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[VIDEOS] Maaz Sadaqat - A promising young all-rounder

I like the look of this kid if I'm honest but with him being 20, he still has a lot to learn. But there definitely is potential. However I do think he should open as Pakistan need to find a successor for Fakhar in white-ball cricket.
 
TeymurBlake said:
I like the look of this kid if I'm honest but with him being 20, he still has a lot to learn. But there definitely is potential. However I do think he should open as Pakistan need to find a successor for Fakhar in white-ball cricket.
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Well, right now he is Fakhar’s successor at number 5 :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
 
CricVet said:
Saim struggles on slower surface. If we are getting ready for WC, he must not open. Saim should be the one coming down the order as an alrounder, NOT Fakhar.

Fakhar should open with Sahibzada. IF Maaz is given a chance, he should be @3.

Babar will be a walking wicket in SL in T20. There is no room for him in SL, BD, or Middle East. But, the PCB will include him for fan favoritism. He will need to be at 4. Saim 5, and captain unfortunately 6.

7 Nawaz. 8 Afridi. 9,10, 11. Waseem/Salman Mirza/Abbas Afridi/Naseem/Abrar/Muqeem

We have to fit in a keeper 2 :(
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Number 5 is too low for Saim. Not sure, if Maaz will be in the national side before the T20 World Cup next year. He might get his chance after the World Cup.
 
hassan918 said:
Number 5 is too low for Saim. Not sure, if Maaz will be in the national side before the T20 World Cup next year. He might get his chance after the World Cup.
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This is ONLY with an assumption that Maaz is included. Yes, otherwise it would be slot 3 for Saim. Fakhar and Sahibzada can't be dropped down the order anymore if we are serious about winning the next tournament. Unfortunately, we are not a serious nation and adhocism flourishes.
 
Rana said:
@topspin @shaz619 found this on X. Some journalist with some following reported this


“Sarfaraz Ahmed has once again proved that he is not only a great captain but also an honest man.
‎According to Rashid Latif, when the Pakistan Shaheens squad for the Emerging Asia Cup was being finalized, Sarfaraz Ahmed was part of the selection committee. Initially, it was decided that Misbah-ul-Haq’s son, Faham-ul-Haq, would be included in the team. But Sarfaraz insisted that the spot rightfully belonged to Maaz Sadaqat.
‎He said, “I agree that Faham is a good kid and Misbah’s son, but if you want to select on merit, then Maaz Sadaqat must be chosen.” And Sarfaraz was proven right — Maaz Sadaqat justified his selection by playing a brilliant innings against India.”


So the Parchi Faham was supposed to go ahead of Maaz but Sarfaraz changed the selection to Maaz? This is very interesting @Major
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I wanted to be positive, the sins of the father shouldn’t be use to judge the son, but unfortunately this is evidence of the severe nepotism in Pakistan and in 99% of cases Misbah would have gotten away with it due to his nakli degree in Physics; all that education for what exactly, being an even sneakier bugger than Bin Ladin. Sarfraz has never given me a dhoka, I feel bad for criticising his weight gain towards the end, even in that state he will always be better than Misbah & twice on Sunday, WOOOOOO! Slick Sir Fraz!
 
TheSultan said:
Aah yes the “not ready” brigade. A close cousin of “give my favourite players more time” brigade
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The “name someone better in the domestics ready to take over” brigade. They are also the “Pakistan won’t even score 120 without RizBar” brigade.
 
23 off 11 for Maaz in an all-important match as Pakistan Shaheens lose early wickets to Sri Lanka A
 
Rana said:
His weakness is Rizwan and Babar
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Usual illogical comment. Babar and Rizwan are either not in the T20 team or not opening so Maaz being selected has nothing to do with them.

Not surprised though you think Asif Ali should be the Captain lol. You live in an alternate universe.
 
Major said:
If Maaz ends up doing good in the PSL, i would like to see him in the Pakistan team.

But this will open a new issue as the opening slot is with Ayub and Farhan and i like both of them. Unless Farhan is shifted to one down maybe to adjust Maaz as an opener.
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Maaz could be tried in red ball first? He can be our Ben Duckett.
 
