Mohammad Ali Niazi
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| Full name | Mohammad Ali Niazi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 December 1982 Multan, Punjab, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mohammad Ali Niazi (born 22 December 1982) is a Pakistani former cricketer. Niazi was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Multan, Punjab, and played domestic cricket in Pakistan for Multan, Pakistan Customs and Multan Tigers.[1][2]
Niazi made his first-class debut for Multan in the 2001–02 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, and later played List A and Twenty20 cricket for Pakistan Customs and Multan Tigers.[3]
His best-known innings came in April 2005, when he opened for Pakistan Customs against DHA in a Patron's Cup List A match at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot. Niazi scored 207 from 146 balls, with 24 fours and six sixes, as Customs made 395 for 5. It was the first double-century in Pakistan domestic limited-overs cricket.[4]
Late in his career, Niazi made his only first-class century for Multan Tigers against United Bank Limited in the 2014–15 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Gold League. Batting in the first innings at Multan Cricket Stadium, he scored 104, while Abdul Rehman Muzammil made 111 in the same innings.[5][6]
Overall, Niazi played in 29 first-class matches, scoring 1,090 runs at a batting average of 21.37, with one century and seven half-centuries. In 31 List A matches, he scored 854 runs at an average of 34.16, with one century and three fifties. As an occasional spinner, he took eight first-class wickets, six List A wickets and one Twenty20 wicket.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Mohammad Ali profile and biography, stats, records, videos". ESPNcricinfo.
- ↑ "Mohammad Ali Niazi". Pakistan Cricket Board.
- ↑ "Mohammad Ali debut and last played matches". ESPNcricinfo.
- ↑ "Ali Niazi bats his way into record books". Dawn. 5 April 2005.
- ↑ "Multan Tigers v United Bank Limited, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Gold League 2014/15". ESPNcricinfo.
- ↑ "Dolphins keep bankers at bay". Dawn. 8 November 2014.