Mohammad Yaseen Vallie, or otherwise known as Yaseen Vallie (born 30 July 1989) is a South African

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who plays for the

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Career

Vallie was selected to play for South Africa in the 2008 U-19 Cricket World Cup as an

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. He took 5 wickets in the six matches he played in, as well as scoring 54 runs at a meager average of 13.50. Vallie signed up with the

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soon after the 2008 U-19 Cricket World Cup and made an impression as a reliable

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as well as a partnership-breaking

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bowler. However, Vallie had not received a contract from the

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yet, and was thinking about moving to another place where he would be able to enhance his cricket abilities by getting more opportunities to play so he could further his career as a professional cricketer. Vallie was called up to represent the

in a match against the

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in a Sunfoil Cup match in 2011 and scored 167 before being bowled by

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. Vallie received a contract from the Cobras at the start of the 2012–13 season. In August 2017, he was named in

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' squad for the first season of the

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. However, in October 2017,

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initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after. In August 2018, he was named in Border's squad for the

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. In April 2021, he was named in

's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa. On 1 April 2022, in Division One of the

2021–22 CSA One-Day Cup The 2021–22 CSA One-Day Cup was a List A cricket competition that took place in South Africa in March and April 2022. It was the first edition of the tournament in the post-franchise era, and the first edition to return to a two-division leagu ...

, Vallie scored his first century in

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, with 102 runs for Western Province against Boland.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vallie, Yaseen 1989 births Living people Cricketers from Cape Town South African cricketers Cape Cobras cricketers Warriors cricketers Border cricketers Western Province cricketers