Ahmed Raza (Emirati cricketer)

Ahmed Raza
Personal information
Born (1988-10-10) 10 October 1988
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Batting Right handed
Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox
Role Bowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 41) 1 February 2014 v United Arab Emirates
Last ODI 30 August 2018 v Nepal
T20I debut (cap 12) 19 March 2014 v Ireland
Last T20I 14 April 2017 v Papua New Guinea
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 24 21 20 78
Runs scored 220 41 391 575
Batting average 12.94 10.25 13.96 12.23
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/1
Top score 50 12 45 50
Balls bowled 1,265 422 4,126 3,918
Wickets 21 12 67 100
Bowling average 41.76 38.50 25.98 25.50
5 wickets in innings 0 0 5 1
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/30 2/18 7/37 5/29
Catches/stumpings 9/– 7/– 17/– 33/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 August 2018

Ahmed Raza (Urdu: احمد رض‬‎; born October 10, 1988) is a United Arab Emirates cricketer who currently plays for the United Arab Emirates. Raza is a right-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox.

Raza made his List-A debut against India A in 2006. In 2007 Raza made his first-class debut against Scotland in the 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup and has since gone on to represent the UAE in six first class matches. In the 2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup Raza was the UAE's joint leading wicket taker with twelve wickets along with Moiz Shahid.

In January 2018, he was named in the United Arab Emirates' squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[1]

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Edmonton Royals in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[2][3]

In August 2018, he was named in the United Arab Emirates' squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament.[4] Despite the UAE losing the final to Hong Kong, he was named the player of the tournament, after taking sixteen wickets.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Six teams vying for the final two spots in ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Global T20 Canada: Complete Squads". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Global T20 Canada League – Full Squads announced". CricTracker. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Emirates Cricket Board officially announces team to represent the UAE in the Asia Cup Qualifiers 2018". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "ACC Asia Cup Qualifier Final: Hong Kong Edge UAE in Thrilling Final to Qualify for Asia Cup". Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 September 2018.



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