Waqas Barkat is a Pakistani born Hong Kong

Hong Kong people

Hong Kong people refer to people who originate from Hong Kong. The term has no legal definition in Hong Kong. Rather, terms such as Hong Kong permanent resident and Hong Kong resident are used...

 cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. Barkat is a right-handed batsman who fields as a wicket-keeper

Wicket-keeper

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. He was born in Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...

, Punjab

Punjab (Pakistan)

Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

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Having played age group cricket for Hong Kong Under-19s

Hong Kong Under-19 cricket team

The Hong Kong Under-19 cricket team represent Hong Kong in U-19 international cricket.Most recently, Hong Kong took part in the 2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, finishing in 14th position...

 in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup, he proceeded to make his World Cricket League

World Cricket League

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 debut for Hong Kong

Hong Kong cricket team

The Hong Kong cricket team represents Hong Kong in international cricket. It played its first match in 1866 and has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1969....

 in the 2011 World Cricket League Division Three

2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three

The 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Three is a cricket tournament that took place between 22–29 January 2011. It forms part of the ICC World Cricket League...

, where he helped Hong Kong earn promotion to 2011 World Cricket League Division Two

2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two

The 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two is a cricket tournament that took place between 8–15 April 2011. It forms part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. The United Arab Emirates hosted the event...

. 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. In his 6 matches, he scored 49 runs at a batting average

Batting average

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 of 8.16, with a high score of 25. Behind the stumps he took 9 catches and made 3 stumpings.

External links

• Waqas Barkat at ESPNcricinfo
• Waqas Barkat at CricketArchive
  CricketArchive
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