Imran Qayyum

Imran Qayyum (born 23 May 1993) is an English former professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club. A slow left-arm bowler, he made his first-class cricket debut in May 2016 against Northamptonshire in the 2016 County Championship and has gone on to play in limited overs competitions for the county. In May 2021, he was forced to retire from the game due to a shoulder injury.

Early life and youth career Imran Qayyum was born in Ealing and played youth cricket for Middlesex. His parents had migrated from Pakistan before he was born. He was educated at Villiers High School in Southall, Greenford Sixth Form College and City University. During the 2013 season he played as a trialist in Second XI cricket for Northamptonshire and Sussex

He signed his first professional contract with Kent in 2014. After time developing his game in Pakistan in the 2014–15 off-season his was extended during August 2015. During the 2015 English season Imran was the leading wicket-taker for Kent in the Second XI Championship, with 29 wickets, including 5/18 against Surrey Second XI. During the 2015–16 off-season Imran played grade cricket in Sydney for Fairfield and Liverpool as part of an ECB initiative to develop young spin bowlers before captaining Bromley Cricket Club’s First XI in the Kent Cricket League in 2016 and playing for Victoria Cricket Club in South Africa during the 2016–17 English winter.

Cricket career Imran Qayyum made his first-class cricket debut on 15 May 2016 for Kent against Northamptonshire in the 2016 County Championship at Wantage Road. He took three wickets on his debut and was dismissed first ball in his only innings. Imran was 23 when he made his debut, having previously been involved with three other county teams.

Imran took his first five-wicket haul in a 2019 t20 Blast match against Somerset in July 2019. All five wickets fell during a spell of 25 balls during which Somerset lost six wickets - Imran taking five and also running out another batsman

Following a shoulder injury, Imran retired from all forms of cricket in May 2021.