FULL NAME - Nadeem Altaf 
AGE - 40
CLUBS PLAYED FOR - United (Kuwait) and Glenmore CC
GLENMORE CC DEBUT - 2003
BATTING STYLE - RHB
BOWLING STYLE - Medium Fast
PREFERRED FIELDING POSITION - Mid off
CAREER BEST SCORE / GLENMORE BEST SCORE - 88 playing for United in Kuwait
CAREER BEST BOWLING FIGURES / GLENMORE BEST BOWLING FIGURES - 10-0-42-6 for Glenmore 1st XI vs Crescent Stars in 2010
BEST CRICKETING MOMENT(S) - Hat-trick in the first over.
YOU'VE JUST TAKEN YOUR 100th WICKET FOR THE CLUB (ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE STATS). ANY PARTICULARLY MEMORABLE SPELLS OR WICKETS YOU'VE TAKEN? - Clean bowled Tatoo, who has played for Canada. He was impressed and came over after the game and spoke to me about the beautiful delivery.
TOUGH QUESTION THIS...IF YOU WERE TO PICK AN ALL TIME BEST GLENMORE XI, WHAT WOULD IT BE? -
Parveen Saroye, Alex Storey, David Sherjan, Mark Turner, Anil Joshi, Waseem Altaf, Iqbal Sandhu, Mark Duncan, Muhammad Pasha, Nadeem Altaf, Richard Harvey
HOW ARE YOU ENJOYING PLAYING FOR THE 2nd XI SO FAR THIS SEASON? THE TEAM HAS MADE A GOOD START. - I am enjoying the bowling this year, my rhythm is very good this year.
BEST MOMENT(S) FOR GLENMORE CC - 2009 when Glenmore played Elite we bowled United for 78. I took 3 for 27. One of the exciting matches of my career.
BEST PLAYER YOU'VE PLAYED WITH / AGAINST - In Canada, best player Hamza Tariq.
WHAT'S A WORSE FEELING, DROPPING A CATCH OR GETTING A DUCK? - Dropping a catch is the worst feeling as it impacts the whole team.
FAVOURITE GROUND(S) - Inland Large
LEAST FAVOURITE GROUND(S) - Inland Small
BEST THING ABOUT GLENMORE CC - True multi cultural club in Alberta.
ONE THING YOU WOULD CHANGE ABOUT CALGARY CRICKET - Run up on the pitches. Being a bowler it’s so hard to keep the rhythm in the bowling if the surface of the run up is not level.
IDEAS TO HELP THE CLUB - Improve our junior program. It’s going great but let’s do whatever we can to take it to next level.
ALL TIME FAVOURITE CRICKETER - Waseem Akram, Imran Khan
OTHER SPORTING HEROES - Mohammed Ali, Michael Schumacher
GOALS FOR THE 2016 SEASON - Bowl as many maiden overs as possible.
BIGGEST INFLUENCE IN CRICKET - Glenn McGrath bowling style and strategy.
FAVOURITE FOOD - Chicken Curry, Chicken BBQ
FAVOURITE DRINK - Sweet Butter Milk (Lassi)
FAVOURITE MUSIC - Rock, Trance, Fusion, Hip Hop, (any music that sounds good)
FAVOURITE FILM - Matrix Series
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD - Current Executive team of Glenmore is one of the best volunteer leadership we have got in long time. A big thank you to all of you guys.
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