Favourite Cricket Team
India
Favourite Cricket Ground
Eden Gardens
Favourite Cricket Player
MS Dhoni
Umaima Saeed is a professional sports writer whose articles have been featured in several leading websites. She writes long-form content on sports, particularly cricket. She has a penchant for telling human-interest stories. Umaima has contributed articles on cricket to more than a dozen publications, both in print and online.
Latest Articles by Umaima Saeed
Cricket
Most sixes by a team in an innings in T20 international cricket
In T20 internationals, the record for the most sixes by a team in an innings is held by Nepal, who achieved the feat with 26 innings at the 2023 Asian Games.
Umaima Saeed
2024-07-22
Cricket
Top 10 highest scores of IPL 2024
The Sunrisers Hyderabad posted several big totals in the IPL 2024, including a huge 287 for 3, which is now the second-highest total in T20 cricket history.
Umaima Saeed
2024-07-22
Cricket
Top 10 List of Most Consecutive Wins in T20 International Cricket
In T20 internationals, the record for the most consecutive wins is held by the Malaysian Cricket Team. In T20s, the record belongs to Sialkot Stallions, a team that once completed in Pakistan's domestic cricket circuit.
Umaima Saeed
2024-07-11
Cricket
List of hattricks in T20 World Cup from 2007 to 2024
In the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007, Brett Lee became the first bowler to take a hattrick in the tournament. In the 2024 T20 World Cup, Pat Cummins took two hattricks in consecutive games.
Umaima Saeed
2024-07-02
Cricket
Top 10 Highest partnerships in T20 World Cup
The record for the highest T20 World Cup partnership is held by Alex Hales and Jos Buttler, who scored an unbeaten 170 runs for England against India in the 2022 semi-final in Adelaide. Have a look a list of some of the biggest partnerships in the tournament’s history.
Umaima Saeed
2024-07-02
Cricket
Most No-Balls by a bowler in T20 cricket
While these statistics highlight the prevalence of no-balls in T20 cricket, it's essential to view them in context. Each bowler mentioned has showcased moments of brilliance and match-winning performances throughout their careers.
Umaima Saeed
2024-06-06
Umaima Saeed
She has written human-interest stories about people in the cricket world and also writes general pieces like match previews and longer features. Umaima has also written about fantasy cricket. Her work has been featured in various publications, including The Quint, Scroll, Mid-Day, Cricket.com, and Times Now among others.
Umaima Saeed, originally from Kolkata, India, is a sports writer who mostly writes on the game of cricket. In her capacity as a writer for Sportsboom, Umaima undertakes the responsibility of crafting insightful narratives pertaining to diverse cricketing events and delving into the historical aspects of the game.
She holds a bachelor's degree in Arts from the University of Calcutta. After working briefly as a content writer following her graduation, Umaima shifted her focus to sports writing.
In addition to her written work, Umaima has also created content for videos. Apart from cricket, she has sporadically also written on the Olympics and Commonwealth Games. With her diverse contributions, she strives to make a mark in the field of sports journalism.