Asif Raza
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| Full name | Asif Raza | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 January 1987 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowling all-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006/07–2014/15 | Lahore Lions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015/16–2016/17 | Lahore Whites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Kalutara Town Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 April 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asif Raza (born 11 January 1987) is a Pakistani former cricketer. Raza was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Lahore, Punjab.[1][2]
Raza made his List A debut for Lahore Lions against Abbottabad Rhinos in the ABN-AMRO Cup in March 2006, and made his Twenty20 debut for the Lions against Rawalpindi Rams in December 2006.[3] He made his first-class debut for Lahore Ravi against Islamabad in January 2007.[3] He also represented a number of Lahore regional sides, including Lahore Blues, Lahore Eagles, Lahore Lions and Lahore Whites, and he later also played first-class cricket for Kalutara Town Club in Sri Lanka.[1][4]
In November 2011, Raza produced what was then the best bowling figures of his first-class career when he took 7 wickets for 40 runs for Lahore Shalimar against Multan in the 2011–12 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.[5] In February 2014, he made 35 for Lahore Lions in their quarter-final win over Multan Tigers, sharing a sixth-wicket partnership of 82 with Saad Nasim after the side had slipped to 38 for 5.[6] Later that year, he was among the Lahore Lions players called to the training camp ahead of the Champions League T20 qualifying stage in India.[7]
By the 2015/16 season, Raza was playing for Lahore Whites. In November 2015, he made 41 and took 5 wickets for 91 runs against Habib Bank Limited in the 2015–16 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.[8] The following season, he top-scored with 46 in Lahore Whites' first innings against Rawalpindi and then took 6 wickets for 57 runs in Rawalpindi's reply.[9] He also made 44 for Lahore Blues against Karachi Whites in the 2016–17 National T20 Cup.[10]
Raza later played first-class cricket for Kalutara Town Club in Sri Lanka, his final recorded senior appearances coming in March and April 2019.[3]
Raza played in 64 first-class matches. In these, he has scored 1,842 runs at a batting average of 18.05, making 3 half-centuries and 1 century.[1] His highest score is 109. With the ball, he has taken 189 wickets at a bowling average of 25.47, with best figures of 8/101, and has taken 12 five-wicket hauls and 1 10-wicket match haul.[1]