Antum Naqvi

Antum Amir Naqvi (born 5 April 1999) is a Belgium-born Zimbabwean cricketer, who plays as a right-arm off-spinner and right-hand batter.

Personal life
Naqvi was born in Brussels, Belgium, to Belgian parents whose families had migrated to Belgium from India and Pakistan. When he was four years old his family moved to Australia, where he was educated at The Hills Sports High School in Sydney. He is a qualified commercial pilot. His younger brother Awad Naqvi plays for Tuskers.

Domestic career
While Naqvi was living and playing cricket in Darwin in Australia, he was encouraged to play cricket in Zimbabwe by the former Zimbabwe international player Solomon Mire. He made his first-class cricket debut in Zimbabwe in January 2023, playing for Mid West Rhinos in the Logan Cup against Eagles. He scored 140 not out batting at number six, and took 4 for 22 in the first innings and another wicket and three catches in the second innings in an innings victory for Rhinos. In his second match a few days later he scored 103 in Mid West Rhinos' only innings, thus becoming the 21st person in the history of first-class cricket to score hundreds in his first two innings. In the final match of the competition, Naqvi made a third century and took five wickets.

Naqvi made his List A debut in October 2023. In his second match, two days after his first, he took 3 for 56 and scored 128 not out off 93 balls, finishing off the victory for Rhinos with an unbroken 202-run partnership with Tarisai Musakanda. Since then Naqvi has scored two more List A 100s.

In January 2024, captaining Mid West Rhinos in the Logan Cup against Matabeleland Tuskers, Naqvi scored 300 not out off 295 deliveries before declaring at 538 for 3; Rhinos went on to win by an innings and 40 runs. It is the first triple-century in the history of Zimbabwean domestic cricket.

International career
In July 2024, he earned his maiden call-up for the Zimbabwe national team for their T20I series against India.