Azhar Khan (cricketer)

Azhar Khan

Personal information
Full name	Mohammad Azhar Khan
Born	(1955-09-07) 7 September 1955 (age 69) Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-break
International information
National side	Pakistan
Only Test (cap 84)	18 March 1980 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 1 159 Runs scored 14 7733 Batting average 14.00 37.53 100s/50s -/- 16/42 Top score 14 209* Balls bowled 18 7528 Wickets 1 122 Bowling average 2.00 25.62 5 wickets in innings - 4 10 wickets in match - - Best bowling 1/1 6/34 Catches/stumpings -/- 111/-
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 June 2017

Mohammad Azhar Khan (born September 7, 1955, Gujranwala, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in one Test in 1980.

Azhar Khan played first-class cricket in Pakistan from 1972 to 1993.^[1] His highest score was 209 not out for Pakistan Universities against Bahawalpur in 1974–75.^[2] A year later, also against Bahawalpur, he made 203, this time for Lahore A.^[3]

In February 2020, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa.^[4][5] However, the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[6]

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by Azhar Khan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
2. "Pakistan Universities v Bahawalpur 1974-75". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
3. "Lahore A v Bahawalpur 1975-76". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
4. "2020 over-50s world cup squads". Over-50s Cricket World Cup. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
5. "Over-50s Cricket World Cup, 2019/20 - Pakistan Over-50s: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
6. "Over-50s World Cup in South Africa cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak". Cricket World. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

External links

• Azhar Khan at ESPNcricinfo
• Azhar Khan at CricketArchive