Haroon Arshad (born 6 September 1999) is an American-born Hong Kong cricketer.[1] He made his first-class debut for Hong Kong in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 20 October 2017.[2]
In August 2018, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament, but was not picked in the playing eleven.[3] Hong Kong won the qualifier tournament, and he was then named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup, and again was not included in the final team.[4]
He was the leading run-scorer for Hong Kong in the 2018 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup, with 52 runs in three matches.[5] Arshad was a member of the Hong Kong Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series, and the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[6] He made his T20I debut for Hong Kong, against Oman, on 5 October 2019.[7] Ahead of the T20 qualifier tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as the player to watch in Hong Kong's squad.[8]
In November 2019, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[9] He made his List A debut for Hong Kong, against Bangladesh, in the Emerging Teams Cup on 14 November 2019.[10] Later that same month, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman.[11]
On 1 March 2020, in the Eastern Region group match against Nepal in the 2020 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament, he became the first bowler for Hong Kong to take a five-wicket haul in a T20I match.[12] In May 2022, he was named in Hong Kong's side for the 2022 Uganda Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament.[13]