Maaz Sadaqat scored a brisk 23 off 18 balls, before being dismissed by Jishan Alam as Pakistan Shaheens face off Bangladesh in Asia Cup Rising Stars final
 

Charting Maaz Sadaqat's eventful 2025 as 20-year-old wins player of the tournament award for Pakistan Shaheens​

Lahore, 28 November 2025: In a space of just 11 months, Peshawar-born Maaz Sadaqat has compiled an admirable list of achievements and gained experience in different cricketing environments.

He won player of the match award on his HBL PSL debut, which included a 102-run stand with Babar Azam, finished runners-up with Peshawar in both the National T20 Cup and Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and faced South Africa’s full-strength attack in a warm-up match before the ICC Champions Trophy in Karachi. Additionally, he toured England and Australia with Pakistan Shaheens, struck a century against Adelaide Strikers in the Top End T20 in Darwin, scored his second first-class century for Peshawar, won Hong Kong Super Sixes and most recently earned the player of the tournament award in Pakistan Shaheens’ successful campaign in ACC Men’s Asia Cup Rising Stars in Doha.

Reflecting on a very busy yet fruitful fifth year as a professional cricketer and first out of teenage, Maaz says, “It has been a great year exposure-wise especially with three Shaheens tours, domestic cricket, Hong Kong Sixes and now the Nepal Premier League. I have been making short stops at home in Peshawar between all these engagements and the last time I left home after coming from Doha, my mother welled up seeing me for such a short time but she is also so proud of seeing me do well after all we have gone through as a family.”

Maaz has so far played 24 first-class, 20 List A and 25 T20 matches. His latest statement and one which has brought him a lot of recognition was the 258 runs in five innings – the most in Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025 – and 7-52 in 12 overs with the ball for Pakistan Shaheens.

Reflecting on his stellar all-round form in the tournament, he said “Going into the Rising Stars tournament, I had plenty of belief in me and pledged to myself that I will win it for my team. All the hard work I have done prior to this season has paid off.”

Five of Maaz’s seven wickets in the competition included top-order batters (Nos. 1 to 5) and he finished with a miserly average of 7.43 and economy of 4.3. He says the cut-throat environment he experienced in the Hong Kong Sixes as a bowler benefited him in the 20-over tournament.

“In the Hong Kong Sixes, even if you went for three sixes, it was considered a good over and the boundaries were short. But just a few days later when I bowled in Doha, I felt near to no pressure because the moments felt less intense and I eased into my bowling role well, which helped our team.”

Maaz has batted on various surfaces and faced a variety of bowling attacks during his sojourns with Peshawar Zalmi, Shaheens and Peshawar in domestic cricket across the formats and showcased his rich run-scoring form and a solid technique.

The challenge of switching between white-ball and red-ball does not bother him much as he believes, “In modern day cricket, if you observe that the best batters are almost batting with the same kind of tempo across formats, so I tend to follow the same rule for myself and look to get going wherever I am batting.”

Preparing meticulously before every series or tournament has been the cornerstone of all the success he has reaped so far and his regional head coach and former KP teammate Raffatullah Mohmand testifies, “Apart from being a quick learner and skilled cricketer, Maaz’s success also lies in in-depth preparation of all the challenges fronting him.

“Right from the moment he shot into regional and provincial squads of KP and Peshawar as a teenager, he started observing and talking to all the experienced players like Mohammad Rizwan, Iftikhar Ahmed and Sahibzada Farhan. He took out leaves from their playbooks and applied that in his trainings and preparation, which have paced up his progress.”

Raffatullah rated him high from the early days and arranged for him a contract in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League 2023 for the City Club, where he made his List A debut in Savar and scored 128 runs in six matches including a fifty and picked up four wickets as an 18-year-old.

“I have myself played a few seasons there in Dhaka and a friend of mine contacted in 2023 that they needed an all-rounder so I decided to recommend Maaz for that gig because he had impressed us all in Peshawar and he deserved maximum exposure”, recalls Raffatullah, who became Pakistan’s T20I cap #65 against England in 2015

Talking about his journey, Maaz recollected that his elder brother – Haroon Sadaqat, who played 10 first-class games for FATA in 2016 and has made a comeback to the four-day game after nine years in the ongoing Quaid-e-Azam Trophy season for the same team – took him to Ashnaghar Cricket Club in Peshawar after he had passed matriculation.

