63 Facts About Hamid Hassan

Hamid Hassan is a right-arm fast bowler and a right-handed batsman who mainly plays as a bowler.

Hamid Hassan is the second of three sons; Rashid being his elder brother and Shamshad the younger one.

When Hassan was six years old, his family fled fighting in their home district of Bati Kot near Jalalabad, Afghanistan to go to Pakistan as refugees.

Hamid Hassan joined a cricket club in 2002 and got selected for a team to go to the Asian Cricket Council Under-17 Trophy in 2003.

Hamid Hassan weighed nearly 18 stone, but after watching the 2005 Ashes series on TV and being inspired by Andrew Flintoff, he lost weight until he was down to 13 stone so that he could bowl fast.

In March 2006, Hamid Hassan played a match for Afghanistan against a Marylebone Cricket Club team led by Mike Gatting in Mumbai.

Afghanistan thrashed the MCC by 179 runs, and Hamid Hassan took the wicket of Gatting.

Hamid Hassan was invited to join MCC Young Cricketers.

At 20 years of age, Hamid Hassan became the first Afghan to play cricket at Lord's.

Hamid Hassan played for the Marylebone Cricket Club in a match against a European XI in June 2007.

Hamid Hassan bowled with good control at over 145 kilometres per hour, with Gatting calling him a "huge potential".

Hamid Hassan was part of Afghanistan's squad for the 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five in Jersey, which was the start of the qualification process for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

Hamid Hassan took three wickets in Afghanistan's win against Botswana and two wickets in their win over Nepal, which gave Afghanistan a place in the tournament final and ensured they would progress to the next stage of World Cup qualification.

Hamid Hassan was Afghanistan's best bowler in the tournament final against Jersey, taking four wickets for 27 runs, decimating Jersey's middle order and giving Afghanistan control of the match.

Hamid Hassan began division four with a dominant performance against Fiji.

Hamid Hassan was influential through the rest of the tournament, taking three wickets against Tanzania and running out Joe Scuderi when Afghanistan defeated Italy, gaining another promotion to the next stage of the World Cricket League.

Afghanistan won the tournament final against Hong Kong, and Hamid Hassan almost finished the tournament with a hat-trick.

Hamid Hassan took two wickets on consecutive deliveries, but bowled a front-foot no-ball on the third.

Hamid Hassan was then an instrumental part of Afghanistan's team for division three, taking three wickets in matches against both Papua New Guinea and Cayman Islands.

Hamid Hassan was in Afghanistan's squad for the 2009 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, which was the first time Afghanistan had participated in the event.

Hamid Hassan is a quality bowler, one of the fastest in the tournament.

Hamid Hassan took two wickets against Bermuda, and Afghanistan progressed from the group stage of the tournament to the Super Eights.

Hamid Hassan dismissed William Porterfield early, then removed Ireland's two established batsmen Andrew White and Kevin O'Brien in consecutive overs before taking two more wickets in Ireland's tail.

Hamid Hassan was far less successful in the next match against Canada, conceding 32 runs in three overs.

In 2010, Hamid Hassan compared Afghanistan's rise through the ranks of international cricket with the film Rocky.

Hamid Hassan then caused a middle-order collapse, taking five wickets in a period in which Scotland lost seven wickets for just 19 runs.

Hamid Hassan took 5 wickets in the second innings to finish with 11 for the match.

Hamid Hassan took five of Afghanistan's first six wickets in the first innings to leave Kenya at 90 for 6, then followed it up with 6 wickets in the second innings to single-handedly win the game for Afghanistan on the final day.

Hamid Hassan took by far the most wickets for the whole tournament, with 43 wickets from 6 matches at a bowling average of 19.18.

Hamid Hassan was named as one of the bowlers in the team of the tournament.

Hamid Hassan was impressive with the ball, taking seven wickets for the match, but his most entertaining performance was with the bat.

Hamid Hassan came out at number 11 in MCC's first innings and hit his first three deliveries for four.

Hamid Hassan scored 26 runs from 14 deliveries before being dismissed.

Hamid Hassan was a crucial part of the Afghanistan team in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier as their specialist death bowler, bowling the final overs of most matches.

