Aziz-ur-Rehman (cricketer, born 1966)

Aziz-ur-Rehman (born 31 March 1966) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1983 to 1993.

Aziz-ur-Rehman
Personal information
Full name
Mohammad Aziz-ur-Rehman
Born (1966-03-31) 31 March 1966 (age 58)
Sargodha, Pakistan
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1983-84 to 1992-93Sargodha
1990-91 to 1991-92Pakistan University Grants Commission
1993-94Railways
Career statistics
Competition FC List A
Matches 62 46
Runs scored 1760 695
Batting average 19.77 21.06
100s/50s 0/10 0/0
Top score 84 not out 45
Balls bowled 10,178 1597
Wickets 219 45
Bowling average 21.14 25.44
5 wickets in innings 15 0
10 wickets in match 3
Best bowling 7/45 3/17
Catches/stumpings 33/– 9/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 17 September 2014

A left-arm slow bowler, Aziz-ur-Rehman made his first-class debut in the 1983-84 season. In the first match of the 1984-85 season, competing in the Patron's Trophy, he took 7 for 45 for Sargodha in the second innings against Faisalabad to give Sargodha victory by 142 runs.[1] In the next match a few days later against Gujranwala he took 6 for 70 and 5 for 74 in a victory by 19 runs.[2] With 34 wickets at 15.35, he was the leading wicket-taker in the competition that season.[3] He took his best match figures, and established the Sargodha record, in 1989-90 against Karachi Whites, with 13 for 78 (7 for 47 and 6 for 31).[4]

Initially he played purely as a bowler, but later in his career he developed as an all-rounder. In his final match for Sargodha, the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final in 1992-93, he opened the batting in the second innings and top-scored with 67.[5] His top score was 84 not out, for Pakistan University Grants Commission against Pakistan Automobiles Corporation in 1991-92.[6]

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