Babar Hayat
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| Full name | Babar Hayat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 January 1992 Hazro, Punjab, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 22) | 1 May 2014 v Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 18 September 2018 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 3) | 16 March 2014 v Nepal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 13 November 2025 v Qatar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | Karnali Yaks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Babar Hayat (born 5 January 1992) is a Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer, who plays for the Hong Kong cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and a former captain of the national team.
International career
[edit]Babar made his T20I cricket debut against Nepal on 16 March 2014. In his debut match he made only 20 runs from 25 balls.[1] He made his One Day International debut against Afghanistan in the 2014 ACC Premier League on 1 May 2014.[2] In the 2016 Asia Cup Qualifier in February 2016, he became the first Hong Kong player to score a century (122 runs off 60 balls) in a T20I match.[3][4]
Babar Hayat set the record for the highest ever T20I score by any player in the second innings of a T20I (122) and second in the list for scoring the highest ever T20I score in a losing cause just behind Australia's Shane Watson's 124*. Babar Hayat's 122 was also the highest ever score in T20I in the 2nd innings of a T20I in a losing cause.[5] Babar Hayat's 122 was in second place for the highest percentage of runs in a completed innings of a team, where his team scored only 175/7 in that innings.[6]
On 16 February 2017 in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship match against the Netherlands, he and Anshuman Rath made 197 runs for the third wicket. This was a List A record for Hong Kong and a record for any wicket in a World Cricket League match.[7]
In December 2017, he became the first batsman for Hong Kong to score a double century in first-class cricket, when he made 214 not out against Papua New Guinea in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup.[8]
In August 2018, he was named the captain of Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament.[9] However, prior to the tournament, Hayat stepped down as captain,[10] with Anshuman Rath replacing him.[11] Hong Kong won the qualifier tournament, and he was then named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup.[12]
In December 2018, he was named in Hong Kong's team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[13] He was the leading run-scorer for Hong Kong in the tournament, with 136 runs in three matches.[14] In April 2019, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[15]
In September 2019, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[16] However, ahead of the 2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series, Hayat declared that he was no longer available to play for Hong Kong.[17]
However, in May 2022, he was named in Hong Kong's side for the 2022 Uganda Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament.[18]
T20 franchise career
[edit]On 3 June 2019, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[19][20] In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Brampton Wolves franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[21]
References
[edit]- ^ "2nd Match, First Round Group A: Hong Kong v Nepal at Chittagong, Mar 16, 2014 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ "Asian Cricket Council Premier League, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ^ "Babar scored a ton". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/asia-cup-2015-16-966595/hong-kong-vs-oman-qualifying-group-2nd-match-966735/full-scorecard
- ^ "Records | Twenty20 Internationals | Batting records | Most runs in a match on the losing side | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Records | Twenty20 Internationals | Batting records | Highest percentage of runs in a completed innings | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Hong Kong collapse allows Netherlands to escape with five-run win". ESPN Cricinfo. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ "Babar Hayat hits Hong Kong's first double century in first-class cricket". South China Morning Post. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Hong Kong Squad for the ACC Asia Cup Qualifiers 2018 － 27th August - 8th September 2018". Hong Kong Cricket. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ "Young Hong Kong a banana peel for Pakistan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "Captaincy Change at Asia Cup Qualifiers for Hong Kong". Hong Kong Cricket. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "Anshuman Rath to lead Hong Kong into the 2018 Unimoni Asia Cup". Hong Kong Cricket. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ "Aizaz Khan to replace injured Anshuman Rath as captain for Emerging Nations Cup!". Hong Kong Cricket. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup, 2018/19 - Hong Kong Emerging Team: Minor cricket (one-day/limited overs): Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ "All to play for in last ever World Cricket League tournament". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ "Men's ICC T20 World Cup Qualifiers squad announcement". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ "Babar Hayat withdraws from T20 World Cup Qualifiers, three more HK players have contracts torn up after Tanwir Afzal leads revolt over his non-selection". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Hong Kong men's squad for ICC Challenge League B round 2 in Uganda announced!". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ "Global T20 Canada: Complete Squads". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Global T20 Canada League – Full Squads announced". CricTracker. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Global T20 draft streamed live". Canada Cricket Online. Retrieved 20 June 2019.