Saad Khan Janjua (born 7 November 1973) is a Pakistani born Singaporean

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er. Janjua is a right-handed

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who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at

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Domestic career

Janjua made his first-class debut for

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against

Allied Bank Limited Allied Bank Limited () is the fifth largest commercial bank in Pakistan and is a subsidiary of Ibrahim Group. Allied Bank with its registered office in Lahore is one of the largest banks within the country with over 1400+ branches and ATMs. It ...

in the 1994/95 season. A journeyman within Pakistani domestic cricket, Janjua played 26 first-class matches during his domestic career for no more than 7 teams besides Pakistan Railways: Lahore City,

Pakistan Customs Pakistan Customs () is one of the elite cadres of the Civil Services of Pakistan. Pakistan Customs is manned by officers from the Pakistan Customs Service (PCS) which is one of the premier occupational group among Pakistan's civil services. P ...

Lahore Whites Lahore cricket teams, representing the city of Lahore, competed in Pakistan's first-class cricket tournaments from 1958–59 to 2018–19. They have also competed in the national 50-over and Twenty-20 tournaments as the Lahore Lions. Teams F ...

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital ...

Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited The Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) ( ur, ), formerly known as Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan, is Pakistani government-owned agricultural development bank which is based in Islamabad, Pakistan. Founded in 1961 as the agricultura ...

and

Khan Research Laboratories The Dr. A. Q. Khan Research Laboratories, ( ur, ) or KRL for short, is a federally funded, multi-program national research institute and national laboratory site primarily dedicated to uranium enrichment, supercomputing and fluid mechanics. It ...

. In his career total of 26 first-class matches, he scored 387 runs at a

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of 13.14, with a high score of 39. In the field he took 6 catches and with the ball he took 77 wickets at a bowling average of 26.38, with 2

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s and best figures of 5/39. It was Lahore City that he made his debut in

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against the Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan. Once more, in List A cricket he was something of a journeyman on the domestic circuit in Pakistan. He played List A cricket in Pakistan for 6 teams besides Lahore City: Pakistan Customs, Lahore Whites, Islamabad, Pakistan Cricket Board Whites, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited and Khan Research Laboratories. Janjua also had a taste of County Cricket in England for the

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in the 2nd round of the

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which was held in 2002, and

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in the 3rd round of the same competition which was played in 2003. In total, he played 25 List A matches during his domestic career. In these 25 matches he scored 378 runs at an average of 27.00, with 3 half centuries and a high score of 91. In the field he took 8 catches, while with the ball he took 24 wickets an average of 41.62, with best figures of 3/28.

International career

Janjua first played for

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against Guernsey in the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Six. He played in all their matches during the tournament, including in the final against

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

, which Singapore won by 68 runs. His next outing for Singapore came in the

2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup The 2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup was played between 22 and 30 November 2009 in the United Arab Emirates. The twelve competing teams were: Afghanistan, Bahrain, China, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the UAE ...

, where he played in all of Singapore's matches. Janjua has since played for Singapore in

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and in the 2010 ACC Trophy Elite.

Personal life

Saad Khan has two daughters and a son.

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