Moneeb Iqbal

{{Short description|Scottish cricketer (born 1986)}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Moneeb Iqbal

| image =

| country = Scotland

| fullname = Moneeb Mohammed Iqbal

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|2|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Leg break

| role =

| family = Mohammad Ramzan (brother-in-law)

| international = true

| odidebutdate = 1 April

| odidebutyear = 2009

| odidebutagainst = Ireland

| odicap = 35

| lastodidate = 17 May

| lastodiyear = 2013

| lastodiagainst = Pakistan

| T20Idebutdate = 22 March

| T20Idebutyear = 2012

| T20Idebutagainst = Netherlands

| T20Icap =

| lastT20Idate = 5 July

| lastT20Iyear = 2013

| lastT20Iagainst = Kenya

| T20Ishirt =

| club1 = Durham

| year1 = 2006

| columns = 4

| column1 = ODI

| matches1 = 12

| runs1 = 192

| bat avg1 = 24.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 63

| deliveries1 = 270

| wickets1 = 4

| bowl avg1 = 67.50

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 2/35

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| column2 = T20I

| matches2 = 6

| runs2 = 46

| bat avg2 = 15.33

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 31

| deliveries2 = 48

| wickets2 = 2

| bowl avg2 = 29.50

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 2/15

| catches/stumpings2 = 3/–

| column3 = FC

| matches3 = 9

| runs3 = 159

| bat avg3 = 10.60

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 42

| deliveries3 = 840

| wickets3 = 19

| bowl avg3 = 36.73

| fivefor3 = 0

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 4/36

| catches/stumpings3 = 3/–

| column4 = LA

| matches4 = 35

| runs4 = 478

| bat avg4 = 19.12

| 100s/50s4 = 0/2

| top score4 = 67

| deliveries4 = 655

| wickets4 = 10

| bowl avg4 = 64.55

| fivefor4 = 0

| tenfor4 = 0

| best bowling4 = 2/8

| catches/stumpings4 = 7/–

| date = 14 September

| year = 2013

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/25433.html Cricinfo

}}

Moneeb Iqbal (born 28 February 1986) is a Scottish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and leg-break bowler.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/25433.html Moneeb Iqbal | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo] Having first represented Scotland in 2002, making his debut at the age of fifteen in the 2002 Under-19 World Cup, he represented the national team in the same competition in 2004 and 2006.[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/44/44900/44900.html Moneeb Iqbal | Scotland Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | CricketArchive]

Though he scored a duck in his first match for the Scottish team, he finished the competition with an average nearing 20. He performed better two years later, when he hit his first half-century, and played once again in 2006. Iqbal was born in Glasgow to Pakistani parents on 28 February 1986.

At the time of his first international fixture, Moneeb was the youngest cricketer ever to represent Scotland in an international. He became a member of Durham's cricketing academy in 2004, and played his debut first-class match in May 2006, having represented the Second XI since 2004. Iqbal is a lower-order batsman for the second team, and plays in the tailend in first-class cricket.

Iqbal's brother-in-law, Mohammad Ramzan, is a onetime Pakistani Test cricketer.