Antum Amir Naqvi (Arabic: انتوم أمير نقفي; born 5 April 1999) is a Belgium-born Zimbabwean cricketer, who plays as a right-arm off-spinner and right-hand batter.[1][2]
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| Full name | Antum Amir Naqvi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 1999 Brussels, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batting all-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022/23–present | Mid West Rhinos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life
editNaqvi was born in Brussels, Belgium, to Belgian parents whose families had migrated to Belgium from India and Pakistan.[3] When he was four years old his family moved to Australia, where he was educated at The Hills Sports High School in Sydney.[4] He is a qualified commercial pilot.[5] His younger brother Awad Naqvi plays for Tuskers.[6]
Domestic career
editWhile Naqvi was living and playing cricket in Darwin in Australia, he was encouraged to play cricket in Zimbabwe by the former Zimbabwe international player Solomon Mire.[5] He made his first-class cricket debut in Zimbabwe in January 2023, playing for Mid West Rhinos in the Logan Cup against Eagles. He scored 140 not out batting at number six, and took 4 for 22 in the first innings and another wicket and three catches in the second innings in an innings victory for Rhinos.[7] In his second match a few days later he scored 103 in Mid West Rhinos' only innings,[8] thus becoming the 21st person in the history of first-class cricket to score hundreds in his first two innings.[9] In the final match of the competition, Naqvi made a third century and took five wickets.[10]
Naqvi made his List A debut in October 2023. In his second match, two days after his first, he took 3 for 56 and scored 128 not out off 93 balls, finishing off the victory for Rhinos with an unbroken 202-run partnership with Tarisai Musakanda.[11] Since then Naqvi has scored two more List A 100s.
In January 2024, captaining Mid West Rhinos in the Logan Cup against Matabeleland Tuskers, Naqvi scored 300 not out off 295 deliveries before declaring at 538 for 3; Rhinos went on to win by an innings and 40 runs. It is the first triple-century in the history of Zimbabwean domestic cricket.[12][13][14]
International career
editIn July 2024, he earned his maiden call-up for the Zimbabwe national team for their T20I series against India. However, he did not play in any of the matches.[15][16][17][18]
References
edit- ^ "Antum Naqvi: The next Sikandar Raza". Chronicle. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Tracy Village young gun Antum Naqvi scores maiden century". NT News. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Captain Antum ready for Chevrons take off". NewsDay. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Antum Naqvi". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ a b Vedan, Eshlin (19 January 2024). "Antum Naqvi: Cricket-playing pilot flying high for Zimbabwe". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ "Awad Naqvi". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Kwekwe, January 07–09, 2023, Logan Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "Harare, January 14–17, 2023, Logan Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "First-Class Most Hundreds in Consecutive Innings from Debut". ACS. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "Harare, March 29–31, 2023, Logan Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ "4th Match, Mutare, October 22, 2023, Pro50 Championship". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ "Antum Naqvi Hits Unbeaten 300 To Break Zimbabwe Batting Record". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Antum Naqvi breaks Zimbabwe cricket records with unbeaten 300". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "10th Match, Harare, January 10-13, 2024, Logan Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "Zimbabwe include Naqvi in squad for T20I series against India". Zimbabwe Cricket. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "Belgium-born Antum Naqvi receives maiden Zimbabwe call-up for India T20Is". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "Uncapped Naqvi named in Zimbabwe squad for India T20Is". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "Antum Naqvi". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2024.