Fazal Niazai

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Fazal Niazai (born 1 February 1990) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in September 2019 in a Twenty20 International against Zimbabwe.[1] He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.

Fazal Niazai
Personal information
Born (1990-02-01) 1 February 1990 (age 34)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
Only T20I (cap 39)20 September 2019 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011/12Afghan Cheetahs
Career statistics
Competition FC List A T20
Matches 2 4 2
Runs scored 97 12 24
Batting average 32.33 4.00 24.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 42* 11 21
Balls bowled 106 138
Wickets 1 6
Bowling average 48.00 16.33
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/5 3/20
Catches/stumpings 2/– 0/– 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 September 2019

Domestic career

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Niyazai made his Twenty20 debut for the Afghan Cheetahs in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup against Faisalabad Wolves. He played a further match in that competition, against Multan Tigers.[2] In these two matches, he scored a total of 24 with a high score of 21.[2] He made his first-class debut for Afghanistan against Kenya in the 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 6 October 2013.[3]

In September 2018, he was named in Nangarhar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[4]

International career

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In August 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series.[5][6] He made his T20I debut for Afghanistan, against Zimbabwe, on 20 September 2019.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Fazal Niazai". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Player profile: Fazal Niyazai". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  3. ^ "ICC Intercontinental Cup, Afghanistan v Kenya at ICCA Dubai, Oct 6–8, 2013". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Gayle, Afridi, Russell: icons in Afghanistan Premier League". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Afghanistan squads announced for Bangladesh Test and Triangular Series in September". Afghan Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Rashid Khan to lead new-look Afghanistan in Bangladesh Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  7. ^ "5th Match (N), Bangladesh Twenty20 Tri-Series at Chattogram, Sep 20 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
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