Afsar Nawaz
Pakistani cricketer
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Afsar Nawaz Khan (born 7 October 1976) is a Pakistani former cricketer. Nawaz was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium and also kept wicket. He was born in Karachi, Sindh.[1]
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| Full name | Afsar Nawaz Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 October 1976 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 April 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nawaz played Pakistani domestic cricket from the 1996/97 season to 2013, representing Karachi Blues, Karachi Dolphins, Karachi Harbour, Karachi Urban, Pakistan Customs, Public Works Department and State Bank of Pakistan.[1] During the 2005 PCB Inter-district Senior Cricket Championship, he scored centuries in successive matches for Old Karachi Zone, including 103 against Liaquatabad-Gulshan Zone.[2]
In the 2005/06 Patron's Trophy, Nawaz helped Pakistan Customs save a draw against Habib Bank Limited by scoring 83 in the second innings.[3] In the one-day phase of the same competition, he made 67 in a successful run chase against Khan Research Laboratories, then followed that with successive centuries, scoring 103 against Pakistan International Airlines and 119 against Habib Bank.[4][5] His 119 against Habib Bank remained his highest score in List A cricket.[1]
In the 2007–08 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Nawaz scored 108 and took 3 wickets for 19 runs for Karachi Whites against Hyderabad.[6] Two seasons later, captaining Karachi Whites against National Bank of Pakistan, he made an unbeaten 106 in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.[7]
Overall, Nawaz played 94 first-class matches. In these, he scored 5,689 runs and scored 10 centuries.[1] His highest score was an unbeaten 178 runs innings.[1]