Imran Qayyum

Imran Qayyum (born 23 May 1993) is an English former professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club.[1] A slow left arm bowler, he made his first-class cricket debut in May 2016 against Northamptonshire in the 2016 County Championship and has gone on to play in limited overs competitions for the county. In May 2021, he was forced to retire from the game due to a shoulder injury.[2]

Imran Qayyum
Imran Qayyum fielding for Kent at Beckenham, 2019
Personal information
Full name
Imran Qayyum
Born (1993-05-23) 23 May 1993
Ealing, Greater London
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016–2020Kent (squad no. 11)
FC debut15 May 2016 Kent v Northamptonshire
LA debut25 January 2017 Kent v Leeward Islands
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 6 29 45
Runs scored 55 99 51
Batting average 11.00 7.61 17.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 39 26* 21*
Balls bowled 823 1,368 860
Wickets 12 29 45
Bowling average 43.66 40.62 25.73
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/158 4/33 5/21
Catches/stumpings 3/– 5/– 8/–
Source: CricInfo, 8 October 2020

Early life and youth career

Imran Qayyum was born in Ealing and played youth cricket for Middlesex.[3] His parents had migrated from Pakistan before he was born.[4] He was educated at Villiers High School in Southall, Greenford Sixth Form College and City University.[1] After being spotted bowling in a Club Cricket Conference competition by Kent's spin bowling coach Min Patel, he took part in pre-season training with the Kent team ahead of the 2013 season but did not join the team at that point.[5] During the 2013 season he played as a trialist in Second XI cricket for Northamptonshire and Sussex[3] when, after playing against Kent's Second XI, he was contacted by Simon Willis, the director of the county's cricket academy at the time, and invited to play for Kent.[5] He appeared for Kent's Second XI for the remainder of the 2013 season as well as making an appearance for Unicorns A. During the 2013 English off-season he won a week scholarship at the Global Cricket School in Pune in India.[6]

He signed his first professional contract with Kent in 2014.[3][7] After time developing his game in Pakistan in the 2014–15 off-season[8] his was extended during August 2015.[9] During the 2015 English season Imran was the leading wicket-taker for Kent in the Second XI Championship, with 29 wickets, including 5/18 against Surrey Second XI.[10] During the 2015–16 off-season Imran played grade cricket in Sydney for Fairfield and Liverpool as part of an ECB initiative to develop young spin bowlers[11][12][13] before captaining Bromley Cricket Club’s First XI in the Kent Cricket League in 2016[14] and playing for Victoria Cricket Club in South Africa during the 2016–17 English winter.[15][16][17]

Cricket career

Imran Qayyum made his first-class cricket debut on 15 May 2016 for Kent against Northamptonshire in the 2016 County Championship at Wantage Road. He took three wickets on his debut and was dismissed first ball in his only innings.[5][18][19][20][21] Imran was 23 when he made his debut, having previously been involved with three other county sides.[22]

He made his List A debut for Kent on 25 January 2017 against the Leeward Islands in the 2016–17 Regional Super50 tournament in Antigua, going on to make five appearances for Kent in the tournament.[1] Imran made his domestic List A debut for Kent in the final match of the county's 2017 Royal London One Day Cup campaign in May against Essex at Canterbury[23][24] before making his Twenty20 debut in July in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast against Gloucestershire at the College Ground, Cheltenham, taking a wicket on debut[25][26][27][28] and bowling "particularly well" from the Chapel End of the ground[29] before going on to take two wickets for 19 runs in the return match at Canterbury.[30]

Imran took his first five-wicket haul in a 2019 t20 Blast match against Somerset in July 2019. All five wickets fell during a spell of 25 balls during which Somerset lost six wickets - Imran taking five and also running out another batsman[22] in what was described as a "brilliant all-round display".[31]

Following a shoulder injury, Imran retired from all forms of cricket in May 2021.[2]

References
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  2. "Imran Qayyum retires from all cricket with shoulder injury". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. Teams Imran Qayyum played for, CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  4. Qayyum excited by Pakistan tour match, Kent County Cricket Club, 4 December 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  5. Pennell M (2016) 'Qayyum aiming to use Kent debut to kick on again' in Kent v Derbyshire, Kent County Cricket Club, 26 June 2016.
  6. Spin it to win it, All out cricket, 14 November 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  7. Reid J (ed) (2016) 2016 Kent County Cricket Club Annual, Kent County Cricket Club, 2016, p.28.
  8. Imran Qayyum - Practice makes perfect in Pakistan, Kent County Cricket Club, 4 February 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  9. Kent: New contracts for Haggett, Qayyum and Thomas, BBC sport, 14 August 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  10. Willis S (2016) in Reid J (2016) op. cit., pp.162–163.
  11. Vettori to work with EPP spinners in Dubai Archived 1 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine, ECB, 12 October 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
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  13. Thomas J (2015) Cowdrey joins Western Suburbs Magpies Archived 3 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Kent Sport News, 15 October 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  14. Imran Qayyum makes first-class debut, Bromley Cricket Club, 15 May 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  15. Hartley and Qayyum join South African clubs for winter, Kent County Cricket Club, 30 October 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  16. Qayyum takes eight wickets in South Africa, Kent County Cricket Club, 3 December 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  17. Mitchell K (2016) Victoria CC continue unbeaten run, Southern Mail, 7 December 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  18. Libby and Wakely set up Northants reply, CricInfo, 16 May 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  19. Kleinveldt and Stone earn lead as bat holds sway, CricInfo, 17 May 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  20. Stokes M (2016) Kent spinner Imran Qayyum says being given his First-Class debut against Northamptonshire was a dream come true, Kent Online, 23 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  21. First-class matches played by Imran Qayyum, CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  22. Hopps D (2019) Imran Qayyum haul leads Kent to victory over Somerset, CricInfo, 20 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  23. Essex top group to secure semi-final berth, CricInfo, 17 May 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  24. Kent Spitfires lose by 57 runs to Essex Eagles in Royal London One-Day Cup, Kent Online, 17 May 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  25. Hoad A (2017) Kent Spitfires lose by six wickets to Gloucestershire in NatWest T20 Blast, Kent Online, 13 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  26. Cricket: Unbeaten Gloucestershire triumph in six wicket victory over Kent, Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard, 13 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  27. Gloucs win in final over at Cheltenham, Kent County Cricket Club, 13 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  28. CRICKET: Kent spinner Imran Qayyum on his T20 debut in Cheltenham defeat to Gloucestershire, BBC Radio Kent Sport, 14 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  29. Kent falter against Howell magic, CricInfo, 13 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  30. Hoad A (2017) Kent Spitfires head coach Matt Walker thrilled with Imran Qayyum's T20 Blast performances, Kent Online, 19 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  31. T20 Blast: Kent beat Somerset after Derbyshire overcome Yorkshire, BBC Sport, 20 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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