Nawaz Ahmed
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Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
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| Full name | Nawaz Ahmed Jan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 December 1986 Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nawaz Ahmed Jan (born 10 December 1986) is a Pakistani former cricketer. Ahmed was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, and played domestic cricket in Pakistan for Peshawar, Peshawar Panthers, North West Frontier Province Panthers, Pakistan Ordnance Factories, Pakistan Television and Khan Research Laboratories.[1][2]
Ahmed made his first-class debut for Peshawar against Sialkot in the 2005–06 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.[3] One of his earliest notable first-class innings came in the 2007–08 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, when he scored 109 against Lahore Shalimar at Arbab Niaz Stadium.[4]
His most notable List A innings came in March 2013, when he scored a career-best 167 for Peshawar Panthers against Faisalabad Wolves in the Faysal Bank One-Day Cup. Chasing 277, he struck 22 fours and three sixes and guided Peshawar Panthers to a six-wicket win with seven overs to spare.[5] He also played in Pakistan's domestic Twenty20 competitions for Peshawar-based sides, making 151 runs in nine matches with two half-centuries.[1]
Late in his career, playing for Khan Research Laboratories against United Bank Limited in October 2017, Ahmed produced the best bowling figures of his first-class career, taking 4 for 14 in the first innings at Rawalpindi.[6] Overall, he played in 46 first-class matches, scoring 1,844 runs at a batting average of 22.48, with two centuries and 12 half-centuries. In List A cricket, he played 33 matches and scored 1,088 runs at 36.26, including one century and eight fifties.[1]