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Azhar Mahmood
Pakistan
Full name
Azhar Mahmood Sagar
Born February 28, 1975, Rawalpindi, Punjab
Current age 32 years 7 days
Major teams Pakistan, Islamabad Cricket Association, Marylebone
Cricket Club,
Pakistan International Airlines, Rawalpindi, Surrey,
United Bank Limited
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Statsguru
Test player,
ODI player
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Batting and fielding averages |
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Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
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Tests |
21 |
34 |
4 |
900 |
136 |
30.00 |
1772 |
50.79 |
3 |
1 |
113 |
5 |
14 |
0 |
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ODIs |
142 |
109 |
26 |
1519 |
67 |
18.30 |
1967 |
77.22 |
0 |
3 |
119 |
24 |
37 |
0 |
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First-class |
142 |
220 |
27 |
6083 |
204* |
31.51 |
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8 |
31 |
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120 |
0 |
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List A |
247 |
195 |
44 |
3203 |
101* |
21.21 |
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2 |
11 |
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73 |
0 |
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Twenty20 |
28 |
27 |
6 |
573 |
65* |
27.28 |
372 |
154.03 |
0 |
2 |
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8 |
0 |
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Bowling averages |
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Mat |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4 |
5 |
10 |
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Tests |
21 |
3015 |
1402 |
39 |
4/50 |
5/95 |
35.94 |
2.79 |
77.30 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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ODIs |
142 |
6196 |
4788 |
123 |
6/18 |
6/18 |
38.92 |
4.63 |
50.37 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
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First-class |
142 |
23695 |
12366 |
491 |
8/61 |
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25.18 |
3.13 |
48.25 |
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19 |
3 |
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List A |
247 |
10914 |
8355 |
257 |
6/18 |
6/18 |
32.50 |
4.59 |
42.46 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
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Twenty20 |
28 |
541 |
639 |
33 |
4/20 |
4/20 |
19.36 |
7.08 |
16.39 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Career statistics |
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Test debut |
Pakistan
v South Africa at Rawalpindi - Oct 6-10, 1997 |
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Last Test |
England
v Pakistan at Manchester - May 31-Jun 4, 2001 |
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ODI debut |
India v Pakistan at Toronto - Sep 16, 1996 |
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Last ODI |
South Africa
v Pakistan at Cape Town - Feb 11, 2007 |
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First-class span |
1993/94 - 2006/07 |
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List A span |
1993/94 - 2006/07 |
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Twenty20 span |
2003 - 2006/07 |
Azhar Mahmood is a
mentally tough allrounder and belligerent batsman, who began his career with
three Test centuries against South Africa. In one-day cricket he invariably
raises the tempo in the lower middle-order. He is strong off his legs and
relishes short bowling. But he pushes at the ball too firmly in defence, and
is particularly vulnerable against legspin. In a team of reverse-swingers he
is the only English-type seamer, virtuous in his pursuit of line and length.
He is a useful fielder and, close in, he rarely misses an opportunity to
enquire about the batsman's health. During a one-month stint as a Surrey
overseas player in 2002 he took 8 for 61 against Lancashire, then turned out
for them for two seasons full-time as Pakistan's mercurial lost faith in him
for reasons that have never quite been made clear. He signed with Surrey
again for 2005.
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