5 Hidden Facts about Haseeb Hameed

cricket : Haseeb Hameed (born 17 January 1997) is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire and England. Primarily a right-handed batsman, he also bowls right-arm leg spin, and predominantly fields at short leg.The 19-year-old batsman of Indian origin may be an unknown name among cricket fans but those in the English cricketing circle know him very well and admire his prodigious talent.

1. The rising star is the youngest amongst the three brothers Safwaan and Nauman. His family is crazy about cricket and he did his schooling from Bolton School, Greater Manchester.  He is of Indian origin.

2. Hameed grew up in a cricket crazy family and is the youngest among three brothers Safwaan and Nauman. He did his schooling Bolton School, Greater Manchester. He did his schooling Bolton School, Greater Manchester.Because of possessing good technique and solid defence, Hameed earned a nickname called ‘Bolton Blocker’. It was the Bolton school where he got his education from .

3. He signed a four-year contract for Lancashire ahead of the 2016 season and made his first-class debut for Lancashire against Glamorgan in August 2015. He became the youngest player in the first-class history to score two tons in a match. Furthermore, the rising star is the first teenage opener to post four centuries in a Championship season. By the end of that season, he had scored over 1,129 runs at an average of over 53 and broke former England skipper Mike Atherton’s record as the youngest Lancashire player to reach that landmark.

4. The right-hander has brilliant batting skills and elegant stroke. When he received call for the England squad, Lancashire head coach and Cricket Director Ashley Giles and Club Captain Steven Croft were not surprised by it. Both praised Hameed and highlighted to media that he truly deserves the spot.

5. Hameed will be the fifth youngest cricketer to play a Test for England. When given his cap on the morning of the match he will be 19 years and 298 days old but he looks much younger.  he will become only the second teenager to appear in the longer form of the game for England since 1949. All-rounder Ben Hollioake, who was 19 when he played against Australia in 1997, is the only other teenager to appear in a Test for England since 18-year-old Brian Close made his debut in 1949.