“I was a school kid and was hitting big sixes in my first club cricket game and everyone was super impressed, after which my brother and my family decided to let me appear in trials, which helped me become a part of PCB’s pathways stream.

“I played district cricket for Peshawar U19, then became second top scorer in PCB’s Regional U19 tournament for KP and was selected in Pakistan U19 for 2021 U19 Asia Cup in Dubai and ICC U19 World Cup 2022 in West Indies.”

Like many young batters in Pakistan, he envisioned himself batting with Pakistan’s latest entrant to 15,000 international runs club Babar Azam and his dream finally came to life when he was picked by Peshawar Zalmi in HBL PSL X.

“During the pre-tournament training sessions, apart from training with him and learning different aspects of the game, I also told Babar how I had always wanted to bat alongside him. It felt great to be living through those moments as a young player.”

Maaz’s long wait to bat with Babar ended when Peshawar Zalmi handed him the HBL PSL debut and slipped to 38-3 in 5.5 overs chasing 144 against Islamabad United at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on 2 May. The duo remained in the middle for 62 balls in a game-changing century partnership, where Maaz hit four fours and three sixes in his 33-ball 55.

“With Babar at the other end, I felt no pressure and I turned to my natural game acquiring more belief. That time also helped me realise how much I have trained all my life to get here and do well. I felt a lot more motivated to showcase my skills and win the game for my team.”

The left-hander – who had amassed 646 runs in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2024-25 at a strike rate of 71 including his much-awaited maiden first-class century – got the selection nod for Pakistan Shaheens’ tour to England from 22 July to 6 August. “In England I learned a lot about how conditions can vary when you go abroad. The ball was swinging and seaming a lot. It taught me a few things about my batting despite not being able to score big.”

PCB’s efforts in keeping an active Pakistan Shaheens programme with three overseas tours in a space of five months this year has paid dividends in player development with a number of players including Maaz growing in confidence and skill. “I was part of all three Shaheens tours after doing well in domestic cricket and that has been genuinely eye opening for me. The overseas tours right after domestic performances have helped us all in finding ways to face the challenges that international cricket presents. Domestic cricket then feels slightly easy when we return from such tours.

Maaz struck 104 off 59 balls against Adelaide Strikers at Darwin’s Marrara Cricket Ground in the Top End T20 on 20 August, after he was asked to open the batting for Pakistan Shaheens, having appeared in the middle order and getting to face a handful of balls in previous four games.

“Our team management decided to open with me midway and I repaid the confidence with a century. I made full use of the field restrictions hitting shots in my zone and reverted to strike rotation coupled with a boundary almost each over. My appetite to build the innings increased when I failed to impress in England during the three-day and 50-over matches.”

In the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2025-26 he featured in three matches where he made his presence felt against Abbottabad, making 114 off 140 balls hitting 11 fours and one six with a strike rate of 81. In alliance with Israrullah - another southpaw from Peshawar with an experience of 133 first-class games – Maaz batted for 50.5 overs as the duo gathered 213 runs for the third wicket.

As Maaz continues to learn and develop with a better part of the 2025-26 domestic cricket season remaining, fans and pundits alike will anticipate more marvelous performances from the batting all-rounder. Maaz on the other hand, will surely look to find more ways to outsmart oppositions as he grows in confidence, demand and value on the field and on the screens.

PCB
 
hassan918 said:

Charting Maaz Sadaqat's eventful 2025 as 20-year-old wins player of the tournament award for Pakistan Shaheens​

Lahore, 28 November 2025: In a space of just 11 months, Peshawar-born Maaz Sadaqat has compiled an admirable list of achievements and gained experience in different cricketing environments.

