Nasir Aziz

Nasir Aziz (Urdu: ناصر عزیز; born 16 June 1986) is a Pakistani-born cricketer who played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team.[1] He is a right-handed batsman and Right-arm offbreak bowler. He was named in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 squad for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team

Nasir Aziz
Personal information
Full name
Nasir Aziz
Born (1979-03-15) 15 March 1979
Karachi, Sind, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
RoleBowler
Career statistics
Competition FC List A T20
Matches 2 13 12
Runs scored 5 92 23
Batting average 2.50 15.33 4.60
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 4 28 16
Balls bowled 305 612 252
Wickets 6 35 20
Bowling average 20.00 11.05 14.55
5 wickets in innings 1 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/48 5/16 3/20
Catches/stumpings 0/– 3/– 6/–
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 16 March 2014

Career

Nasir made his first class cricket against Canada on 1 August 2013.[2] He also made his List A cricket against Bermuda national cricket team. He made his One Day International debut for the United Arab Emirates against Afghanistan on 2 December 2014.[3] He made his Twenty20 International debut against the Netherlands in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament on 12 July 2015.[4]

In the inaugural ACC Emerging Teams Cup held in 2013,he was the leading wicket taker with 17 scalps.[5]

In the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup held in Australia, in a clash against West Indies he along with Amjad Javed set the joint highest ever partnership for the 7th wicket in ICC Cricket World Cup history(107).In fact, both Javed and Aziz became the second pair of batsmen to put a 100 runstand for the 7th wicket in World Cup history.[6]

References
  1. "Nasir Aziz". Cricinfo.
  2. "Canada v United Arab Emirates at King City (NW), Aug 1-4, 2013 - Cricket Scorecard - ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo.
  3. "Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates, 3rd ODI: United Arab Emirates v Afghanistan at Dubai (CA), Dec 2, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  4. "ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 13th Match, Group B: Netherlands v United Arab Emirates at Edinburgh, Jul 12, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  5. "Cricket Records | Records | Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup, 2013 | Most wickets | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  6. "Cricket Records | Records | World Cup | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
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