Saif Ali Zaib (born 22 May 1998 in

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er who plays for

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. A spin-bowling

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, Zaib is a left-handed

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, who bowls

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. He made his

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debut for the county against the touring

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in July 2014, and his first-class debut the following August. Ahead of the 2015 season, Zaib signed a three-year contract with Northamptonshire. He made his

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cricket debut for Northamptonshire in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast on 27 July 2017. In January 2025, Zaib agreed a new contract with Northamptonshire running until the end of the 2027 season.

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* * 1998 births Living people Cricketers from High Wycombe People educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe English cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers Buckinghamshire cricketers Northern Superchargers cricketers Southern Rocks cricketers English people of Pakistani descent Sportspeople of Pakistani descent British Asian cricketers 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-cricket-bio-1990s-stub