# Overseas Warriors in 2021

Overseas Warriors is a franchise cricket team that represents the Kashmiri diaspora in the Kashmir Premier League. They were coached by Mushtaq Ahmed and captained by Imad Wasim.

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* Ages are correct as of 3 July 2021
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Category | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||||
| 4 | Herschelle Gibbs | South Africa | (1974-02-23)23 February 1974 (aged 47) | Overseas | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 | Overseas |
| 12 | Haider Ali | Pakistan | (2000-10-02)2 October 2000 (aged 20) | Platinum | Right-handed | | 2021 | |
| 18 | Naveed Malik | Pakistan | (1995-03-18)18 March 1995 (aged 26) | Emerging | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2021 | |
| 42 | Khurram Manzoor | Pakistan | (1986-06-10)10 June 1986 (aged 35) | | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2021 | Post-draft signing |
| 81 | Nasir Nawaz | Pakistan | (1998-10-05)5 October 1998 (aged 22) | Silver | Right-handed | | 2021 | |
| 99 | Uthman Ali Khan | England | | Emerging | Left-handed | | 2021 | |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 9 | Imad Wasim | Pakistan | (1988-12-18)18 December 1988 (aged 32) | Icon | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2021 | Captain |
| 23 | Agha Salman | Pakistan | (1993-11-23)23 November 1993 (aged 27) | Gold | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | Post-draft signing. |
| 98 | Kamran Ghulam | Pakistan | (1995-10-10)10 October 1995 (aged 25) | Gold | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2021 | Replacement pick. |
| N/A | Hammad Azam | Pakistan | (1991-03-16)16 March 1991 (aged 30) | Silver | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2021 | |
| N/A | Haris Sohail | Pakistan | (1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 32) | Gold | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2021 | |
| N/A | Qasim Akram | Pakistan | (2002-12-01)1 December 2002 (aged 18) | Silver | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | |
| N/A | Rashid Naseer | Pakistan | (1986-03-04)4 March 1986 (aged 35) | Emerging | Left-handed | Left-arm unorthodox spin | 2021 | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 63 | Mohammad Haris | Pakistan | (2001-03-30)30 March 2001 (aged 20) | Silver | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | Post-draft signing. |
| 77 | Azam Khan | Pakistan | (1998-08-10)10 August 1998 (aged 22) | Diamond | Right-handed | | 2021 | |
| N/A | Raza-ul-Mustafa | Pakistan | (2003-12-27)27 December 2003 (aged 17) | Emerging | Right-handed | | 2021 | |
| Bowlers |||||||||
| 14 | Sohail Khan | Pakistan | (1984-03-06)6 March 1984 (aged 37) | Diamond | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2021 | |
| 55 | Abbas Afridi | Pakistan | (2001-04-05)5 April 2001 (aged 20) | Silver | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2021 | |
| 66 | Faizan Saleem | Pakistan | | Emerging | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 | Post-draft signing |
| 70 | Muhammad Musa | Pakistan | (2000-08-28)28 August 2000 (aged 20) | Gold | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2021 | |
| N/A | Waleed Ahmed | Pakistan | (1992-12-04)4 December 1992 (aged 28) | Emerging | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | |

## Season standings
### Points table

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Rawalakot Hawks (C) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0.228 |
| 2 | Muzaffarabad Tigers (R) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.530 |
| 3 | Mirpur Royals (3rd) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −0.323 |
| 4 | Overseas Warriors (4th) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −0.032 |
| 5 | Bagh Stallions | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −0.201 |
| 6 | Kotli Lions | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | −0.107 |
* Top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
* Advanced to Qualifier
* Advanced to Eliminator 1
Notes:
* C = Champions;
* R = Runner-up;
* (x) = Position at the end of the tournament;

## League fixtures and results

* Match 3 7 August 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Overseas Warriors 153/8 (20 overs) | v | Muzaffarabad Tigers 156/3 (17.2 overs) |
| Imad Wasim 34 (30) Usama Mir 3/18 (4 overs) | | Sohail Akhtar 58* (24) Kamran Ghulam 2/32 (4 overs) |
* Muzaffarabad Tigers won by 7 wickets Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Usama Mir (Muzaffarabad Tigers)
* Overseas Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 6 9 August 2021 14:00 Scorecard
| Overseas Warriors 145/6 (20 overs) | v | Mirpur Royals 146/5 (18.1 overs) |
| Kamran Ghulam 47 (35) Salman Irshad 3/25 (4 overs) | | Mukhtar Ahmed 45 (40) Muhammad Musa 3/27 (4 overs) |
* Mirpur Royals won by 5 wickets Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Ghaffar Kazmi (Pak) Player of the match: Salman Irshad (Mirpur Royals)
* Overseas Warriors won the toss and elected to bat
* Match 9 10 August 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Bagh Stallions 186/7 (20 overs) | v | Overseas Warriors 190/5 (19.2 overs) |
| Shan Masood 73 (45) Abbas Afridi 2/44 (4 overs) | | Haider Ali 91 (57) Aamer Yamin 2/31 (4 overs) |
* Overseas Warriors won by 5 wickets Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Haider Ali (Overseas Warriors)
* Bagh Stallions won the toss and elected to bat
* Match 13 12 August 2021 15:30 (N) Scorecard
| Rawalakot Hawks 145/9 (20 overs) | v | Overseas Warriors 133/3 (13.1 overs) |
| Umar Amin 55 (42) Abbas Afridi 5/18 (4 overs) | | Nasir Nawaz 56 (36) Asif Afridi 2/29 (4 overs) |
* Overseas Warriors won by 7 wickets (DLS method) Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Majid Hussain (Pak) Player of the match: Nasir Nawaz (Overseas Warriors)
* Overseas Warriors won the toss and elected to field
* Target reduced to 133 from 18 overs
* Kotli Lions were eliminated as a result of this match.
* Match 14 13 August 2021 10:30 Scorecard
| Overseas Warriors 211/6 (20 overs) | v | Kotli Lions 215/2 (19 overs) |
| Nasir Nawaz 66 (44) Khurram Shahzad 3/39 (4 overs) | | Kamran Akmal 60 (35) Faizan Saleem 1/15 (2 overs) |
* Kotli Lions won by 8 wickets Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad Player of the match: Kamran Akmal (Kotli Lions)
* Kotli Lions won the toss and elected to field

## Playoffs
### Eliminator 1

* Match 17 15 August 2021 16:00 (N) Scorecard
| Overseas Warriors 160/9 (20 overs) | v | Mirpur Royals 162/6 (18.4 overs) |
| Agha Salman 59 (26) Shadab Majeed 4/45 (4 overs) | | Sharjeel Khan 30 (17) Sohail Khan 2/23 (4 overs) |
* Mirpur Royals won by 4 wickets Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium, Muzaffarabad Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Shadab Majeed (Mirpur Royals)
* Mirpur Royals won the toss and elected to field
* As a result of this match Mirpur Royals advanced to eliminator 2.
* As a result of this match Overseas Warriors were eliminated from the competition.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Matches | Runs |
| Nasir Nawaz | 6 | 209 |
| Haider Ali | 5 | 189 |
| Azam Khan | 6 | 123 |
| Kamran Ghulam | 6 | 110 |
| Agha Salman | 5 | 93 |
* Source: Score360

### Most wickets

| Matches | Wickets |
| Sohail Khan | 6 | 8 |
| Abbas Afridi | 5 | 7 |
| Muhammad Musa | 6 | 6 |
| Agha Salman | 5 | 3 |
| Faizan Saleem | 6 | 3 |
* Source: Score 360