Born	(1986-10-15) 15 October 1986 (age 38) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	Bowler
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 8 9 Runs scored 165 52 Batting average 15.00 17.33 100s/50s 0/2 0/0 Top score 61 13* Balls bowled 972 329 Wickets 14 14 Bowling average 42.42 17.35 5 wickets in innings 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 4/87 5/23 Catches/stumpings 2/0 1/0
Source: , 28 September 2008

Biography

Born in Dubai in 1986,^[2] Shoaib Sarwar first played for the UAE at Under-19 level, playing in the Youth Asia Cup in Karachi in 2003 and in the ACC Under-19 Cup in Nepal in 2005.^[4] He first played for the senior side in 2006,^[3] making his List A debut with matches against Ireland and Sri Lanka A in the EurAsia Cricket Series in Abu Dhabi.^[5] He also played against Brunei, and Saudi Arabia in that year's ACC Trophy.^[4]

He made his first-class debut in February 2008, playing an ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Kenya.^[6] He scored 61 in the second innings of that match,^[7] his highest first-class score.^[2] He has since played matches in the tournament against Ireland and the Netherlands,^[6] as well as a match against Essex County Cricket Club. He most recently represented his country in the ACC Trophy Elite tournament in Kuala Lumpur.^[4]