Saleem Mukuddem (born 20 January 1972) is a former South African born Bermudian
cricketer
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who played twenty
One Day International
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s for the
Bermuda national cricket team
The Bermuda national cricket team represents the British overseas territory of Bermuda in international cricket. The team is organised by the Bermuda Cricket Board (BCB), which became an associate member of the International Cricket Council ( ...
.
International career
He played in Bermuda's first ever One Day International, a match against
Canada
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on 17 May 2006 taking two
wicket
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* It is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The fielding team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batsman out. ...
s. Three days later, Mukuddem scored 25 runs against
Zimbabwe
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, although this was not enough, as Zimbabwe eventually won by 83 runs.
Mukuddem has played in all eight of Bermuda's
ICC Intercontinental Cup
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games, the
2005 ICC Trophy
The 2005 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament held in Ireland between 1 July and 13 July 2005. It was an international one-day tournament played over 50 overs per side between 12 Associate Members of the International Cricket Council. It served a ...
, the
ICC Americas Championship in 2004 and 2006 and the 2006
Stanford 20/20
The Stanford 20/20 was a short-lived cricket tournament in the Caribbean island of Antigua. It was held first in July and August 2006 in the West Indies at the Stanford Cricket Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, and then again in the s ...
.
He announced his retirement from international cricket at the end of the
2007 Cricket World Cup
The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth Cricket World Cup, a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007. There were a total of 51 matches played, three fewer than at the ...
.
Post retirement
In 2014, he was appointed interim chief executive officer of Eastern Province Cricket Board.
Saleem Mukuddem appointed interim CEO at EP Cricket
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References
External links
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1972 births
Living people
Bermudian cricketers
Bermuda One Day International cricketers
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