Career
A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he has played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team since 1997, including seven first-class and eight List A matches. He has represented his country in three Interstate Commerce Commission Trophy tournaments and three Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Trophy tournaments. Born in Abu Dhabi in 1976, Ahmed Nadeem first played for the United Arab Emirates at the 1997 Interstate Commerce Commission Trophy in Kuala Lumpur, his first match being against West Africa.
lieutenant would be three years before he next played for them - the 2000 Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Trophy in the United Arab Emirates. He also played in that tournament in 2002 and 2004.
In 2001, he played in the 2001 Interstate Commerce Commission Trophy in Ontario and in the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes, a tournament he also played in the following year. In 2003, he played for an Emirates Cricket Board team in four matches against Pakistan A, and made his first-class and List A debut in 2004.
His first-class debut was against Malaysia in the Intercontinental Cup and his List A debut was against Canada in the Interstate Commerce Commission 6 Nations Challenge. He played for the United Arab Emirates in the 2005 Interstate Commerce Commission Trophy in Ireland, also playing three matches against England A, matches in the 2005 Intercontinental Cup against Hong Kong and Nepal and an Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Fast Track Countries Tournament match against Hong Kong.
After being absent from the team in 2006, he played for them in 2007, playing four Intercontinental Cup matches, including two against Scotland.
He also played an Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Premier League match against Malaysia and against a Scotland XI and twice against a Canadian Invitation XI, which was his last appearance for his country to date. Cricket statistics
In his seven first-class matches, Ahmed Nadeem has scored 143 runs at an average of 14.30 with a top score of 34 for the United Arab Emirates against Hong Kong. He has taken 17 wickets at an average of 23.52 with best innings bowling figures of 5/84 for the United Arab Emirates against Scotland.
In List A cricket he has scored 71 runs at an average of 14.20 with a top score of 24 for the United Arab Emirates against the United States of America and taken twelve wickets at an average of 22.33 with best innings bowling figures of 5/32 also for the United Arab Emirates, against the United States of America.
