Babar Hayat (born 5 January 1992) is a Pakistani-born Hong Kong

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er, who plays for the

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. He is a right-handed

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and a former captain of the national team.

International career

Babar made his

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cricket completion debut against Nepal on 16 March 2014. On his debut match he made only 20 runs from 25 balls. He made his

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debut against Afghanistan in the

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on 1 May 2014. In the 2016 Asia Cup Qualifier in February 2016, he became the first Hong Kong player to score a century in a T20I match. Babar Hayat set the record for the highest ever T20I score by any player in the second innings of a T20I (122) and second in the list for scoring the highest ever T20I score in a losing cause just behind Australia's

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's 124*. Babar Hayat's 122 was also the highest ever score in T20I in the 2nd innings of a T20I in a losing cause. Babar Hayat's 122 was in second place for the highest percentage of runs in a completed innings of a team, where his team scored only 175/7 in that innings. On 16 February 2017 in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship match against the Netherlands, he and

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made 197 runs for the third wicket. This was a List A record for Hong Kong and a record for any wicket in a World Cricket League match. In December 2017, he became the first batsman for Hong Kong to score a double century in

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, when he made 214

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against

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in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup. In August 2018, he was named the captain of Hong Kong's squad for the

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tournament. However, prior to the tournament, Hayat stepped down as captain, with

replacing him. Hong Kong won the qualifier tournament, and he was then named in Hong Kong's squad for the

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. In December 2018, he was named in Hong Kong's team for the

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. He was the leading run-scorer for Hong Kong in the tournament, with 136 runs in three matches. In April 2019, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the

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tournament in Namibia. In September 2019, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the

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tournament in the United Arab Emirates. However, ahead of the 2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series, Hayat declared that he was no longer available to play for Hong Kong. However, in May 2022, he was named in Hong Kong's side for the 2022 Uganda Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament.

T20 franchise career

On 3 June 2019, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the

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tournament. In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Brampton Wolves franchise team in the

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tournament.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayat, Babar 1992 births Living people Hong Kong cricketers Hong Kong One Day International cricketers Hong Kong Twenty20 International cricketers Pakistani emigrants to Hong Kong Cricketers from Attock Sportspeople of Pakistani descent

International career

T20 franchise career

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