Usman Saeed

{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (born 1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Usman Saeed | image = | country = Pakistan | fullname = Mohammad Usman Saeed | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|10|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan | death_date = | death_place = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Leg break | role = Batsman

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'''Mohammad Usman Saeed''' (born 8 October 1986) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played as a right-handed batsman. He was born in Rawalpindi, Punjab, and played domestic cricket for Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi Rams, Khan Research Laboratories, Federal Areas, Pakistan Television, and State Bank of Pakistan.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/usman-saeed-43534 |title=Usman Saeed |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref name="CA">{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/62/62461/62461.html |title=Usman Saeed |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>

Saeed represented the Pakistan Under-19s at the 2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh.<ref name="RediffU19">{{cite web |url=https://m.rediff.com/cricket/u19sq3.htm |title=Under-19 World Cup: Pakistan squad |publisher=Rediff.com}}</ref><ref name="CricinfoU19">{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/usman-saeed-43534/bowling-batting-stats |title=Usman Saeed batting and bowling statistics |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> Pakistan won the tournament, defeating West Indies Under-19s by 25 runs in the final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka.<ref name="U19final">{{cite web |url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/icc-under19-world-cup-200304/match/21130.html |title=Final: Pakistan Under-19s vs West Indies Under-19s at Dhaka |publisher=Pakistan Cricket Board}}</ref> Saeed played four Youth One Day International matches in the tournament, scoring 76 runs at an average of 38.00, with a highest score of 40 against West Indies Under-19s in the group stage.<ref name="CricinfoU19" /> He also made 19 in Pakistan's five-wicket semi-final win over India Under-19s, a match that featured future international players including Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik, Fawad Alam and Riaz Afridi.<ref name="U19semi">{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-under-19-world-cup-2003-04-125288/india-under-19s-vs-pakistan-under-19s-semi-final-330085/full-scorecard |title=India Under-19s v Pakistan Under-19s, Semi-Final, ICC Under-19 World Cup 2003/04 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

Saeed made his senior List A debut for Rawalpindi against Hyderabad in March 2004 and his first-class debut later the same month against Multan at Rawalpindi.<ref name="Cricinfo" /><ref name="CA" /> He later played for Attock Refinery Limited in the PCB Patron's Trophy Grade II, taking four wickets in the 2004–05 competition, before establishing himself in senior domestic cricket with Rawalpindi and Khan Research Laboratories.<ref name="Attock">{{cite web |url=https://stats.acscricket.com/Archive/Events/4/PCB_Patrons_Trophy_%28Grade_II%29_2004-05/Attock_Refinery_Limited_Bowling.html |title=Bowling for Attock Refinery Limited, PCB Patron's Trophy Grade II 2004/05 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref><ref name="CA" />

His highest first-class score came in October 2007, when he made 243 for Rawalpindi against Abbottabad in the 2007–08 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium.<ref name="243report">{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.in/cricket/story/_/id/22927887/rawalpindi-make-601-tame-draw |title=Rawalpindi make 601 in tame draw |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=30 October 2007}}</ref><ref name="243score">{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/quaid-e-azam-trophy-2007-08-313839/abbottabad-vs-rawalpindi-group-b-313864/live-cricket-score |title=Abbottabad v Rawalpindi, Group B, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2007/08 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> The innings came from 471 balls and helped Rawalpindi reach 601 in reply to Abbottabad's 376, in a match that was drawn.<ref name="243report" /><ref name="QEAresults">{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/c/engine/series/313839.html |title=Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2007/08 results |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

In October 2008, playing for Federal Areas against Sindh in the Pentangular Cup at the National Stadium, Karachi, Saeed scored an unbeaten 103 after his side had been reduced to 88 for five.<ref name="Dawn103">{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/327138/usman |title=Usman’s fighting century saves Federal Areas from disaster |work=Dawn |date=26 October 2008}}</ref> He also played for Federal Areas Leopards in the 2008–09 RBS Pentangular One Day Cup. In December 2008, he scored 44 from 55 balls against North West Frontier Province Panthers in a one-run victory that took Federal Areas Leopards into the final.<ref name="Leopards44">{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/990583/saeed-s-double-strike-seals-narrow-win-as-leopards-reach-final |title=Saeed's double-strike seals narrow win as Leopards reach final |work=Dawn |date=22 December 2008}}</ref><ref name="LeopardsFinal">{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/335618/it-s-shoaib-v-shoaib-as-stallions-meet-leopards-in-final-pentangular-cup-one-day-tournament |title=It’s Shoaib v Shoaib as Stallions meet Leopards in final: Pentangular Cup one-day tournament |work=Dawn |date=24 December 2008}}</ref>

Saeed also played for Pakistan National Academy. In August 2006, he scored 129 from 147 balls against Bangladesh National Academy at the Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot, helping Pakistan National Academy win by 52 runs and take an unassailable 2–0 lead in the four-match series.<ref name="PNA129">{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/208457 |title=Usman hits century as PNA win again |work=Dawn |date=1 September 2006}}</ref>

Across his senior career, Saeed scored 6,116 runs in 124 first-class matches at an average of 32.02, including eight centuries and 39 half-centuries.<ref name="Cricinfo" /><ref name="CA" /> He also scored 1,966 runs in 70 List A matches at an average of 37.80, including two centuries and 12 half-centuries, and 300 runs in 20 Twenty20 matches.<ref name="Cricinfo" />

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