Riaz Afridi (Urdu: ریاض آفریدی; born 21 January 1985) is a Pakistani cricket coach and cricketer. He is Elder brother of Pakistani fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi.
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| Born | 21 January 1985 Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Shaheen Afridi (younger brother) Yasir Afridi (cousin) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 182) | 28 October 2004 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 June 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.[1] In December 2017, his youngest brother Shaheen Afridi was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[2]
Afridi has played one Test match, for the Pakistan national cricket team against the Sri Lanka national cricket team. It was the same match which saw Naved-ul-Hasan make his Test debut.[3]
Riaz is a cousin of Pakistani footballer Yasir Afridi. In 2007 Riaz signed a contract with the Indian Cricket League (ICL) and represented the Lahore Badshahs, which put Riaz's future as a Pakistani Test player at risk.
During the summer months Riaz played club cricket in the north east of England for Great Ayton CC, he was a key player as the club won the North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League for the first time in its history.[4] The following season he achieved the feat of 100 wickets in a league season.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Riaz Afridi". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ "Hasan Khan to lead Pakistan Under-19s at World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "Riaz Afridi - Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ^ Pratt, Malcolm (4 September 2006). "Afridi key as Great Ayton take the title". Northern Echo. Retrieved 4 October 2024 – via Newsbank.
- ^ "Great Ayton's Afridi notches 100th wicket on final day". Darlington and Stockton Times. 14 September 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2024.