Wayne Parnell is a fast bowler from South Africa who accepted Islam in 2011 at an age of 22, he announced his conversion to Islam from Christianity on his 22nd birthday.
When people asked why he converted and whether his Muslim teammates were behind it? He clarified that his decision was not influenced by Muslim players of his team such as Hashim Amla and Imran. Rather he said he was studying Islam from a long time and converted after realizing and being convinced with the thoughts.
He got married with a Muslim Aisha Barker who is known in South Africa because of her fashion & makeup blogs, she have appeared in many fashion magazines.
The couple got married in 2016 and their marriage pictures in a mosque become viral on social media after Wayne and his wife posted them on twitter & instagram.
In 2011 he kept his first fasting in the holy month of Ramadan, he also changed his name to Waleed but is still known from his former name Wayne Parnell.