Fahad Babar (born 19 February 1992 in
Karachi
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,
Pakistan
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) is an American cricketer.
Babar has played two
Twenty20
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s for the
USA cricket team after qualifying to play for the United States because of the
International Cricket Council
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's (ICC) seven-year residency rule.
He briefly succeeded
Steve Massiah
Steve J Massiah (born 21 June 1979) is a Guyana-born American former cricketer and cricket administrator . A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, as USA captain in 2013.
He made his List A cricket, List A debut for ICC Americas in the 2016–17 Regional Super50 on 30 January 2017.
In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the Major League Cricket#Minor League Cricket, Minor League Cricket tournament in the United States following the players' draft.
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Living people
1992 births
American cricketers
Cricketers from Karachi
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American sportspeople of Pakistani descent
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