Shahbaz Bashir

{{short description|Dutch cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = Netherlands

| fullname = Mohammad Shahbaz Bashir

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|12|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nickname =

| family =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| role =

| club1 = Pakistan Cricket Board Greens

| year1 = 2002/03

| club2 = Netherlands

| year2 = 2012

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 102

| bat avg1 = 102.00

| 100s/50s1 = 1/–

| top score1 = 102

| deliveries1 = 54

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 5.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 1/5

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 4

| runs2 = 35

| bat avg2 = 11.66

| 100s/50s2 = –/–

| top score2 = 30

| deliveries2 = 52

| wickets2 = 1

| bowl avg2 = 55.00

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = 1/36

| catches/stumpings2 = 2/–

| date = 8 February

| year = 2022

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/43060.html Cricinfo

}}

Mohammad Shahbaz Bashir (born 27 December 1983) is a Pakistani-born Dutch former cricketer.

Bashir was born at Lahore in December 1983. He was made his debut in List A one-day cricket for the Pakistan Cricket Board Greens against the Pakistan Cricket Board Blues at Lahore in November 2002.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/60/60153/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Shahbaz Bashir|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-02-08|url-access=subscription}} He later emigrated to the Netherlands, qualifying to play for them through residency in 2012.{{cite book|title=The Shorter Wisden 2011 - 2015|first1=Scyld|last1=Berry|first2=Lawrence|last2=Booth|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|year=2015|page=1068|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v7NRCgAAQBAJ|isbn=9781472983756|language=en}} He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Netherlands against United Arab Emirates (UAE) in July 2012 at Deventer in the Intercontinental Cup.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/60/60153/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Shahbaz Bashir|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-02-08|url-access=subscription}} He became the first Dutch player to a score a century on first-class debut, making 102.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/434/434808.html|title=Netherlands v United Arab Emirates, ICC Inter-Continental Cup 2011 to 2013|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-02-08|url-access=subscription}} Bashir also made three List A appearances for the Netherlands, the first coming against Leicestershire in the 2012 Clydesdale Bank 40, an English domestic one-day tournament the Netherlands were invited to take part in. He then made a further two appearances against the UAE following the Intercontinental Cup match. In four List A appearances, Bashir scored 35 runs with a highest score of 30.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/60/60153/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Shahbaz Bashir|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-02-08|url-access=subscription}} He took a wicket apiece in both first-class and List A cricket.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/60/60153/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Shahbaz Bashir|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-02-08|url-access=subscription}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/60/60153/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Shahbaz Bashir|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-02-08|url-access=subscription}}