Mohammad Iqbal (born 29 March 1977) is a former Emirati international

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er who represented the United Arab Emirates national team between 2006 and 2011. He played as a right-handed

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. Born in

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, Iqbal made his international debut for the UAE at the

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in Malaysia.Miscellaneous matches played by Mohammad Iqbal
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2016. He featured in all six of his team's matches, and scored 228 runs, behind only Arshad Ali and Saqib Ali for his team. This included a score of 114 in the opening match against

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, made from only 59 balls. In January 2007, Iqbal was selected for an Intercontinental Cup game against

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, making his first-class debut.First-class matches played by Mohammad Iqbal
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2016. Later in the year, he also played in the 2007 World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia, where matches held

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status. His tournament included scores of 78 from 64 balls against

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and 111 from 82 balls against

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, and he finished fourth for overall runs scored. In January 2008, Iqbal made a second and final first-class appearance for the UAE, in an Intercontinental Cup game against

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. At the 2008 ACC Trophy, he again played in all of his team's matches, but could not repeat his form from the previous event, scoring only 110 runs from six innings. The following year, at the

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, Iqbal was twice the UAE's top-scorer, making 42 from 26 balls against

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and 71 not out from 37 balls against

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. Among his teammates, only Amjad Javed scored more runs. By making the final of the ACC Twenty20 Cup, the UAE qualified for the

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, the final qualification tournament for the

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in the West Indies. At the World Twenty20 Qualifier, Iqbal played in all five of his team's matches, but had little impact, scoring only 53 runs (with a highest of 20 against

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).Twenty20 matches played by Mohammad Iqbal
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2016. He made his final appearance for the UAE in September 2011, against

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in the Caribasian Tournament.

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