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Spen Sign Overseas Stars

 

 

Naeemuddin

 

Spen Victoria CC have begun to make inroads towards bolstering their squad for the 2008 season by signing two new overseas stars.

Naeemuddin hails from the Punjab region of Pakistan and is primarily a batsman with a first class average of 50.75 and a high score of 216 not out vs Hyderabad for his home side of Sialkot in 2007.

At 23 yrs old he has already played 6 first class matches in Pakistan scoring over 400 runs. He has also taken eight first class wickets with his right arm off-break bowling at an average of 29.98.

Batting and fielding averages

 

Mat

Inns

NO

Runs

HS

Ave

BF

SR

100

50

4s

6s

Ct

St

First-class

6

10

2

406

216*

50.75

 

47.705.37

1

1

14

2

0

0

 

Bowling averages

 

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

SR

4w

5w

10

First-class

6

 

546

210

8

3-49

 

29.98

4.78

 

 

 

 

Spen have also completed the signing of Imran Amin. A right arm medium fast bowler, he is also from the Punjab region of Pakistan. However he is UK qualified allowing Spen to play both him and Naeemuddin under Bradford League rules.

Amin is 28 years old and has a first class bowling average of 36.40 with 42 wickets in just 13 matches.

Previous stints in English cricket include two spells with Aston CC in the Derbyshire Premier League Division One, with whom he took nearly 100 wickets in just two seasons.

 Batting and fielding averages

class

 mat

 inns

 no

 runs

 hs

 ave

 100

 50

 ct

 st

First-class

  13

  16

  9

  31

  6*

  4.42

  0

  0

  3

  0

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