Muhammad Adil Hanif (born 25 February 1978) is a

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-born

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er who played for the

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. Hanif is a right-handed

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who bowls right-arm

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Pakistani domestic career

Hanif made his

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debut for

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against

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in 1998. Two years later he made his first-class debut for Islamabad against Habib Bank Limited. In the same season he played his second and final first-class match against Peshawar. From 1998 to 2002 Hanif played seven List A matches for Islamabad, with his final List-A match for the team coming against Peshawar. In his seven List A matches for Islamabad, he scored 103 runs at a

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of 17.16, with a single half century score of 52 against Allied Bank Limited in 2002.

Move to Bahrain

Sometime after 2004 Hanif moved to

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, where in 2009 he made his debut for

against

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in the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven held in

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, where Hanif helped Bahrain to promotion to Division Six. Later in 2009 Hanif represented Bahrain in the

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, where he helped Bahrain to back-to-back promotions. In February 2010, Hanif represented Bahrain in the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, where he helped Bahrain to remain in that division. His

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(T20I) debut for Bahrain was against

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in Oman on 20 January 2019 in the

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tournament.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hanif, Adil 1978 births Living people Pakistani cricketers Islamabad cricketers Bahraini cricketers Bahrain Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers from Lahore Pakistani emigrants to Bahrain Pakistani expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain