Zaman Akhter: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit |
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit |
||
| Line 47: | Line 47: | ||
Akhter played [[minor counties]] cricket for [[Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club|Cambridge]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/sport/other-sport/cambridge-cc-duo-help-cambridgeshire-16647811|website=Cambridge-news|accessdate=May 20, 2023|date=July 25, 2019|first=Tim|last=Street|title= Cambridge CC duo help Cambridgeshire CCC to first league win of season}}</ref> and [[Hertfordshire County Cricket Club|Hertfordshire]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hertscricket.org/news/zaman-akhter-signs-for-gloucestershire-ccc-34458/|website=Hertscricket.org|accessdate=May 20, 2023|first=Iain|last=Fletcher|title=Zaman Akhter signs for Gloucestershire CCC}}</ref> He played for Essex Second-XI towards the end of the 2022 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/countycricket/counties_send_scouts_watch_saca_session_scheme_continues_unearth_talent.html|website=The Cricketer|date=February 4, 2023|title= Counties send scouts to watch SACA session as scheme continues to unearth talent|first=Nick|last=Friend|accessdate=May 20, 2023}}</ref> |
Akhter played [[minor counties]] cricket for [[Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club|Cambridge]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/sport/other-sport/cambridge-cc-duo-help-cambridgeshire-16647811|website=Cambridge-news|accessdate=May 20, 2023|date=July 25, 2019|first=Tim|last=Street|title= Cambridge CC duo help Cambridgeshire CCC to first league win of season}}</ref> and [[Hertfordshire County Cricket Club|Hertfordshire]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hertscricket.org/news/zaman-akhter-signs-for-gloucestershire-ccc-34458/|website=Hertscricket.org|accessdate=May 20, 2023|first=Iain|last=Fletcher|title=Zaman Akhter signs for Gloucestershire CCC}}</ref> He played for Essex Second-XI towards the end of the 2022 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/countycricket/counties_send_scouts_watch_saca_session_scheme_continues_unearth_talent.html|website=The Cricketer|date=February 4, 2023|title= Counties send scouts to watch SACA session as scheme continues to unearth talent|first=Nick|last=Friend|accessdate=May 20, 2023}}</ref> |
||
Akhter played at South Asia Cricket Academy prior to signing for [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] in March 2023. Gloucestershire coach [[Dale Benkenstein]] described him as having a “natural action”. He made his first-class debut on 18 May 2023 against [[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/county-championship-premium/zaman_akhter_gloucestershire_debut_puts_another_feather_saca_cap.html|website=The Cricketer|accessdate=May 20, 2023|first=Nick|last=Friend|date=May 18, 2023|title= Zaman Akhter's Gloucestershire debut puts yet another feather in SACA's cap}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=March 29, 2023|first=Mark|last=Halliwell|url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/sport/gloucestershire-head-coach-dale-benkenstein-8302293?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target|website=Gloucestershirelive|title= Gloucestershire head coach Dale Benkenstein on "great signing" Marchant de Lange, his hopes for his young crop of seam bowlers and the return of Zafar Gohar}}</ref> In his third first-class match he impressed by taking 4-33 from 17 overs against [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]].<ref>{{cite web|title=County Championship: Lewis Hill hits ton for Leicestershire v Gloucestershire|url= |
Akhter played at South Asia Cricket Academy prior to signing for [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] in March 2023. Gloucestershire coach [[Dale Benkenstein]] described him as having a “natural action”. He made his first-class debut on 18 May 2023 against [[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/county-championship-premium/zaman_akhter_gloucestershire_debut_puts_another_feather_saca_cap.html|website=The Cricketer|accessdate=May 20, 2023|first=Nick|last=Friend|date=May 18, 2023|title= Zaman Akhter's Gloucestershire debut puts yet another feather in SACA's cap}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=March 29, 2023|first=Mark|last=Halliwell|url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/sport/gloucestershire-head-coach-dale-benkenstein-8302293?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target|website=Gloucestershirelive|title= Gloucestershire head coach Dale Benkenstein on "great signing" Marchant de Lange, his hopes for his young crop of seam bowlers and the return of Zafar Gohar}}</ref> In his third first-class match he impressed by taking 4-33 from 17 overs against [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] on 13 |
||
June 2023.<ref>{{cite web|title=County Championship: Lewis Hill hits ton for Leicestershire v Gloucestershire|url= |
|||
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/65889145|date=13 June 2023|accessdate=14 June 2023|website=BBC Sport}}</ref> |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/65889145|date=13 June 2023|accessdate=14 June 2023|website=BBC Sport}}</ref> |
||
Revision as of 19:23, 14 June 2023
 | This article, Zaman Akhter, has recently been created via the Articles for creation process. Please check to see if the reviewer has accidentally left this template after accepting the draft and take appropriate action as necessary.
Reviewer tools: Inform author |
| This article, Zaman Akhter, has recently been created via the Articles for creation process. Please check to see if the reviewer has accidentally left this template after accepting the draft and take appropriate action as necessary.
Reviewer tools: Inform author |
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 12 March 1999 Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm medium pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023- | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class cricket debut | 20 May 2023 Gloucestershire v Durham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: [1], 14 June 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zaman Akhter (born 12 March 1999) is an English cricketer who plays for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman and right arm medium pace bowler. He made his first-class debut on 18 May 2023, against Durham.
Career
Akhter played minor counties cricket for Cambridge,[1] and Hertfordshire.[2] He played for Essex Second-XI towards the end of the 2022 season.[3]
Akhter played at South Asia Cricket Academy prior to signing for Gloucestershire in March 2023. Gloucestershire coach Dale Benkenstein described him as having a “natural action”. He made his first-class debut on 18 May 2023 against Durham.[4][5] In his third first-class match he impressed by taking 4-33 from 17 overs against Leicestershire on 13 June 2023.[6]
References
- ^ Street, Tim (25 July 2019). "Cambridge CC duo help Cambridgeshire CCC to first league win of season". Cambridge-news. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Fletcher, Iain. "Zaman Akhter signs for Gloucestershire CCC". Hertscricket.org. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Friend, Nick (4 February 2023). "Counties send scouts to watch SACA session as scheme continues to unearth talent". The Cricketer. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Friend, Nick (18 May 2023). "Zaman Akhter's Gloucestershire debut puts yet another feather in SACA's cap". The Cricketer. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Halliwell, Mark (29 March 2023). "Gloucestershire head coach Dale Benkenstein on "great signing" Marchant de Lange, his hopes for his young crop of seam bowlers and the return of Zafar Gohar". Gloucestershirelive.
- ^ "County Championship: Lewis Hill hits ton for Leicestershire v Gloucestershire". BBC Sport. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.