He won player of the match award on his HBL PSL debut, which included a 102-run stand with Babar Azam, finished runners-up with Peshawar in both the National T20 Cup and Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and faced South Africa’s full-strength attack in a warm-up match before the ICC Champions Trophy in Karachi. Additionally, he toured England and Australia with Pakistan Shaheens, struck a century against Adelaide Strikers in the Top End T20 in Darwin, scored his second first-class century for Peshawar, won Hong Kong Super Sixes and most recently earned the player of the tournament award in Pakistan Shaheens’ successful campaign in ACC Men’s Asia Cup Rising Stars in Doha.

Reflecting on a very busy yet fruitful fifth year as a professional cricketer and first out of teenage, Maaz says, “It has been a great year exposure-wise especially with three Shaheens tours, domestic cricket, Hong Kong Sixes and now the Nepal Premier League. I have been making short stops at home in Peshawar between all these engagements and the last time I left home after coming from Doha, my mother welled up seeing me for such a short time but she is also so proud of seeing me do well after all we have gone through as a family.”

Maaz has so far played 24 first-class, 20 List A and 25 T20 matches. His latest statement and one which has brought him a lot of recognition was the 258 runs in five innings – the most in Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025 – and 7-52 in 12 overs with the ball for Pakistan Shaheens.

Reflecting on his stellar all-round form in the tournament, he said “Going into the Rising Stars tournament, I had plenty of belief in me and pledged to myself that I will win it for my team. All the hard work I have done prior to this season has paid off.”

Five of Maaz’s seven wickets in the competition included top-order batters (Nos. 1 to 5) and he finished with a miserly average of 7.43 and economy of 4.3. He says the cut-throat environment he experienced in the Hong Kong Sixes as a bowler benefited him in the 20-over tournament.

“In the Hong Kong Sixes, even if you went for three sixes, it was considered a good over and the boundaries were short. But just a few days later when I bowled in Doha, I felt near to no pressure because the moments felt less intense and I eased into my bowling role well, which helped our team.”

Maaz has batted on various surfaces and faced a variety of bowling attacks during his sojourns with Peshawar Zalmi, Shaheens and Peshawar in domestic cricket across the formats and showcased his rich run-scoring form and a solid technique.

The challenge of switching between white-ball and red-ball does not bother him much as he believes, “In modern day cricket, if you observe that the best batters are almost batting with the same kind of tempo across formats, so I tend to follow the same rule for myself and look to get going wherever I am batting.”

Preparing meticulously before every series or tournament has been the cornerstone of all the success he has reaped so far and his regional head coach and former KP teammate Raffatullah Mohmand testifies, “Apart from being a quick learner and skilled cricketer, Maaz’s success also lies in in-depth preparation of all the challenges fronting him.

“Right from the moment he shot into regional and provincial squads of KP and Peshawar as a teenager, he started observing and talking to all the experienced players like Mohammad Rizwan, Iftikhar Ahmed and Sahibzada Farhan. He took out leaves from their playbooks and applied that in his trainings and preparation, which have paced up his progress.”

Raffatullah rated him high from the early days and arranged for him a contract in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League 2023 for the City Club, where he made his List A debut in Savar and scored 128 runs in six matches including a fifty and picked up four wickets as an 18-year-old.

“I have myself played a few seasons there in Dhaka and a friend of mine contacted in 2023 that they needed an all-rounder so I decided to recommend Maaz for that gig because he had impressed us all in Peshawar and he deserved maximum exposure”, recalls Raffatullah, who became Pakistan’s T20I cap #65 against England in 2015

Talking about his journey, Maaz recollected that his elder brother – Haroon Sadaqat, who played 10 first-class games for FATA in 2016 and has made a comeback to the four-day game after nine years in the ongoing Quaid-e-Azam Trophy season for the same team – took him to Ashnaghar Cricket Club in Peshawar after he had passed matriculation.

“I was a school kid and was hitting big sixes in my first club cricket game and everyone was super impressed, after which my brother and my family decided to let me appear in trials, which helped me become a part of PCB’s pathways stream.

“I played district cricket for Peshawar U19, then became second top scorer in PCB’s Regional U19 tournament for KP and was selected in Pakistan U19 for 2021 U19 Asia Cup in Dubai and ICC U19 World Cup 2022 in West Indies.”

