Zaman Akhter
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| Born | 12 March 1999 Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm medium pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023- | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class cricket debut | 20 May 2023 Gloucestershire v Durham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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]
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.