Player profile

Saif Zaib

Allrounder

Born: May 22, 1998
Batting: Left Handed Bat
Bowling: left-arm orthodox spin
From: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Batting career

Career totals by format

Batting career statistics
Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	HS
T20I	48	969	21.53	150.47	90
Test	14	856	42.8	73.22	142
Hundred	2	9	9	90	6
List A	32	693	28.88	93.4	136
t10	4	40	10	210.53	20
t100	2	9	9	90	6
T10	4	40	10	210.53	20
First-class	86	4,455	35.36	58.08	196*
T20	130	2,228	23.45	140.3	92

Bowling career

Career totals by format

Bowling career statistics
Format	M	Wkts	Econ	Overs	Best
T20I	48	29	7.10	81.1	0
Test	14	1	2.44	81.1	1/10
List A	32	25	5.16	164.0	4/23
t10	4	0	26	1.0	—
T10	4	0	26	1.0	—
First-class	86	42	3.32	520.3	5/148
T20	130	40	7.57	138.0	3/12

Recent performances

T20 match form

21 Dec 2024vs JKB, NPL 2024, FinalT20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 1/14 (3.0o)

21 Dec 2024vs JKB, NPL 2024, FinalT20I

Batting: 69 (43b)
Bowling: —

18 Dec 2024vs JKB, NPL 2024, Qualifier 1T20I

Batting: 32 (21b)
Bowling: —

18 Dec 2024vs JKB, NPL 2024, Qualifier 1T20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 2/20 (3.0o)

16 Dec 2024vs KNY, NPL 2024, #28T20I

Batting: 11 (13b)
Bowling: —

16 Dec 2024vs KNY, NPL 2024, #28T20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 1/14 (4.0o)

15 Dec 2024vs PKA, NPL 2024, #27T20I

Batting: 9 (8b)
Bowling: —

15 Dec 2024vs PKA, NPL 2024, #27T20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 1/7 (1.0o)

11 Dec 2024vs JKB, NPL 2024, #18T20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 1/2 (1.0o)

11 Dec 2024vs JKB, NPL 2024, #18T20I

Batting: 21 (21b)
Bowling: —

8 Dec 2024vs CWR, NPL 2024, #15T20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 1/22 (3.0o)

8 Dec 2024vs CWR, NPL 2024, #15T20I

Batting: 18 (11b)
Bowling: —

7 Dec 2024vs LBL, NPL 2024, #12T20I

Batting: 90 (61b)
Bowling: —

7 Dec 2024vs LBL, NPL 2024, #12T20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 3/33 (4.0o)

5 Dec 2024vs KMG, NPL 2024, #9T20I

Batting: 11 (9b)
Bowling: —

5 Dec 2024vs KMG, NPL 2024, #9T20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 1/15 (2.0o)

3 Dec 2024vs BK, NPL 2024, #4T20I

Batting: —
Bowling: 1/24 (3.1o)

3 Dec 2024vs BK, NPL 2024, #4T20I

Batting: 14 (15b)
Bowling: —

About

Player story

When Saif Ali Zaib made his debut for Northamptonshire, in 2014, during a non-first-class fixture at Durham, he became the first 15-year-old to represent the county. He is an occasional left-arm spinner who is better known for being a middle-order bat. Ahead of the 2015 season, Zaib signed a three-year contract with Northants and has been with the club since then. He made his List A debut for the county in 2014 against New Zealand. The next season, he represented England Under-17 to score three fifties against Pakistan Under-17, in Dubai. Later that season, he was picked to make his first-class debut in the County Championship Division Two. The allrounder made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Northamptonshire in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast. Two years later, Zaib was called in for the Championship to play a match-winning innings at Derbyshire. After the end of the season, he signed a two-year deal that keeps him at Northamptonshire, at least till the end of 2021. At 23, Zaib has grown as a cricketer, over the years, he has shown maturity with both bat and ball, which promises that the promising youngster is one for the future, and has all the ingredients to represent England, one day. (As of May 2021)

Latest news

Player stories

BBC Sport

Zaib joins Hampshire and eyes Division One return

30 Oct 2026