Amjad Javed (; born 5 July 1980) is a former cricketer who played for the

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. He is a right-handed allrounder who bowls right-arm medium. He is one of the few cricketers for the

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who had played

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. Amjad Javed's grandfather moved to

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

from

Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...

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50 years ago, when his father was only 2 years old. Amjad Javed is of Pakistani descent but born and raised in the

. He also worked for Emirates airlines as a baggage handler. Amjad took retirement from all forms of cricket on 22 December 2018.

Playing career

He made his

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debut for the

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against

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. He scored 10 runs in which he hit a four and six and then bowled two overs without any success. In

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, Javed hit a blistering 164 from 117 balls, laced with 17 fours and eight sixes at

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as the UAE completed a 112-run win over

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. In 2010, in a

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match against

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, Javed hit blitzed 89 off 59 balls which included seven fours and five sixes as UAE extended their domination over Bermuda with a thumping 134-run win at the

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. In 2012, Javed finished with the best figures 4 for 49 against

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in the Intercontinental Cup played at

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. In the 2015 ICC World Cup Qualifier, Javed blasted a 31-ball 63 to lift the team to 246 for 8 as United Arab Emirates held their nerve to secure a narrow 13-run win against

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, putting an end to Kenya's hopes of extending their streak of five consecutive World Cup appearances. In the

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clash v Ireland, he along with

Shaiman Anwar Shaiman Anwar Butt (; born 15 March 1979) is a former cricketer who played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. A powerful right-handed top-order batsman, he made his debut for the United Arab Emirates national side in December 2 ...

set the highest ever World Cup record partnership of 107 runs for the 7th wicket. In fact, this pair of batsmen became the first pair to have had a 100+ runstand for the 7th wicket in World Cup history. Just after a month later, in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, Amjad Javed along with Nasir Aziz put on a 107 run stand against

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for the 7th wicket and created history for the joint highest ever World Cup 7th wicket partnership. Javed is the only player in the world to involve in more than one 100+ stand for the 7th wicket in Cricket World Cup history. He holds the record for facing the most number of balls in a T20I innings when batting at number seven position(46)

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* 1980 births Living people Cricketers from Dubai United Arab Emirates One Day International cricketers United Arab Emirates Twenty20 International cricketers Emirati cricketers Cricketers at the 2015 Cricket World Cup Pakistani expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Emirati cricket captains {{Pakistan-cricket-bio-stub