Amjad Javed

Amjad Javed
Personal information
Full name
Amjad Javed
Born (1980-07-05) 5 July 1980 (age 44)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 32)24 June 2008 v Bangladesh
Last ODI15 March 2015 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 2)17 March 2014 v Netherlands
Last T20I10 July 2015 v Afghanistan
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 15 22 15 81
Runs scored 239 271 392 1,370
Batting average 19.91 18.06 17.04 22.45
100s/50s 0/1 0/1 1/1 2/4
Top score 56 76 100 164
Balls bowled 618 446 1,732 3,066
Wickets 9 33 34 78
Bowling average 67.55 16.96 26.79 32.35
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/60 3/12 4/48 6/50
Catches/stumpings 8/– 4/– 4/– 18/–
Source: ESPN cricinfo, 12 June 2019

Amjad Javed (Urdu: امجد جاوید; born 5 July 1980) is a former cricketer who played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. He is a right-handed allrounder who bowls right-arm medium. He is one of the few cricketers for the UAE who had played Asia Cup. Amjad Javed's grandfather moved to Dubai from Lahore, Pakistan 50 years ago, when his father was only 2 years old. Amjad Javed is of Pakistani descent but born and raised in the UAE. He also worked for Emirates airlines as a baggage handler. Amjad took retirement from all forms of cricket on 22 December 2018.[1]

  1. ^ Radley, Paul (18 February 2016). "Asia Cup: UAE-born and bred, Amjad Javed juggles a job of unsociable hours and long hauls but is country's 'most important player'". The National. UAE. Retrieved 26 August 2020.