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
Test Cricket Sessions: How Many Sessions Per Day?
If a Test match lasts five days, it will consist of 15 sessions, with each day having three sessions.
Umaima Saeed
2024-11-06
Cricket
The Greatest Cricket Upsets Across Test, ODI, and T20
From India breaching the Gabba in 2021 to more recently, the USA defeating Pakistan at the 2024 T20 World Cup, cricket has seen several upsets in its long history.
Umaima Saeed
2024-10-23
Cricket
Which bowler has taken 6 wickets in an over?
An Australian third-grade cricketer took six wickets in an over in November 2023
Umaima Saeed
2024-10-11
Cricket
Most Runs By Opening Batsmen In ODI Cricket
From Sachin Tendulkar to Rohit Sharma, take a look at the opening batsmen with most runs in ODI cricket.
Umaima Saeed
2024-10-09
Cricket
What is Timed Out In Cricket?
There have been only two instances of "timed out" in international cricket. Know all about it in this article.
Umaima Saeed
2024-10-09
Cricket
Best Captains of Pakistan Cricket Team Across Formats
Imran Khan is unanimously regarded as the greatest Pakistan captain of all time. But there are also other captains who took Pakistan to considerable success in international cricket.
Umaima Saeed
2024-10-07
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.