Like many young batters in Pakistan, he envisioned himself batting with Pakistan’s latest entrant to 15,000 international runs club Babar Azam and his dream finally came to life when he was picked by Peshawar Zalmi in HBL PSL X.

“During the pre-tournament training sessions, apart from training with him and learning different aspects of the game, I also told Babar how I had always wanted to bat alongside him. It felt great to be living through those moments as a young player.”

Maaz’s long wait to bat with Babar ended when Peshawar Zalmi handed him the HBL PSL debut and slipped to 38-3 in 5.5 overs chasing 144 against Islamabad United at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on 2 May. The duo remained in the middle for 62 balls in a game-changing century partnership, where Maaz hit four fours and three sixes in his 33-ball 55.

“With Babar at the other end, I felt no pressure and I turned to my natural game acquiring more belief. That time also helped me realise how much I have trained all my life to get here and do well. I felt a lot more motivated to showcase my skills and win the game for my team.”

The left-hander – who had amassed 646 runs in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2024-25 at a strike rate of 71 including his much-awaited maiden first-class century – got the selection nod for Pakistan Shaheens’ tour to England from 22 July to 6 August. “In England I learned a lot about how conditions can vary when you go abroad. The ball was swinging and seaming a lot. It taught me a few things about my batting despite not being able to score big.”

PCB’s efforts in keeping an active Pakistan Shaheens programme with three overseas tours in a space of five months this year has paid dividends in player development with a number of players including Maaz growing in confidence and skill. “I was part of all three Shaheens tours after doing well in domestic cricket and that has been genuinely eye opening for me. The overseas tours right after domestic performances have helped us all in finding ways to face the challenges that international cricket presents. Domestic cricket then feels slightly easy when we return from such tours.

Maaz struck 104 off 59 balls against Adelaide Strikers at Darwin’s Marrara Cricket Ground in the Top End T20 on 20 August, after he was asked to open the batting for Pakistan Shaheens, having appeared in the middle order and getting to face a handful of balls in previous four games.

“Our team management decided to open with me midway and I repaid the confidence with a century. I made full use of the field restrictions hitting shots in my zone and reverted to strike rotation coupled with a boundary almost each over. My appetite to build the innings increased when I failed to impress in England during the three-day and 50-over matches.”

In the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2025-26 he featured in three matches where he made his presence felt against Abbottabad, making 114 off 140 balls hitting 11 fours and one six with a strike rate of 81. In alliance with Israrullah - another southpaw from Peshawar with an experience of 133 first-class games – Maaz batted for 50.5 overs as the duo gathered 213 runs for the third wicket.

As Maaz continues to learn and develop with a better part of the 2025-26 domestic cricket season remaining, fans and pundits alike will anticipate more marvelous performances from the batting all-rounder. Maaz on the other hand, will surely look to find more ways to outsmart oppositions as he grows in confidence, demand and value on the field and on the screens.

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Deserving. Eager to see him in national team.
 
hassan918 said:

Charting Maaz Sadaqat's eventful 2025 as 20-year-old wins player of the tournament award for Pakistan Shaheens​

Lahore, 28 November 2025: In a space of just 11 months, Peshawar-born Maaz Sadaqat has compiled an admirable list of achievements and gained experience in different cricketing environments.

He won player of the match award on his HBL PSL debut, which included a 102-run stand with Babar Azam, finished runners-up with Peshawar in both the National T20 Cup and Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and faced South Africa’s full-strength attack in a warm-up match before the ICC Champions Trophy in Karachi. Additionally, he toured England and Australia with Pakistan Shaheens, struck a century against Adelaide Strikers in the Top End T20 in Darwin, scored his second first-class century for Peshawar, won Hong Kong Super Sixes and most recently earned the player of the tournament award in Pakistan Shaheens’ successful campaign in ACC Men’s Asia Cup Rising Stars in Doha.

Reflecting on a very busy yet fruitful fifth year as a professional cricketer and first out of teenage, Maaz says, “It has been a great year exposure-wise especially with three Shaheens tours, domestic cricket, Hong Kong Sixes and now the Nepal Premier League. I have been making short stops at home in Peshawar between all these engagements and the last time I left home after coming from Doha, my mother welled up seeing me for such a short time but she is also so proud of seeing me do well after all we have gone through as a family.”

