Sixteen-year-old off-spinner Hamidullah Qadri recently became the first player born in the 21st century to play county cricket and also the youngest to represent Derbyshire.
He celebrated this unusual feat with a match winning five-wicket haul of 5/60 in the second innings against Glamorgan to lead his side to their first County Championship victory since July 2015.
The 16-year-old, born on 5th December 2000 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, had played only one list A game against South Africa A on May 29, 201, prior to making his County debut. The spinner could bowl only one delivery in the game after being brought into the attack, as rain washed out the entire match.
Here’s what he said after the performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWi3xerEE20
Call up To The U-19 Side
Qadri will be celebrating his County debut with a call-up to the England Under-19 one-day squad which will be facing India. This selection also brightens up his chances of making it to the Under-19 World Cup squad. The England selectors have announced only the players who will be eligible for the tournament have made it to the squad for the one-day games of India’s visit. The tournament will be held in New Zealand next January.
“With the World Cup in New Zealand early next year, it made sense only to consider players eligible for that when we were choosing our squad for the Royal London One-Day Series. But that series remains very important in its own right, and there should be some excellent Under-19s cricket for players and spectators to enjoy this summer.”
Yorkshire’s Harry Brook will be leading the side. He will be replacing Max Holden who has been deemed ineligible for the World Cup after the two four-day matches.
The Surrey pair of Sam Curran and Ollie Pope, Yorkshire’s Matt Fisher, and Delray Rawlins of Sussex have also been ignored, as the set of players have also become established for the county sides.
Andy Hurry, the head coach of the Young Lions, said:
“It’s going to be fascinating to see our most talented young cricketers put in that position. It’s worth noting that we didn’t consider four eligible players for selection as they are likely to be in contention to play first-team cricket for their counties – Sam Curran, Ollie Pope, Matt Fisher and Delray Rawlins – not to take anything away from the guys who have been selected, but to underline the amount of young talent we have in the domestic game.
Squads
Four-day squad: Max Holden (Middlesex, capt), Liam Banks (Warwickshire), George Bartlett (Somerset), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Henry Brookes (Warwickshire), Ben Green (Somerset), Will Jacks (Surrey), George Panayi (Warwickshire), Ryan Patel (Surrey), Liam Patterson-White (Nottinghamshire), Matt Potts (Durham), Oli Robinson (Kent, wk), Harry Swindells (Leicestershire, wk), Josh Tongue (Worcestershire), Amar Virdi (Surrey)
One-day squad: Harry Brook (Yorkshire, capt), Liam Banks (Warwickshire), Tom Banton (Somerset, wk), Henry Brookes (Warwickshire), Adam Finch (Worcestershire), Alfie Gleadall (Derbyshire), Will Jacks (Surrey), Tom Lammonby (Somerset), Felix Organ (Hampshire), Liam Patterson-White (Nottinghamshire), Jack Plom (Essex), Matt Potts (Durham), Hamidullah Qadri (Derbyshire), Oli Robinson (Kent, wk), Liam Trevaskis (Durham).