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Full name Azhar Mahmood Sagar
Born February 28, 1975, Rawalpindi, Punjab
Current age 33 years 79 days
Major teams Pakistan,Islamabad Cricket Association,Kent,Lahore Badshahs,Marylebone Cricket Club,Pakistan International Airlines,Rawalpindi,Surrey,United Bank Limited
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
21
34
4
900
136
30.00
1772
50.79
3
1
113
5
14
0
ODIs
143
110
26
1521
67
18.10
1988
76.50
0
3
119
24
37
0
First-class
147
229
27
6393
204*
31.64
9
32
125
0
List A
260
207
44
3477
101*
21.33
2
13
79
0
Twenty20
35
34
10
684
65*
28.50
442
154.75
0
2
57
33
8
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
21
35
3015
1402
39
4/50
5/95
35.94
2.79
77.3
2
0
0
ODIs
143
139
6242
4813
123
6/18
6/18
39.13
4.62
50.7
2
3
0
First-class
147
24537
12808
500
8/61
25.61
3.13
49.0
20
3
List A
260
11544
8830
273
6/18
6/18
32.34
4.58
42.2
8
5
0
Twenty20
35
35
650
801
37
4/20
4/20
21.64
7.39
17.5
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v South Africa at Rawalpindi, Oct 6-10, 1997 scorecard
Last Test
England v Pakistan at Manchester, May 31-Jun 4, 2001 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v Pakistan at Toronto, Sep 16, 1996 scorecard
Last ODI
Ireland v Pakistan at Kingston, Mar 17, 2007 scorecard
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, and later applied for British citizenship after marrying his British wife. He signed for Kent in late 2007 on a two-year deal. Will Luke November 2007
