Saad Hafeez ( ur, سعد حفیظ; born 23 March 1977) is a former

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er. Hafeez was a right-handed

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who bowled right-arm

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and who also fielded as a

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. He was born at

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. Hafeez made his debut for

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in the

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in Canada against

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. He made three further appearances during the tournament, against

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and the

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. Hafeez scored 21 runs with a high score of 10 in his four matches, Later in 2001, he made his

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debut for Denmark against

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in the 1st round of English domestic cricket's

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, which was played in August 2001 to avoid fixture congestion early in the 2002 season. In the match, held at

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in Copdock, Suffolk, Denmark won the toss and elected to bat first, making 112 all out from 28.4

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against their

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opponents, with Hafeez scoring 9 runs before he was dismissed by

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. Suffolk won the match by 7 wickets, though in their chase Hafeez did take the wicket of

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for 49,

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off his bowling by

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. He made a second List A appearance the following year against the

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(LCB) in the 1st round of the

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which was played in August 2002, in the same arrangement as the previous competition. In the match, held at

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, the LCB won the toss and elected to put Denmark into bat, with Denmark making 249/6 from their 50 overs, with Hafeez ending the innings

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on 6. The LCB won the match by 4 wickets. This was his final appearance for Denmark.

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