Sajid Mahmood

Mahmood began playing club cricket in the Bolton Leagues, and played well enough to be signed by Lancashire in 2002. Despite having taken only six first-class wickets, he was chosen for England A's tour to India and Malaysia in 2003-04.

He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2003; in the same year, he inadvertently rendered Lancashire team-mate Andrew Flintoff and England A team-mate Alex Gidman out of action with broken hands, an early indicator of his pace.

He made his One-day International debut for England against New Zealand at Bristol in July 2004, but his seven overs proved expensive, conceding 56 runs without a wicket. More recently, he toured India with England in early 2006, playing in the third, sixth and seventh ODIs and taking several wickets.

He was included in the Test squad against Sri Lanka in 2006 following injuries to Steve Harmison, James Anderson and Simon Jones, and earned his first cap on 11 May 2006 in the first Test at Lord's. England reached an imposing first-innings score of 551, and Mahmood took three wickets in his first four overs in Test cricket at the end of the second day, as the Sri Lankan team disintegrated to 91 for 6 at the close. He was unable to add to his tally before Sri Lanka were forced to follow on early on the third day, but added two further wickets in Sri Lanka's more composed second innings on the fourth day. He is the 633rd England test player.

Sources

• [Sajid Mahmood] at Cricinfo

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