Waqas Barkat

Who is Waqas Barkat?

Waqas Barkat is a Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer. Barkat is a right-handed batsman who fields as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Rawalpindi, Punjab.

Having played age group cricket for Hong Kong Under-19s in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup, he proceeded to make his World Cricket League debut for Hong Kong in the 2011 World Cricket League Division Three, where he helped Hong Kong earn promotion to 2011 World Cricket League Division Two. It was in this tournament that he made his List A debut against Uganda. He played 5 further List A matches in the competition, the last coming against Papua New Guinea. In his 6 matches, he scored 49 runs at a batting average of 8.16, with a high score of 25. Behind the stumps he took 9 catches and made 3 stumpings.