Mansoor Amjad

{{Infobox cricketer|

|name=Mansoor Amjad

|country=Pakistan

|fullname=Mansoor Amjad

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1986|12|25|df=yes}}

|birth_place=Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan

|batting=Right-handed

|bowling=Legbreak

|role=All-rounder

|international=true

|oneodi=true

|odidebutdate=29 June

|odidebutyear=2008

|odidebutagainst=Sri Lanka

|odicap=170

|odishirt=

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|T20Idebutdate=20 April

|T20Idebutyear=2008

|T20Idebutagainst=Bangladesh

|T20Icap=23

|club1=Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited

|year1=2004–2005

|club2=Sialkot

|year2=2004–present

|club3=National Bank of Pakistan

|year3=2005–present

|club4=Leicestershire

|year4=2006–2007

|club5=Sialkot

|year5=2010–2013

|club6=State Bank of Pakistan

|year6=2014–2015

|club7=WAPDA

|year7=2015–2018

|club8=Galle Cricket Club

|year8=2019–2020

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|runs3=5,448

|bat avg3=30.60

|100s/50s3=7/31

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|deliveries3=12,670

|wickets3=235

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|best bowling4=5/37

|catches/stumpings4=50/–

|date=28 November

|year=2013

|source= https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/mansoor-amjad-41963 CricInfo

}}

Mansoor Amjad{{Cite web|title=Mansoor Amjad {{!}} Pakistan Cricket Team {{!}} Official Cricket Profiles {{!}} PCB|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/player-detail.php?action=view_profile&player_id=20946¬e=&country_id=&pg=342&ipp=50&player_name=&father_name=&district=®ion=&school=&address=&club=|access-date=2021-01-26|website=www.pcb.com.pk|language=en-US}} ({{Langx|pa|منصور امجد}}, {{Langx|ur|منصور امجد}}), born 14 December 1987, is a Pakistani cricketer who plays for the Pakistan national cricket team and Leicestershire County Cricket Club in England. His father, mother, and other family members supported him throughout his career, encouraging him to play cricket. Amjad first played tape-ball cricket in the street as a child, and was known in his hometown as a bat and ball boy. He played cricket at an early age for the Saga sports cricket club, and began playing seriously in 1998–99 when he attended a Habib Bank mobile camp in Lahore. Amjad began as a leg spin bowler, and later developed his batting skills as a right-hand batsman. In 2000, Amjad was selected for the under-15 camp.

Early career

In 2001, Amjad was selected for the Pakistan Junior cricket academy in Lahore. The following year, he was selected for the first international Pakistan U-15;{{Cite web|title=Team Pakistan Under-15s ODI Batting Bowling Stats {{!}} Live Cricket Scores {{!}} PCB|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/averages-reports.php?action=team_averages&tournament_id=586&match_type=&team_id=5545&match_type_id=4|access-date=2021-01-26|website=www.pcb.com.pk|language=en-US}} Pakistan won their first-ever junior U-15 Asia Cup in Abu Dhabi.{{Cite web|title=Under-15 Asia Cup (UAE) 2002|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/under-15-asia-cup-uae-2002-121184|access-date=2021-01-26|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}} Amjad was the Man of the Match in his first U-15 match against Oman, taking five wickets for 17 runs.{{Cite web|title=Super League Group A: Oman Under-15s vs Pakistan Under-15s at Abu Dhabi {{!}}Cricket Scorecard {{!}} Live Results {{!}} PCB|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/khaleej-times-under15-asia-cup-200203/match/9899.html|access-date=2021-01-26|website=www.pcb.com.pk|language=en-US}} He was selected for the 2003 Pakistan Academy tour of South Africa, taking 11 wickets in four matches. Pakistan won the Videocon Asian Emerging Trophy that year,{{Cite web|title=Emerging Team Trophy - Cricket Schedules, Updates, Results {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/emerging-team-trophy-2003-04-132540/match-results|access-date=2021-01-26|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}} and Amjad was a member of the squad who defeated Sri Lanka in the final.{{Cite web|title=Full Scorecard of SL Emerg vs PAK Emerg Final 2003/04 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/emerging-team-trophy-2003-04-132540/sri-lanka-emerging-team-vs-pakistan-emerging-team-final-132617/full-scorecard|access-date=2021-01-26|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}

