Gohar Faiz
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Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
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| Full name | Gohar Faiz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 September 1986 Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006/07–2024/25 | Quetta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006/07–2023/24 | Quetta Bears | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017/18 | Galle Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020/21–2021/22 | Balochistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 April 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gohar Faiz (born 27 September 1986) is a Pakistani former cricketer. Faiz was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Quetta, Balochistan.[1][2]
Faiz made his Twenty20 debut for Quetta Bears against Rawalpindi Rams in December 2006, his first-class debut for Quetta against Multan in January 2007, and his List A debut for Quetta Bears against Abbottabad Rhinos in February 2007.[1] He later also played first-class cricket for Galle Cricket Club in Sri Lanka.[3][4]
Faiz emerged as one of Quetta's leading bowlers in the 2012–13 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. In January 2013, he recorded his best first-class innings figures to that date by taking 8 wickets for 50 runs against Islamabad.[5] Later that season, he took a career-best match haul of 10 for 151 against Faisalabad, including 5 for 81 in the second innings, as Quetta completed their first win of the campaign.[6][7]
In the 2015–16 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Faiz claimed five wickets in each innings against Larkana, finishing with match figures of 10 for 109 as Quetta won by 141 runs.[8] He continued to represent Quetta in domestic cricket into the 2020s.[1]
In August 2020, Faiz was named in Balochistan's squad for the 2020/21 domestic season, and in September 2021 he was named in Balochistan's squad for the 2021 National T20 Cup.[9][10] In October 2022, playing for Balochistan in the Cricket Associations Championship, he took 5 wickets for 101 runs against Southern Punjab and finished with match figures of 8 for 150 in a nine-wicket victory.[11]