Career

He is a right-handed batsman who occasionally fields as a wicket-keeper for the Afghan national team He can also bowl off break, taking 4/27 against Denmark in their first match of 2009 Interstate Commerce Commission World Cup Qualifier. He was suspended for one match during the 2009 Interstate Commerce Commission World Cup Qualifier due to "inappropriate and intentional physical contact" in their defeat to the Netherlands.

During the tournament he performed well with the bat, top scoring with 92, and, surprisingly for a wicketkeeper, with the ball.

Saadiq cited what he called "injustices" and "wrong policies", accusing national coach Kabir Khan of not acting in the best interest of the team Saadiq"s international retirement was short lived, as he made his first-class debut in January 2010 against Ireland, where he made scores of 19 and 1.

In February 2010, Saadiq made his Twenty20 International debut in the Sri Lanka Associates T20 Series against Ireland. Saadiq took 2/17 with the ball, despite this Afghanistan lost by 5 wickets.

Saadiq was later named in Afghanistan"s squad for the 2010 Interstate Commerce Commission World Twenty20.

In final, Saadiq top scored for Afghanistan with 58 runs. He later played for the newly formed Afghan Cheetahs team in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup 2011-2012. Sadiq later featured in Afghanistan"s first One Day International against a Full Member Test-playing nation when they played Pakistan at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium in February 2012.

Saqdi top scored in Afghanistan"s innings with 40 runs, before becoming one of Shahid Afridi"s five wickets.

In the column Runs, * indicates being not out

The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player"s career

Karim Sadiq also appears in the storyville documentary Afghan Cricket Club: Out of the Ashes

One Day International Centuries.

Achievements

• Saadiq is a part of the rapidly rising Afghan cricket team that in under a year has won the World Cricket League Division Five, Division Four and Division Three, thus promoting them to Division Two and allowing them to partake in the 2009 Interstate Commerce Commission World Cup Qualifier"son Shortly after Afghanistan achieved ODI status, Saadiq quit the national setup in protest at his brother, Hasti Gul being dropped for their Interstate Commerce Commission Intercontinental Cup match against Zimbabwe XI. In Afghanistan"s first match of the tournament, he scored 130 runs from 92 balls against Bhutan in Afghanistan"s 393 run win. Pakistan won the encounter by 7 wickets.

Membership

Later, Saadiq was a key member of Afghanistan"s World Twenty20 Qualifier winning team Saadiq was a key member of Afghanistan"s 2010 Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Trophy Elite winning squad, which defeated Nepal in the final by 95 runs.