He was a member of Pakistan's 2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squad, playing eight matches and taking 16 wickets. Amjad was Man of the Match against Ireland, taking four wickets for 27 runs.{{Cite web|title=Full Scorecard of Ireland U19 vs Pakistan U19 Group D 2003/04 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-under-19-world-cup-2003-04-125288/ireland-under-19s-vs-pakistan-under-19s-group-d-330047/full-scorecard|access-date=2021-01-26|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}} He set under-19 records for best average and economy rate which stood for almost 13 years.{{Cite web|title=Records {{!}} Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals {{!}} Bowling records {{!}} Best career bowling average {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/336933.html|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Cricinfo}}

International career

In 2005, the Australia A cricket team visited Pakistan; Amjad played two matches and took five wickets. He played a Pakistan Cricket Board side match for the Green team after Australia's tour, taking two wickets and scoring 29 runs.{{Cite web|title=Pakistan Cricket Board Greens v Pakistan Cricket Board Whites: Pakistan Cricket Board Greens vs Pakistan Cricket Board Whites at Lahore {{!}}Cricket Scorecard {{!}} Live Results {{!}} PCB|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/other-matches-in-pakistan-200506/match/11678.html|access-date=2021-01-27|website=www.pcb.com.pk|language=en-US}} Amjad played a side match for Pakistan A against England that year.{{Cite web|title=Pakistan A v England XI: England XI vs Pakistan A at Lahore {{!}}Cricket Scorecard {{!}} Live Results {{!}} PCB|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/england-in-pakistan-200506/match/12747.html|access-date=2021-01-27|website=www.pcb.com.pk|language=en-US}}

Pakistan A won the EurAsia Cricket Series in Abu Dhabi against India the following year, and Amjad took four wickets;{{Cite web|title=Full Scorecard of Pakistan A vs India A Final 2006 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/eurasia-cricket-series-2006-243268/india-a-vs-pakistan-a-final-246308/full-scorecard|access-date=2021-01-27|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}} one was from Rohit Sharma. Amjad was named the bowler of the tournament, with 12 wickets in five matches.{{Cite web|title=EurAsia Cricket Series, EurAsia Cricket Series 2006 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/eurasia-cricket-series-2006-243268|access-date=2021-01-27|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}} He was part of the Leicestershire Foxes, who won England's T20 Blast that year.{{Cite web|title=Leicestershire County Cricket Club|url=https://www.leicestershireccc.co.uk/|access-date=2021-01-27|website=www.leicestershireccc.co.uk}}

Amjad played county cricket for Leicestershire in the summer of 2007, and was asked to join the Pakistan A team in August of that year to play Australia's A team in Pakistan. He was then chosen to play against South Africa, and was Pakistan's high scorer with 42 runs.{{Cite web|title=Full Scorecard of Sth Africans vs PCB XI Tour Match 2007/08 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/south-africa-tour-of-pakistan-2007-08-299001/pakistan-cricket-board-xi-vs-south-africans-tour-match-299003/full-scorecard|access-date=2021-01-28|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}

Amjad's Twenty20 International debut was in April 2008 against Bangladesh in Karachi. Asked to bowl the sixteenth over, he took wickets on the second, fifth, and sixth balls for a hat-trick and dismissed Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Murtaza for an overall number of 1-0-3-3.{{Cite web|title=Full Scorecard of Pakistan vs Bangladesh Only T20I 2007/08 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/bangladesh-tour-of-pakistan-2007-08-343065/pakistan-vs-bangladesh-only-t20i-343764/full-scorecard|access-date=2021-01-26|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}} In June 2008, Amjad made his One Day International debut in the Asia Cup; he took one wicket, conceding 44 runs in his allotted eight overs against Sri Lanka.{{Cite web|title=Full Scorecard of Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 8th Match, Super Four 2008 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/asia-cup-2008-298014/pakistan-vs-sri-lanka-8th-match-super-four-335353/full-scorecard|access-date=2021-01-26|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}

Foreign teams and leagues

Amjad signed his first overseas contract in 2006 with the Fleetwood Hesketh Cricket Club in Southport, playing three matches and taking nine wickets.{{Cite web|title=Bradshaw CC, Lancs|url=http://bradshawcc.play-cricket.com/website/results/743999/match_report?match_report_id=32293|access-date=2021-01-28|website=bradshawcc.play-cricket.com}} He signed with Leicestershire after he was recalled to Pakistan, playing for the Foxes through 2007.