Hamid Hassan took wickets throughout the tournament and played an important role in Afghanistan's wins over Scotland, the United States and the United Arab Emirates.

Afghanistan won the tournament and qualified for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, and Hamid Hassan himself took 12 wickets throughout the tournament at a bowling average of just 11.14.

At the World Twenty20, Hamid Hassan was a standout both with the ball and, unusually, with the bat.

Afghanistan then collapsed to be 32 for 8 when Hamid Hassan came to the crease, but he scored a quick 22 runs from 21 balls to help Afghanistan avoid the lowest score of the tournament.

Afghanistan then had 12 overs to bowl to Canada before the end of the day, and Hamid Hassan managed to take four wickets for 12 runs before stumps.

Hamid Hassan then took three early wickets in Canada's second innings to record his third ten-wicket haul, and he was named the player-of-the match in a nine-wicket win.

Hamid Hassan was selected to play for a combined Associate and Affiliate XI in a tour match against England in Dubai in January 2012.

Hamid Hassan took two early wickets in England's first innings, but on the second day he fell over the boundary fence and injured himself, causing him to miss the rest of the match.

Hamid Hassan returned to good bowling form in the latter half of 2013, with impressive bowling performances in limited overs cricket against Namibia and Kenya as Afghanistan secured qualification for the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

Hamid Hassan was replaced in Afghanistan's squad by Izatullah Dawlatzai and they still qualified for the World Twenty20 without Hassan.

Hamid Hassan was named in Afghanistan's squad for both the 2014 Asia Cup and the 2014 ICC World Twenty20, but his knee injury continued to cause problems and he missed more matches.

Hamid Hassan again returned from injury in December 2014 for an ODI series against the UAE, and he took 5 for 45 in the fourth match of the series.

Hamid Hassan opened the bowling in Afghanistan's opening match against Bangladesh, bowling Afghanistan's first ever ball in a World Cup match.

Hamid Hassan took three wickets in total, and for most of the match it looked like Afghanistan could win, but late in the innings Thisara Perera hit a very quick 47 runs from 26 balls to get Sri Lanka across the line.

Hamid Hassan provided support for teammate Samiullah Shenwari in a ninth-wicket stand of 60 runs, following Shenwari's instructions about when to farm the strike and when to rotate it.

Hamid Hassan stayed in until the end of the innings with 15 runs in over an hour of batting, and Shapoor hit the winning runs in the final over to give Afghanistan their maiden World Cup victory.

Hamid Hassan played Afghanistan's first three matches in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, taking six wickets across the three matches, but he limped off the field after bowling the 19th over against Scotland and missed Afghanistan's subsequent two matches, both of which were losses.

Hamid Hassan returned to the side for a win against Papua New Guinea, which put Afghanistan into the 2016 ICC World Twenty20.

Hamid Hassan was ineffective at the World Twenty20, only playing four of Afghanistan's seven matches and taking three wickets.

Hamid Hassan was last selected to play for the national team in a T20I series against Zimbabwe in February 2018, but he again got injured in the team's training camp in Sharjah and was advised to rest.

Hamid Hassan was attempting to return to the national team in time to play in the 2019 Cricket World Cup.

In 2009, Hamid Hassan signed to play for Skegness Cricket Club for six seasons in the Lincolnshire Premier League.

Hamid Hassan signed to play with the Barisal Burners in the 2012 season for $40,000 but his injuries meant he was unable to play.

Hamid Hassan signed again for the 2013 season for the same salary.

Hamid Hassan took 50 wickets in his first 26 One Day Internationals, making him the sixth fastest player of all time to reach 50 ODI wickets.

Hamid Hassan is a lower-order batsman with a very low batting average in international cricket.

Hamid Hassan scored 26 runs off of just 14 balls in the 2011 Champion County match, and he scored 22 runs in a match in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, the second-highest score for Afghanistan in the innings.

Hamid Hassan commentated the 2018 Afghanistan Premier League both in international and Afghan languages.

Hamid Hassan's family claimed that the attack came in the wake of criminal groups demanding money from the family.