Maaz has so far played 24 first-class, 20 List A and 25 T20 matches. His latest statement and one which has brought him a lot of recognition was the 258 runs in five innings – the most in Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025 – and 7-52 in 12 overs with the ball for Pakistan Shaheens.

Reflecting on his stellar all-round form in the tournament, he said “Going into the Rising Stars tournament, I had plenty of belief in me and pledged to myself that I will win it for my team. All the hard work I have done prior to this season has paid off.”

Five of Maaz’s seven wickets in the competition included top-order batters (Nos. 1 to 5) and he finished with a miserly average of 7.43 and economy of 4.3. He says the cut-throat environment he experienced in the Hong Kong Sixes as a bowler benefited him in the 20-over tournament.

“In the Hong Kong Sixes, even if you went for three sixes, it was considered a good over and the boundaries were short. But just a few days later when I bowled in Doha, I felt near to no pressure because the moments felt less intense and I eased into my bowling role well, which helped our team.”

Maaz has batted on various surfaces and faced a variety of bowling attacks during his sojourns with Peshawar Zalmi, Shaheens and Peshawar in domestic cricket across the formats and showcased his rich run-scoring form and a solid technique.

The challenge of switching between white-ball and red-ball does not bother him much as he believes, “In modern day cricket, if you observe that the best batters are almost batting with the same kind of tempo across formats, so I tend to follow the same rule for myself and look to get going wherever I am batting.”

Preparing meticulously before every series or tournament has been the cornerstone of all the success he has reaped so far and his regional head coach and former KP teammate Raffatullah Mohmand testifies, “Apart from being a quick learner and skilled cricketer, Maaz’s success also lies in in-depth preparation of all the challenges fronting him.

“Right from the moment he shot into regional and provincial squads of KP and Peshawar as a teenager, he started observing and talking to all the experienced players like Mohammad Rizwan, Iftikhar Ahmed and Sahibzada Farhan. He took out leaves from their playbooks and applied that in his trainings and preparation, which have paced up his progress.”

Raffatullah rated him high from the early days and arranged for him a contract in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League 2023 for the City Club, where he made his List A debut in Savar and scored 128 runs in six matches including a fifty and picked up four wickets as an 18-year-old.

“I have myself played a few seasons there in Dhaka and a friend of mine contacted in 2023 that they needed an all-rounder so I decided to recommend Maaz for that gig because he had impressed us all in Peshawar and he deserved maximum exposure”, recalls Raffatullah, who became Pakistan’s T20I cap #65 against England in 2015

Talking about his journey, Maaz recollected that his elder brother – Haroon Sadaqat, who played 10 first-class games for FATA in 2016 and has made a comeback to the four-day game after nine years in the ongoing Quaid-e-Azam Trophy season for the same team – took him to Ashnaghar Cricket Club in Peshawar after he had passed matriculation.

“I was a school kid and was hitting big sixes in my first club cricket game and everyone was super impressed, after which my brother and my family decided to let me appear in trials, which helped me become a part of PCB’s pathways stream.

“I played district cricket for Peshawar U19, then became second top scorer in PCB’s Regional U19 tournament for KP and was selected in Pakistan U19 for 2021 U19 Asia Cup in Dubai and ICC U19 World Cup 2022 in West Indies.”

Like many young batters in Pakistan, he envisioned himself batting with Pakistan’s latest entrant to 15,000 international runs club Babar Azam and his dream finally came to life when he was picked by Peshawar Zalmi in HBL PSL X.

“During the pre-tournament training sessions, apart from training with him and learning different aspects of the game, I also told Babar how I had always wanted to bat alongside him. It felt great to be living through those moments as a young player.”

Maaz’s long wait to bat with Babar ended when Peshawar Zalmi handed him the HBL PSL debut and slipped to 38-3 in 5.5 overs chasing 144 against Islamabad United at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on 2 May. The duo remained in the middle for 62 balls in a game-changing century partnership, where Maaz hit four fours and three sixes in his 33-ball 55.

