Zeeshan Ahmed Siddiqui (born 22 July 1979) is a Pakistani-born

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er who plays for the Oman national cricket team. He debuted for the Omani national side at the

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, and has since played regularly for the side, including at list-A and

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level. Zeeshan is a leg-spinning

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who often opens the batting. Born in

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, Zeeshan made his debut for Oman aged 28, at the ACC Twenty20 Cup hosted by

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in October 2007.Miscellaneous Matches played by Zeeshan Siddiqui (46)
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2015. He played in all six of Oman's matches in that tournament, including the final, where Oman tied with

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to claim its first ACC title in any format. Zeeshan's twelve wickets at the tournament, more than any other Omani, came at an

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of 8.50, and included figures of 4/12 in the group match against Afghanistan, for which he was named

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. He also scored 128 runs, second only to

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for Oman, and topscored with 34 against

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. Zeeshan made his list-A debut in November 2007, playing three matches at the 2007 World Cricket League Division Two tournament in

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. Against the

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in the tournament's final, he scored a maiden list-A half-century, 66 runs from 49 balls. After placing second in WCL Division Two, Oman qualified for the 2009 World Cup Qualifier in South Africa. At that tournament, Zeeshan scored 177 runs for Oman, second only to Farhan Khan, and scored another half-century, 50 runs against

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. His best bowling figures, 3/64, came in the same match, and he finished the tournament with eight wickets, behind only

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(11) and

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(9) for Oman. At the

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, Oman placed third to qualify for the 2012 World Twenty20 Qualifier. Against

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in the former tournament, Zeeshan was man of the match, scoring 31 from 19 balls opening the batting with Rajesh Ranpura, and then going on to take 2/3 to help Oman win by 124 runs. At the World Twenty20 Qualifier, he played in all seven of Oman's group matches, as well as the 15th-place playoff against

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, which Oman won to record its only victory of the tournament. Zeeshan was man of the match against Denmark, recording Oman's highest score of the tournament, 67 from 36 balls, before being stumped by

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off of Martin Pedersen. With 119 runs at the tournament, he placed second to

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(136) in runs scored for Oman, but led Oman's bowling, with 12 wickets. His best figures, 3/16, came against

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, but were not enough to stop Oman losing by three wickets. Now considered one of the veterans of the side, Zeeshan has continued to feature regularly for Oman in ACC and ICC tournaments, though the team is yet to qualify for any further high-level associate competitions. At the 2013 WCL Division Three tournament, he scored 69

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against Uganda in the 2013 WCL Division Three tournament, and then followed that with 64 against

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in the 5th-place playoff. Another man-of-the-match performance came against

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at the 2014 WCL Division Four tournament in Singapore, where he scored 87 not out opening with

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, helping Oman to a seven-wicket win.Jersey v Oman
ICC World Cricket League Division Four 2014 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2015. He made his

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debut for Oman against Afghanistan in the

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tournament on 25 July 2015.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Siddiqui, Zeeshan 1979 births Living people Omani cricketers Oman Twenty20 International cricketers Pakistani cricketers Pakistani emigrants to Oman Pakistani expatriates in Oman Cricketers from Karachi