Oman's Zeeshan Maqsood Named ICC Men's Associate Cricketer Of The Year

Updated - 23 Jan 2022, 05:57 PM

Zeeshan Maqsood
Zeeshan Maqsood (Image credit: Twitter)

ICC has revealed Men’s Associate Cricketer of the year. Oman’s Zeeshan Maqsood has won this award. Maqsood is a 34-year-old player from Oman who is also the captain of the team. He is a left-handed batsman and slow left-arm off-spinner. He plays as an opener.

In the year 2021, Zeeshan Maqsood played 10 ODIs and 3 T20I games. In 9 innings in ODIs this year, he slammed 270 runs at an average of 33.75. He also slammed 2 half-centuries. In 2 T20I innings, he scored 46 runs at an average of 23.0. Zeeshan Maqsood also scalped 5 wickets in 3 T20I games at an average of 11.20. In ODIs, the left-arm spinner scalped 16 wickets at an average of 21.18.

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Zeeshan Maqsood
Zeeshan Maqsood (Image credit: Twitter)

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Zeeshan Maqsood Picked As ICC Men’s Associate Cricketer Of 2021

Overall in his ODI career so far, Zeeshan Maqsood has played 21 matches. He has scored 523 runs at an average of 30.76. He has also shattered 1 century and 3 half-centuries in his ODI career. With the ball, he accounts for 36 wickets at an average of 19.0 and an economy of 3.89.

In his T20I career, the Oman cricketer accounts for 593 runs in 28 innings at an average of 24.70. He has also slammed 2 half-centuries. Maqsood has also picked 23 wickets in the shortest format so far at an average of 21.86 and an economy of 6.70.

Zeeshan Maqsood
Zeeshan Maqsood (Image credit: Twitter)

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Maqsood’s notable performance in 2021 was during an ODI game against Namibia in November 2021, when he slammed a 58-run knock. He also scalped a 3-wicket haul in the match. In the next ODI against Namibia, he again picked a 3-wicket haul.

His other incredible batting show was a 53-run knock in an ODI game against the USA in September 2021. In a T20I game against Papua New Guinea in October last year, Maqsood scalped a 4-wicket haul. Hence, Maqood has impressed with both bowling and batting last year.

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