Full NameHamid Hasan Born(1987-06-01) 1 June 1987 (age 27)
Birth PlaceNangarhar Province, Afghanistan
National team
Afghanistan
Batting styleRight-handed Bowling styleRight-arm fast
Competition
ODI
T20I
FC
LA
Matches
19
14
12
36
Runs scored
42
50
58
80
Batting average
7.00
16.66
5.27
8.00
100s/50s
–/–
–/–
–/–
–/–
Top score
17
22
26
22
Balls bowled
927
307
2356
1,787
Wickets
35
22
66
63
Bowling average
18.94
14.45
21.27
21.23
5 wickets in innings
–
–
6
1
10 wickets in match
–
–
2
–
Best bowling
4/19
4/22
7/61
5/23
Catches/stumpings
1/–
1/–
3/–
5/–
Hamid Hassan (born 1 June 1987) is a first-class cricketer. Hassan is a 6 feet 5 inches tall right-arm fast bowler who plays for the Afghanistan national cricket team. He has also appeared for the Marylebone Cricket Club, MCC Young Cricketers and Pakistan Customs.
In 2012 Hamid hassan was bought by Barisal Burners for a reported amount of $40,000 to play in Bangladesh Premier League.
ODI debut
During the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier in South Africa Hassan ended the tournament as the second leading wicket taker with 0 wickets again. In the same tournament he played his first ODI against Scotland, taking 0/80 from 8 overs.
Hamid hassan hattrick
Early life and career
Hassan grew up in an Afghan refugee family in Peshawar, Pakistan with no tradition of cricket in his family and did not play the game until he left school in 2001. By the age of 22, he had received high praise from the likes of Mike Gatting and John Stephenson.
In 2009, Hassan was recorded as bowling at 90 miles per hour (145 km/h). He picked up four wickets to limit Jersey to 80 in 39.5 overs in the final of the Pepsi ICC WCL Division 5 event. He also picked up 3–19 against Italy and 4–22 against Fiji in the Pepsi ICC WCL Division 4, finishing the event as the leading wicket-taker with 17 wickets.