Umaima Saeed

Umaima Saeed

Sports Writer

51 Articles

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

Punjab Kings' Harshal Patel catches the ball during the Indian Premier League

Cricket

Identifying the highest wicket-taker in one IPL season

Harshal Patel and Dwayne Bravo share the top spot for most wickets in a single IPL season. Check out the full list of top 10 highest wicket-takers in one IPL season.

Umaima Saeed

2024-05-16

Ollie Robinson of England celebrates taking the final wicket of Mohammad Ali of Pakistan to win the Second Test Match between Pakistan and England

Cricket

How to Calculate the Follow-on in Test Cricket

In a Test match, the follow-on can be enforced if the team batting first leads by 200 or more runs in their first innings. For example, if Team A scores 469, Team B needs 270 to avoid the follow-on.

Umaima Saeed

2024-05-16

Lasith Malinga of the Mumbai Indians celebrates taking the last wicket to give the Mumbai Indians the win during the Indian Premier League Final

Cricket

Top 10 best bowling figures in IPL history

Alzarri Joseph holds the record for best bowling figures in IPL history. He picked up six wickets for 12 runs in IPL 2019. Check out the list of top 10 best bowling figures in the tournament

Umaima Saeed

2024-05-15

Suresh Raina of the Chennai Super Kings bats during the India Premier League IPL Qualifier Final match

Cricket

Who Is Mr. IPL? The Most Consistent Player in IPL History

Suresh Raina, the fifth-highest run-scorer in IPL history, with 5528 runs in 205 matches at an average of 32.51 and a strike rate of 136.73, is often called Mr. IPL.

Umaima Saeed

2024-05-15

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Cricket

The Fastest Fifty in IPL History: A Record-Breaking Performance

A total of six Indian batters are a part of the list of the top 10 batsmen with the fastest fifty in IPL history. Right at the top of the list of Yashasvi Jaiswal. Check out the full list in this story.

Umaima Saeed

2024-05-10

IPL Cup

Cricket

IPL on hold. What does 'suspended' mean for the tournament?

The IPL was indefinitely suspended in 2021 due to Covid19. The tournament has also seen instances of team and player suspensions.

Umaima Saeed

2024-05-03

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.