Haseeb Hameed is a renowned cricketer who plays for Lancashire. He is a famous right-handed batsman and is famous for his leg spin.
Early life
Haseeb Hameed was born in the year 1997 and started off with his cricket career at an early age of eight. His father Ismail was a famous cricketer and Haseeb drew his inspiration of playing cricket from his father. As he had a great interest for cricket, his father became his coach and trained him in his career. Besides carrying on with his education, he also excelled as a cricketer but as he was too young for playing in the national team.
His parents have always supported him in both his personal and professional life. After gathering enough knowledge about the game, Haseeb started playing as a junior player in some state level matches. In the year 2015, he made his first debut for the Lancashire team, which was hosted against Glamorgan. Hameed could not continue with his further studies as he got into his cricket career too early, at the age of 14.
After establishing himself as a talented young cricketer, he did not limit himself to the national boundaries. In 2016, he proved his skills and talents as a cricketer in the international arena as well. Within a short period of time, he has gained much popularity on Instagram and other social networking sites, where he already has millions of followers.
Career
Haseeb Hameed has already set up a very good career graph for himself at such an early age. He is a renowned batsman in the cricket club and his batting and the style of play has already benefitted the Lancashire team to a great extent. Haseeb has started his cricket career with the Lancashire team and still plays for it. It was with the Lancashire that he had made his first team debut where he replaced Paul Horton.
In this debut, he was able to score 28 in the first innings only along with Karl Brown. In the next season, he was offered an official contract by the Lancashire team for four years. He played in the first season to finally break the record of Mike Atherton. Later in the year, he was also nominated for the England's test match. After many such appearances, he kept himself busy in regular practices and improvised his skills to try out his talents in the international matches.
In the same year, Haseeb was awarded as the youngest debut player in the England's test match which was hosted against India. On the fourth test match, he became the youngest batsman to score the maiden test half century in the year 2016. He played several test matches after that but recently, he had come across an injury in his finger due to which he could not participate in the second test match of England. Haseeb has already established his name in the national as well as in the international boundaries which is a proof of his high net worth, though no exact amount has been recorded yet.
Birth Date: | 17 Jan, 1997 |
Age: | 23 yrs |
Occupations: | Cricketer |
Citizenship: | United Kingdom |
Birth Place: | Bolton |
Education: | Bolton School |
Gender: | Male |
Description: | English cricketer |
Net Worth 2021: | 10.5 million |