“With Babar at the other end, I felt no pressure and I turned to my natural game acquiring more belief. That time also helped me realise how much I have trained all my life to get here and do well. I felt a lot more motivated to showcase my skills and win the game for my team.”

The left-hander – who had amassed 646 runs in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2024-25 at a strike rate of 71 including his much-awaited maiden first-class century – got the selection nod for Pakistan Shaheens’ tour to England from 22 July to 6 August. “In England I learned a lot about how conditions can vary when you go abroad. The ball was swinging and seaming a lot. It taught me a few things about my batting despite not being able to score big.”

PCB’s efforts in keeping an active Pakistan Shaheens programme with three overseas tours in a space of five months this year has paid dividends in player development with a number of players including Maaz growing in confidence and skill. “I was part of all three Shaheens tours after doing well in domestic cricket and that has been genuinely eye opening for me. The overseas tours right after domestic performances have helped us all in finding ways to face the challenges that international cricket presents. Domestic cricket then feels slightly easy when we return from such tours.

Maaz struck 104 off 59 balls against Adelaide Strikers at Darwin’s Marrara Cricket Ground in the Top End T20 on 20 August, after he was asked to open the batting for Pakistan Shaheens, having appeared in the middle order and getting to face a handful of balls in previous four games.

“Our team management decided to open with me midway and I repaid the confidence with a century. I made full use of the field restrictions hitting shots in my zone and reverted to strike rotation coupled with a boundary almost each over. My appetite to build the innings increased when I failed to impress in England during the three-day and 50-over matches.”

In the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2025-26 he featured in three matches where he made his presence felt against Abbottabad, making 114 off 140 balls hitting 11 fours and one six with a strike rate of 81. In alliance with Israrullah - another southpaw from Peshawar with an experience of 133 first-class games – Maaz batted for 50.5 overs as the duo gathered 213 runs for the third wicket.

As Maaz continues to learn and develop with a better part of the 2025-26 domestic cricket season remaining, fans and pundits alike will anticipate more marvelous performances from the batting all-rounder. Maaz on the other hand, will surely look to find more ways to outsmart oppositions as he grows in confidence, demand and value on the field and on the screens.

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Given that this piece has been published by the PCB, maybe they are investing their future stocks in him.

InshAllah I hope that they effectively develop him, as it’s surprisingly been decent to this point.
 
Rana said:
He’s going to be selected for the Sri Lanka tour apparently
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deserves it, but babar at three, and salman at four destabilises the batting order. farhan, saim, maaz and fakhar should be the top four, which order i dont know, but its the best chance pak have of going hard at the beginning.
 
ElRaja said:
deserves it, but babar at three, and salman at four destabilises the batting order. farhan, saim, maaz and fakhar should be the top four, which order i dont know, but its the best chance pak have of going hard at the beginning.
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The report is that Pakistan won’t call back any players from BBL and Australia will add 2 more T20s to the series

So Pakistan will call for cover for Babar in this series

The boy has such a massive opportunity to kick Babar out of the side for good!
 
Rana said:
The report is that Pakistan won’t call back any players from BBL and Australia will add 2 more T20s to the series

So Pakistan will call for cover for Babar in this series

The boy has such a massive opportunity to kick Babar out of the side for good!
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would be good, but i dont see pak dropping babar for the wt20, all things said and done, hes still a better version of salman agha, which creates the issue.
 
I believe he is in the president tournament squad so lets see how he does first
 
ElRaja said:
would be good, but i dont see pak dropping babar for the wt20, all things said and done, hes still a better version of salman agha, which creates the issue.
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The way the email interaction between PCB/ACB is apparently worded, it seems as if the PCB were happy to bite the hand off Australia when they offered to play 2 extra T20s as long as the BBL played card not called back…

The email specifically mentioned “Yes, we can try Maaz Sadaqat instead”. That’s a Mike Hesson/Aqib directive for sure.

They know they are stuffed with having to pick Babar because of the horse bollox fans+ Journalists who don’t care about the team but only Babar.

It’s a golden opportunity for them to somehow get Sadaqat into an XI without Babar….


