Muslim player got Central Contract. (Photo- Hagen hopkins/getty images)
New Zealand Cricket has recently announced the Central Contract for its 2025-26 season. Star players like Kane Williamson, Davon Conway, Finn Elon, Tim Seafart and Lockie Ferguson are not part of this list. At the same time, four players have been given a central contract for the first time. These 4 players also include a Muslim cricketer. The special thing is that this player is of Pakistani origin and along with this he created history in a debut match.
Muslim player gets central contract
Young all -rounder Mohammad Abbas has been included in the 20 players who have given the Central Contract to New Zealand Cricket. With this, 21 -year -old Mohammad Abbas has become the second Muslim player to achieve Central Contract in the history of New Zealand cricket. Mohammed Abbas’s involvement in New Zealand’s 2025-26 Central Contract is an important stop of his career. He is the second Muslim player after Ejaz Patel in the history of New Zealand cricket, who has got this big opportunity.
Born on 29 November 2003 in Lahore, Pakistan, Mohammad Abbas is a talented all -rounder who batting with a right -handed and bowling fast with left hand. His father, Azhar Abbas, is a former first class cricketer who played domestic cricket in both Pakistan and New Zealand. When Mohammad Abbas was younger, his family settled in Auckland, New Zealand. Mohammad Abbas started playing cricket from the age of just three.
Historical innings played in debut match
Mohammad Abbas played his first international match against Pakistan on 29 March 2025. In this ODI played in Napier’s McLeen Park, he set a world record of fastest half -century on ODI debut by scoring 52 runs in just 24 balls, which broke the records of 26 balls of Krunal Pandya of India. This innings included three fours and three sixes. Apart from this, he also impressed in bowling and took the wicket of Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan. He has played 3 ODIs for New Zealand so far.