{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Samir Majid Sheikh | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|10|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = Southwark, London, England | death_date = | death_place = | nickname = | family = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium-fast | role = | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = 1999–2000 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 6 | runs1 = 26 | bat avg1 = 13.00 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 17 | deliveries1 = 713 | wickets1 = 12 | bowl avg1 = 36.41 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 4/25 | catches/stumpings1 = 1/– | date = 25 January | year = 2022 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20151.html Cricinfo }}
'''Samir Majid Sheikh''' (born 16 October 1978) is an English former first-class cricketer.
Sheikh was born at Southwark in October 1978 and matriculated to Newnham College at the University of Cambridge in 1997.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Cambridge University List of Members for the Year 1998|date=1998|page=712|publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-77754-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MN3jAAAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref> While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1999 and 2000, making six appearances, which included appearing twice in The University Match against Oxford.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/8/8393/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Samir Sheikh|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-25|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Playing in the Cambridge side as a right-arm medium-fast bowler, Sheikh took 12 wickets at an average of 36.41, best figures of 4 for 25.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/8/8393/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Samir Sheikh|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-25|url-access=subscription}}</ref> As a tailend batsman, he scored 26 runs with a highest score of 17.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/8/8393/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Samir Sheikh|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-25|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=20151}}
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