Azhar Ali – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Born19 Feb 1985, Lahore, Punjab

Age41 Years

NationalityPakistani

RoleOpening Batsman / Right hand bat & leg spin

BattingRight Hand Bat

BowlingRight Arm Leg Spin

Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Jersey#79

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	97	7142	42.26	41.93	8	4.29
ODI	53	1845	36.90	74.45	4	6.04
T20	49	985	21.88	104.67	15	6.35
List A	181	6674	46.34	–	69	5.51
First-class	260	16290	39.25	–	51	3.80

Debuts

TestAustralia vs Pakistan, Lord's 13 Jul 2010

ODIIreland vs Pakistan, Belfast30 May 2011

T20Rhinos vs Leopards, Karachi 24 Feb 2006

Family

RelationsFather- Muhammad Rafiq

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	97	180	11	7142	302	42.26	17033	41.93	19	35	694	22	66
ODI	53	53	3	1845	102	36.90	2478	74.45	3	12	168	14	8
T20	49	49	4	985	72	21.88	941	104.67	0	3	98	16	24
List A	181	166	22	6674	132	46.34	0	–	18	38	0	0	53
First-class	260	450	35	16290	302	39.25	0	–	48	69	0	0	159

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	5W
Test	97	37	144.3	621	8	2/49	77.62	4.29	0
ODI	53	14	43	260	4	2/26	65.00	6.04	0
T20	49	15	44.3	283	15	3/10	18.86	6.35	0
List A	181	0	423	2332	69	5/23	33.79	5.51	4
First-class	260	0	613.4	2336	51	–	45.80	3.80	0

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
County Championship	33	1535	125	26.47	46.78	1	3.33
English One Day Cup	5	211	78	42.20	87.92	0	–
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy	8	499	95	41.58	44.40	0	4.60
ICC Champions Trophy	4	219	76	54.75	76.57	0	–

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
England	10	394	82	39.40	77.41	3	0
Sri Lanka	8	284	79	35.50	78.24	0	0
Zimbabwe	5	239	102	47.80	87.87	0	0
Bangladesh	3	209	101	69.67	85.31	0	0
India	4	120	59	30.00	65.22	2	0
West Indies	3	110	101	36.67	85.94	0	1
Ireland	2	40	39	20.00	51.95	0	0
Australia	3	37	24	12.33	56.06	0	0
New Zealand	3	12	6	4.00	40.00	0	0
South Africa	1	9	9	9.00	40.91	0	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Pakistan	7	2	113	56.50	5.65	60.00
England	2	0	47	–	11.75	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
Australia	27	1300	205	52.00	43.80	4	3
Sri Lanka	25	1056	157	42.24	45.71	3	4
England	32	1002	157	33.40	38.70	2	3
West Indies	20	951	302	50.05	46.05	2	3
New Zealand	20	863	134	43.15	37.88	4	1
Bangladesh	10	565	226	62.78	48.46	2	0
South Africa	20	359	65	18.89	34.22	2	0
Zimbabwe	6	247	126	41.17	45.57	1	1
Ireland	2	6	4	3.00	22.22	0	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Australia	9	2	230	115.00	5.90	117.00
New Zealand	6	2	62	31.00	5.64	33.00
Sri Lanka	4	2	70	35.00	4.38	48.00
West Indies	5	1	44	44.00	2.51	105.00
Pakistan	1	0	9	–	9.00	–
South Africa	3	0	43	–	5.49	–
Bangladesh	2	0	34	–	34.00	–
England	5	0	102	–	5.06	–

Last 10 innings · batting

4 & 8vs YOR

25vs DUR

3 & 39vs GLA

4vs HAM

74vs SUS

14vs SOM

78vs GLA

41vs DUR

0 & 16vs GLO

34vs LEI

First Class vs YOR26 Sep 2023 · c A Lyth b BO Coad & c A Lyth b M Milnes 4 & 8(8 & 8) First Class vs DUR19 Sep 2023 · c DG Bedingham b P Coughlin 25(61) First Class vs GLA3 Sep 2023 · c EJ Byrom b JP McIlroy & c CB Cooke b JP McIlroy 3 & 39(19 & 91) List A vs HAM27 Aug 2023 · c BC Brown b KHD Barker 4(11) List A vs SUS20 Aug 2023 · c B Foreman b D Ibrahim 74(76) List A vs SOM6 Aug 2023 · b N Leonard 14(13) List A vs GLA4 Aug 2023 · st A Horton b KS Carlson 78(104) List A vs DUR1 Aug 2023 · b OJ Gibson 41(36) First Class vs GLO26 Jul 2023 · lbw b MD Taylor & c & b P Meekeren 0 & 16(13 & 27) First Class vs LEI19 Jul 2023 · c PWA Mulder b MET Salisbury 34(101)

Last 10 innings · bowling

1/35vs KPH

0/15vs SOP

1/37vs NOR

0/38vs KPH

0/11vs BAL

0/11vs LAN

0/12vs YOR

0/4vs DUR

0/10vs AUS

0/11vs KPH

First Class vs KPH2 Nov 2022 1/35 First Class vs SOP21 Oct 2022 0/15 First Class vs NOR15 Oct 2022 1/37 First Class vs KPH9 Oct 2022 0/38 First Class vs BAL3 Oct 2022 0/11 List A vs LAN10 Aug 2022 0/11 List A vs YOR7 Aug 2022 0/12 First Class vs DUR12 Jun 2022 0/4 Test vs AUS12 Mar 2022 0/10 First Class vs KPH18 Dec 2021 0/11

About Azhar Ali

Azhar Ali Biography

Azhar Ali is a right handed batsman of Pakistan team, born on 19 February, 1985 in Lahore, Punjab.

Background

Azhar was one of the few Pakistani batsmen who made his Test debut before making his ODI debut, against Australia in 2010.

Debut

Azhar made his Test debut against Australia at Lord’s in July 2010.

In just his second match, he scored 51 at Leeds helping Pakistan chase the target of 180 with 3 wickets down.

Rise to glory

Azhar’s score of 159 in one of the matches of the Test series against England in Birmingham in August 2016, led to him earning the reputation of one of the finest batsman of Australia.

This is one is talent began being given due importance.

Low points

Under his captainship, Pakistan won just 12 while lost 18 ODIs against Australia and after losing against them for 4-1, Azhar had to step down from the position of captain.

Club career

Azhar has played for Lahore Eagles in Faysal Bank T20 Cup 2012, Lahore Lions in President’s Cup, One Day Tournament 2013, Lahore Qalandars in Pakistan Super League 2016.

Captaincy

Azhar took up the captaincy after 2015 World Cup but under him Pakistan dropped to No. 9 position in ODI, and he quit the captaincy in February 2017 after losing the ODI series against Australia.

Records

In the third day of test against Sri Lanka, held at Abu Dhabi in 2017, Azhar Ali completed 5000 runs in Test cricket and by virtue of this became the eight Pakistan cricketer to score 5000 runs in a Test format.

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