Mehboob Alam

Mehboob Alam
Personal information
Born (1981-08-31) 31 August 1981 (age 43)
Rajbiraj, Saptari, Nepal
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2003–2015Sagarmatha Legends
2013–2015Pentagon
2014–2014Biratnagar
Career statistics
Competition First-class Twenty20
Matches 4 7
Runs scored 98 34
Batting average 14.00 5.66
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 34 13
Balls bowled 414 42
Wickets 12 1
Bowling average 14.83 47.20
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/25 1/20
Catches/stumpings 1/– 2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 9 March 2015

Mehboob Alam (Nepali: मेहबूब आलम) (born 31 August 1981) is a Nepalese cricketer. An all-rounder Mehboob bats left-handed and is a left-arm fast bowler.[1] He made his debut for Nepal against Japan in November 2000.[2]

Mehboob is a world record holder who has his name in the Guinness World Records for single-handedly bowling out an opponent, which he did by picking up 10 wickets for 12 runs in 7.5 overs bundling out Mozambique for just 19 runs during the 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five in Jersey. This was the best bowling figure in a Limited over cricket match.[3][4]

He represents the Sagarmatha Legends of the Nepal Premier League, Region No.1 Biratnagar of the National League and Pentagon International College, which plays in the SPA Cup.

  1. ^ "Mehboob Alam". ESPNcricinfo.
  2. ^ "Scorecard of Japan v Nepal, Asian Cricket Council Trophy 2000/01 (Group B)". CricketArchive.
  3. ^ "First bowler to take 10 wickets in a limited overs international". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Alam takes 10 wickets in Jersey". BBC. 26 May 2008.