Mohammad Boota (born 5 January 1983) is a Pakistani-born cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team.[1] He made his List A debut for the United Arab Emirates against Nepal in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship on 6 December 2017.[2]

Mohammad Boota
Personal information
Full name
Mohammad Boota
Born (1983-01-05) 5 January 1983 (age 41)
Sialkot, Pakistan
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 73)11 January 2018 v Ireland
Last ODI14 April 2019 v Zimbabwe
T20I debut (cap 43)31 January 2019 v Nepal
Last T20I19 February 2022 v Germany
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I LA T20
Matches 9 19 12 19
Runs scored 191 136 243 136
Batting average 23.87 17.00 24.30 17.00
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 59* 20* 59* 20*
Balls bowled 12 6 12 6
Wickets 0 1 0 1
Bowling average 13.00 13.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/13 1/13
Catches/stumpings 0/1 4/2 0/1 4/2
Source: Cricinfo, 23 February 2022

In January 2018, he was named in the United Arab Emirates One Day International (ODI) squad for the tri-series against Ireland and Scotland.[3] He made his ODI debut against Ireland in the tri-series on 11 January 2018.[4] Later the same month, he was named in the United Arab Emirates's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[5]

In December 2018, he was named in the United Arab Emirates' team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[6] In January 2019, he was named in the United Arab Emirates' Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Nepal.[7] He made his T20I debut for the United Arab Emirates against Nepal on 31 January 2019.[8]

In September 2019, he was named in the United Arab Emirates' squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the UAE.[9] In December 2020, he was one of ten cricketers to be awarded with a year-long full-time contract by the Emirates Cricket Board.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Mohammad Boota". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  2. ^ "52nd Match, ICC World Cricket League Championship at Abu Dhabi, Dec 6 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  3. ^ "UAE Cricket to participate in ODI Tri-Series against Ireland and Scotland in Dubai during January 2018". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  4. ^ "1st Match, United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series at Dubai, Jan 11 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Six teams vying for the final two spots in ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Emirates Cricket Board announce team that will represent the UAE in Asia Cricket's Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2018". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Emirates Cricket Board announces team to represent the UAE in upcoming 'ANIB Challenge Series 2019' T20i matches against Nepal". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  8. ^ "1st T20I, Nepal tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai, Jan 31 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Emirates Cricket Board announces side to compete in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifiers 2019". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Rameez Shahzad omitted from latest list of centrally contracted UAE cricketers". The National. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
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