Waheed Ahmed

{{Short description|Emirati cricketer (born 1985)}}

{{use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Waheed Ahmed

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| country = United Arab Emirates

| fullname = Waheed Ahmed

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|11|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sahiwal, Pakistan

| heightft =

| heightinch =

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| batting = Right-hand bat

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role = Batsman

| international = true

| odidebutdate = 8 December

| odidebutyear = 2019

| odidebutagainst = United States

| odicap = 84

| lastodidate = 18 January

| lastodiyear = 2021

| lastodiagainst = Ireland

| T20Idebutdate = 5 August

| T20Idebutyear = 2019

| T20Idebutagainst = Netherlands

| T20Icap = 46

| lastT20Idate = 27 February

| lastT20Iyear = 2020

| lastT20Iagainst = Kuwait

| date = 18 January 2021

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/950309.html Cricinfo

}}

Waheed Ahmed (born 15 November 1985) is a Pakistani-born cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/950309.html |title=Waheed Ahmed |accessdate=13 March 2018 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He made his Twenty20 debut for the United Arab Emirates against the England Lions on 4 December 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/921213.html |title=Tour Match, England Lions tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai, Dec 4 2015 |accessdate=13 March 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}

In March 2019, he was named in the United Arab Emirates' Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against the United States, but he did not play.{{cite web|url=http://www.emiratescricket.com/whatsnew/Emirates%20Cricket%20Board%20announces%20team%20to%20represent%20the%20UAE%20in%C3%82%C2%A0historic%20hosting%20of%20USA%20Cricket |title=Emirates Cricket Board announces team to represent the UAE in historic hosting of USA Cricket |work=Emirates Cricket Board |accessdate=13 March 2019}} In July 2019, he was again named in the United Arab Emirates' T20I squad, this time for their series against the Netherlands.{{cite web|url=https://emiratescricket.com/whatsnew/Emirates%20Cricket%20Board%20officially%20announce%20team%20to%20represent%20the%20UAE%20in%20upcoming%20tour%20of%20The%20Netherlands |title=Emirates Cricket Board officially announce team to represent the UAE in upcoming tour of The Netherlands |work=Emirates Cricket Board |accessdate=22 July 2019}} He made his T20I debut for the United Arab Emirates against the Netherlands on 5 August 2019.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1191006.html |title=2nd T20I, United Arab Emirates tour of Netherlands at Amstelveen, Aug 5 2019 |accessdate=5 August 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}

In October 2019, he was added to the United Arab Emirates' squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the UAE.{{cite web|url=https://www.emergingcricket.com/events/mens-t20-world-cup/uae-t20-world-cup-qualifier-2019-preview/ |title=Unexplained withdrawals, Raza left holding the chalice. UAE T20 World Cup Qualifier preview |work=Emerging Cricket |accessdate=14 October 2019}} In December 2019, he was named in the One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2019 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series.{{cite web|url=https://www.emiratescricket.com/whatsnew/ECB%20announce%20team%20to%20represent%20the%20UAE%20in%20ICC%20Men%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%84%A2s%20WCL2 |title=ECB announce team to represent the UAE in ICC Men's WCL2 |work=Emirates Cricket Board |accessdate=5 December 2019}} He made his ODI debut for the UAE, against the United States on 8 December 2019.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1206059.html |title=1st Match, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 at Sharjah, Dec 8 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=8 December 2019}}

In December 2020, he was one of ten cricketers to be awarded with a year-long full-time contract by the Emirates Cricket Board.{{cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/cricket/rameez-shahzad-omitted-from-latest-list-of-centrally-contracted-uae-cricketers-1.1130724 |title=Rameez Shahzad omitted from latest list of centrally contracted UAE cricketers |work=The National |accessdate=17 December 2020}}