Zaman Akhter
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| Born | 12 March 1999 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | Gloucestershire (squad no. 17) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 20 May 2023 Gloucestershire v Durham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 1 August 2023 Gloucestershire v Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 May 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zaman Akhter (born 12 March 1999) is an English cricketer who plays for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club and was the 6th graduate of the South Asian Cricket Academy (SACA) to sign a professional contract. He is a right-handed batsman and right arm medium pace bowler. He made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire on 18 May 2023, against Durham.
Career[edit]
Akhter made his first-class cricket debut for Oxford University against Middlesex in March 2019.[1] He later played minor counties cricket for Cambridge,[2] and Hertfordshire.[3] He played for Essex Second-XI towards the end of the 2022 season.[4]
Gloucestershire[edit]
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 for Gloucestershire on 18 May 2023 against Durham.[5][6] In his third first-class match, on 13 June 2023, he impressed by taking 4-33 from 17 overs against Leicestershire.[7]
He took his first five-wicket haul for Gloucester on the opening day of the 2024 County Championship, finishing with figures of 5/89 against Yorkshire at Bristol on 12 April 2024.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Middlesex vs. Oxford MCCU". cricinfo. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ 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". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "County Championship: Lewis Hill hits ton for Leicestershire v Gloucestershire". BBC Sport. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ "Zaman Akhter takes maiden five-for as Glos bowl Yorkshire out on day one". gloscricket. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
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