Arshad Laeeq (born 28 November 1970), also sometimes known as Arshad Laiq is a former Pakistani-born

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er who played for the

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. He played two

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games for Pakistan Steel in 1986–87 and was a stand-by selection for

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for the 1988 Youth World Cup. He also represented Pakistan at Under-19 level in a three-day match against

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. He emigrated to the UAE in 1989, making his international debut in the

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in 1993–94. He went on to play in the 1996 ICC Trophy too. Arshad Laeeq has played six

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, two in the Pepsi

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of 1993–94 in

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, and then four in the

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. His brother

Athar Laeeq Athar Laeeq Khan (born 10 February 1971) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played 112 matches of first-class cricket for several teams in Pakistan from 1989 to 2003. Athar Laeeq was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and useful tail-end batsman. He ...

and his uncle

Saeed Azad Muhammad Saeed Azad (born August 14, 1964, Karachi, Sindh) is a former Pakistani cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each en ...

were successful cricketer in domestic Pakistani cricket.

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* 1970 births Living people Emirati cricketers United Arab Emirates One Day International cricketers Pakistani emigrants to the United Arab Emirates Pakistani expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Cricketers from Karachi Pakistani cricketers {{UnitedArabEmirates-cricket-bio-stub