I can tell you now, Babar will not want to be playing BBL knowing what’s basically cooking in his absence.
 
Rana said:
The way the email interaction between PCB/ACB is apparently worded, it seems as if the PCB were happy to bite the hand off Australia when they offered to play 2 extra T20s as long as the BBL played card not called back…

The email specifically mentioned “Yes, we can try Maaz Sadaqat instead”. That’s a Mike Hesson/Aqib directive for sure.

They know they are stuffed with having to pick Babar because of the horse bollox fans+ Journalists who don’t care about the team but only Babar.

It’s a golden opportunity for them to somehow get Sadaqat into an XI without Babar….


I can tell you now, Babar will not want to be playing BBL knowing what’s basically cooking in his absence.
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Yep. Furqan Bhatti broke that news who is a reputable journalist
 
Rana said:
The report is that Pakistan won’t call back any players from BBL and Australia will add 2 more T20s to the series

So Pakistan will call for cover for Babar in this series

The boy has such a massive opportunity to kick Babar out of the side for good!
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Not a bad idea if true. At the very least, you get a decent look at him and see if he can be part of the squad even if he doesn't start in the playing XI and keep Farhan/Saim on their toes as well to ensure they have to perform to avoid ceding the spot to Maaz.

Looks like Maaz will play in the BPL as well so the kid has a big opportunity to continue knocking on the door.
 
Maaz has proved his mettle on multiple occasions. Excited to see him in bpl and then soon getting international call.
 
just realised hes in the same psl team as ihsanullah, poor guy, hope he doesnt put up with ihsanullahs antics
 
Ball Blazer said:
Brilliant innings of 110 on 65 balls with 10 sixes and 7 fours by youngster Maaz Sadaqat for OGDCL against Wapda in President's One Day Cup match at NSK Oval Ground
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Pretty great innings. Got to his century on 57th ball while Imam was batting with him at the same time on 41 runs off 60 balls when it happened.

Hope they give him a look in ODI's as well instead of going with Imam/Abdullah to be the backup for Saim/Fakhar. Considering Fakhar's form these days and with his age, Maaz might be a genuine candidate to replace him by 2027 WC.
 
Maaz Sadaqat and Shamyl Hussain should be the back up opening combination when Saim and Fakhar not playing
 
shamaan said:
half the time the international bowlers are on international duty and he comes up against third string bowlers.
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I think he will be suitable for subcontinent pitches for test cricket, he performed on used pitches in qatar in asia cup emerging.
 
cricfan432 said:
I think he will be suitable for subcontinent pitches for test cricket, he performed on used pitches in qatar in asia cup emerging.
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Used pitches dont really change much and pluss asia cup wasnt in the longer format.
 
jamie smith fan said:
His bowling is better than saims
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I don't think so. Saim is a very good and deceptive bowler. Showing to be very effective in T20's. I could see Maaz being more effective and a better option in Tests & ODI's as he is more of a traditional bowler but I don't see it the same way in T20's. You need to be able to turn it both ways in T20's on a consistent basis to be a good option.
 
Let me remind u he was averaging 47 in that fc season on those underprepared surface where musa khan was averaging 9 and nobodies like mushtaq ahmed and mohammad shahzad were running through batting lineups
shamaan said:
half the time the international bowlers are on international duty and he comes up against third string bowlers.
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He is the most promising Pakistani youngster currently.

Could become a superstar once he makes it to national team.
 
jamie smith fan said:
Let me remind u he was averaging 47 in that fc season on those underprepared surface where musa khan was averaging 9 and nobodies like mushtaq ahmed and mohammad shahzad were running through batting lineups.
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Musa khan the fast bowler who is a tailender ?
 
He should be selected for next series. He not only score runs he score quickly and dominate the opponents. His opening partner is Imam Ul Haq who is also scoring runs but the impact Maaz is creating is of another level.. Maaz and Shamyl hussian should be tried as openers in ODIs while resting Saim and Fakhar..this will make bench strength more stronger .
 
Yes he is doing well which ia great and Fakhar is washed now to be honest shamyl is hit and miss
 
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