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 off-break bowler. He was named in the UAE squad for the 2014 ICC World Twenty20.
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| Full name | Nasir Aziz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 March 1979 Karachi, Sind, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 16 March 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career
editNasir made his first-class cricket debut against Canada on 1 August 2013.[2] He made his List A cricket debut 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
edit- ^ "Nasir Aziz". Cricinfo.
- ^ "Canada v United Arab Emirates at King City (NW), Aug 1-4, 2013 - Cricket Scorecard - ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 13th Match, Group B: Netherlands v United Arab Emirates at Edinburgh, Jul 12, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ^ "Cricket Records | Records | Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup, 2013 | Most wickets | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ "Cricket Records | Records | World Cup | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
External links
edit- Nasir Aziz at ESPNcricinfo
- Nasir Aziz at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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