Junaid Siddiqui (born 25 March 1985) is a Pakistani-born Canadian cricketer who plays for
Canada national cricket team
The Canada men's national cricket team represents Canada in international cricket. The team is administered by Cricket Canada, which became an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1968.
With the United States, Canad ...
. He debuted in all formats of the game in 2011.
Personal life
Junaid Siddiqui was born on 25 March 1985 in
Karachi
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. His family moved to
Toronto
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when he was thirteen years old.
He holds a degree in
finance
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and
economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...
.
Siddiqui also runs businesses to support his passion for cricket. He operates two
Timothy's World Coffee
Timothy's World Coffee (a.k.a. Timothy's) is a large Canadian coffee roasting company and chain of coffeeshops.
Origin and background
Timothy's was founded in 1975 as a retailer of premium roasted coffee beans by Timothy Snelgrove and his wife T ...
franchises in
Mississauga
Mississauga is a Canadian city in the province of Ontario. Situated on the north-western shore of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, it borders Toronto (Etobicoke) to the east, Brampton to the north, Milton to the northwest, ...
and
Newmarket, Ontario
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.
Career
Siddiqui started from school cricket in
Mississauga
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and was a part of Under 14, Under 16, and Under 19 Teams, thus representing cricket locally, domestically as well as on an international level. Siddiqui is one of the few Canadian home grown players who was picked to play first-class and List A games in
Sri Lanka
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prior to being picked for the Canadian national cricket team.
Until 2015, Siddiqui was on the central contract of
Cricket Canada
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after which they discontinued due to lack of funds.
In January 2018, Siddiqui was named in Canada's squad for the
2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two
2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two was a cricket tournament that took place in February 2018 in Namibia. The United Arab Emirates won the tournament, after beating Nepal by 7 runs in the final. Canada and Namibia finished third and fourth ...
tournament.
On 3 June 2018, Siddiqui was selected to play for the
Winnipeg Hawks in the players' draft for the
inaugural edition of the
Global T20 Canada
The Global T20 Canada is a professional Twenty20 cricket tournament that is played in Canada. The first edition of the tournament took place during June and July 2018 with six teams competing. Each team featured four local Canadian cricketers ...
tournament.
In September 2018, he was named in Canada's squad for the
2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament.
In August 2019, Siddiqui was named in Canada's squad for the
Regional Finals of the
2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament. In October 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the
2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier
The 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier was a cricket tournament held during October and November 2019 in the United Arab Emirates to determine the teams that would qualify for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. The six teams finis ...
tournament in the United Arab Emirates.
In October 2021, Siddiqui was named in Canada's squad for the
2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier
The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier was a cricket tournament that was played as part of the qualification process for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. It took place in November 2021 in Antigua, with the top two teams progressing t ...
tournament in Antigua. In February 2022, he was named in Canada's squad for the
2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A tournament in Oman.
In May 2024, Siddiqui was named in Canada's squad for the
2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, co-hosted by Cricket West Indies and USA Cricket from 1 to 29 June 2024. It was the first major ICC tournament to include matches played in the United ...
tournament.
References
External links
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1985 births
Living people
Canadian cricketers
Junaid
Junaid
Cricketers from Karachi
Antonians Sports Club cricketers
Canada One Day International cricketers
Canada Twenty20 International cricketers
Junaid