Waqas Barkat

Waqas Barkat
Personal information
Full name	Waqas Barkat
Born	17 February 1990 (age 34); Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm leg break
Role	Batsman, Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	Hong Kong (2008–present);
ODI debut (cap 27)	1 May 2014 v Afghanistan
Last ODI	26 January 2016 v Scotland
T20I debut (cap 11)	16 March 2014 v Nepal
Last T20I	31 January 2016 v Scotland
Career statistics
	Source: CricketArchive, 25 March 2016

Waqas Barkat (born 17 February 1990) is a Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer. Barkat is a right-handed batsman who fields as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Rawalpindi, Punjab.

Having played age group cricket for Hong Kong Under-19s in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup,^[1] he proceeded to make his World Cricket League debut for Hong Kong in the 2011 World Cricket League Division Three, where he helped Hong Kong earn promotion to 2011 World Cricket League Division Two. It was in this tournament that he made his List A debut against Uganda. He played 5 further List A matches in the competition, the last coming against Papua New Guinea.^[2] In his 6 matches, he scored 49 runs at a batting average of 8.16, with a high score of 25. Behind the stumps he took 9 catches and made 3 stumpings.^[3]

He made his One Day International debut against Afghanistan in the 2014 ACC Premier League on 1 May 2014.^[4]

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