Jehan Mubarak

Personal information

Born

10 January 1981 (age 36)
Washington, D.C., United States

Nickname

Muba

Height

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Batting style

Left-handed

Bowling style

Right arm off spin

Role

Batsman

Relations

A. M. Mubarak (father)

International information

National side

Sri Lanka

Test debut (cap 91)

28 July 2002 v Bangladesh

Last Test

20-24 August 2015 v India

ODI debut (cap 113)

27 November 2002 v South Africa

Last ODI

23 July 2013 v South Africa

T20I debut (cap 17)

14 September 2007 v Kenya

Last T20I

21 June 2009 v Pakistan

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2000/01–present

Colombo Cricket Club

2012

Duronto Rajshahi

Kalabagan Krira Chakra

2012-Present

Khulna Royal Bengals

2012-2013

Uthura Rudras

2013-2015

Wayamba United

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	ODIs	FC	List A
Matches	13	40	169	218
Runs scored	385	704	10,300	5,811
Batting average	17.05	22.70	38.72	32.28
100s/50s	0/0	0/4	23/54	3/38
Top score	49	72	169	113
Balls bowled	103	129	7,354	3,259
Wickets	0	2	97	80
Bowling average	–	47.50	38.57	32.10
5 wickets in innings	0	0	1	2
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	0/1	1/10	6/11	5/50
Catches/stumpings	13/–	12/–	175/–	96/–

Source: CricketArchive; espncricinfo, 31 August 2015

Jehan Mubarak (born 10 January 1981 in Washington, DC, United States) is an American-born professional Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. After 7 years of scarcity in international arena, he was included to the Test side of the team during Pakistan tour of 2015, and now acting as a middle-order batsman in the team, but did not show great success in his innings.

The son of Aziz Mohamed Mubarak, a first-class cricketer himself and later a prominent scientist, Mubarak was born in Washington, D.C., making him, with West Indian Ken Weekes, one of only two Test cricketers born in the United States. His family soon returned to Sri Lanka, however, where he was educated at Royal College Colombo, winning the coveted Royal Crown for cricket and colours in water polo. He holds a degree in Physical Science from University of Colombo. Mubarak was initially spotted at a Cricket training camp in Dambulla by former players Arjuna Ranatunga and Aravinda de Silva, and subsequently labeled one of the brightest future stars of Sri Lankan cricket,.

After being a prolific run scorer in school yard cricket, though only playing a handful of first class games, Mubarak was eliciting comparisons to West Indian cricket icon Brian Lara for not only his graceful batting style but also for his ability against spinners.

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