Full name Imran Qayyum 2 5 Batting style Right-handed | 2016–present Kent (squad no. 11) 0 18 Bowling style Left-arm orthodox spin | |
LA debut 25 January 2017 Kent v Leeward Islands | ||
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Imran Qayyum (born 23 May 1993) is an English cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. A slow left arm bowler, he made his first-class cricket debut in May 2016 against Northamptonshire in the 2016 County Championship.
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- The crowd the buzz atmosphere and the kits imran qayyum on the natwest t20 blast
- Early life and youth career
- Cricket career
- References
Early life and youth career
Imran Qayyum was born in Ealing and played youth cricket for Middlesex. He was educated at Villiers High School in Southall, Greenford Sixth Form College and City University. After being spotted bowling in a Club Cricket Conference competition by Kent's spin bowling coach Min Patel, he took part in pre-season training with the Kent team ahead of the 2013 season but did not join the team at that point. During the 2013 season he played as a trialist in Second XI cricket for Northamptonshire and Sussex when, after playing against Kent's Second XI, he was contacted by Simon Willis, the director of the county's cricket academy at the time, and invited to play for Kent. He appeared for Kent's Second XI for the remainder of the 2013 season as well as making an appearance for Unicorns A. During the 2013 English off-season he won a week scholarship at the Global Cricket School in Pune in India.
He signed his first professional contract with Kent in 2014. After time developing his game in Pakistan in the 2014–15 off-season his professional contract with Kent was extended during August 2015. During the 2015 English season Imran was the leading wicket-taker for Kent in the Second XI Championship, with 29 wickets, including 5/18 against Surrey Second XI. During the 2015–16 off-season Imran played grade cricket in Sydney for Fairfield and Liverpool as part of an ECB initiative to develop young spin bowlers before captaining Bromley Cricket Club’s First XI in the Kent Cricket League in 2016.
Cricket career
Imran Qayyum made his first-class cricket debut on 15 May 2016 for Kent against Northamptonshire in the 2016 County Championship at Wantage Road. He took three wickets on his debut and was dismissed first ball in his only innings. He made his second appearance for the county during Tunbridge Wells Cricket Week in 2016 in a County Championship match against Sussex.
He made his List A debut for Kent on 25 January 2017 against the Leeward Islands in the 2016–17 Regional Super50 tournament in Antigua.