Najeeb Amar (born 25 September 1971) is a Pakistani-born Hong Kong
cricket
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er.
Najeeb made his
One Day International debut for
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
in the
2004 Asia Cup
The eighth edition of cricket's Asia Cup (also called Indian Oil Asia Cup) was held in Sri Lanka after a gap of 4 years. Sri Lanka beat India in the final to win the cup. The 4 test playing Asian nations participated in the tournament along wit ...
in
Sri Lanka. As of May 2005 he has played two One Day Internationals for Hong Kong, both in the Asia Cup and is unlikely to add to this total during his playing career.
Najeeb is a
left-arm orthodox spin bowler and lower-order left-handed
batsman
In cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the cricket ball, ball with a cricket bat, bat to score runs (cricket), runs and prevent the dismissal (cricket), loss of one's wicket. Any player who is currently batting is, since Septembe ...
. He had previously represented the Water and Power Development Authority in the Pakistan local
one-day competition.
External links and references
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HowSTAT! statistical profile of Najeeb Amar
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1971 births
Living people
Hong Kong cricketers
Hong Kong One Day International cricketers
Hong Kong Twenty20 International cricketers
Water and Power Development Authority cricketers
Hong Kong people of Pakistani descent
Hong Kong cricket captains
People from Dera Ghazi Khan District
Pakistani cricketers
Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games
Pakistani emigrants to Hong Kong