Azhar Ali

Personal information

Full name

Azhar Ali

Born

19 February 1985 (age 32)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Nickname

Ajju

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Batting style

Right-hand bat

Bowling style

Leg-break

Role

Batsman

International information

National side

Pakistan

Test debut (cap 199)

13 July 2010 v Australia

Last Test

15 to 19 December 2016 v Australia

ODI debut (cap 185)

30 May 2011 v Ireland

Last ODI

2 October 2016 v West Indies

ODI shirt no.

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2011-2013

Lahore Eagles,

2014-2015

Lahore Lions

2016-present

Lahore Qalandars

2016-present

Baluchistan cricket team

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	57	43	144	142
Runs scored	4,707	1,592	9,166	5,162
Batting average	47.07	39.80	40.73	49.16
100s/50s	12/25	3/9	29/38	14/29
Top score	302*	102	302*	132*
Balls bowled	777	258	2,886	2,370
Wickets	7	4	43	61
Bowling average	80.43	65.00	41.04	35.24
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	3
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	0
Best bowling	2/49	2/26	4/34	5/23
Catches/stumpings	55/–	5/-	123/–	34/–

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 January 2017

Azhar Ali (Urdu: اظہر علی‎; born 19 February 1985 in Lahore, Punjab) is a Pakistani international cricketer and a former captain of Pakistan ODI team. He was also the appointed vice captain of the Pakistan Test team up until his resignation from the post in 2017. Ali made his Test debut for Pakistan against Australia in the first Test at Lord's in July 2010. An agile right-hand batsman and a part-time leg-break bowler, Ali became the first ever Centurion, Double Centurion & Triple Centurion in a Day and Night Test Match, when he scored 302 against West Indies in October 2016.

Domestically, he has played for Khan Research Laboratories, Lahore, Lahore Eagles, Lahore Lions, Lahore Qalandars, Pakistan A and Huntly (Scotland) during his career. He was the captain of Lahore Qalandars in the first edition of the Pakistan Super League.

A right handed opening batsman and a part-time leg spinner by trade. His solid technique and ever-lasting patience was exactly what Pakistan was searching for and his calmness at the crease perfectly suited the crucial number 3 slot. Azhar has worked his way steadily up Pakistan's domestic scene since 2006. That was the season he began opening regularly for Khan Research Laboratories, a move that fetched him two hundreds and two fifties in five matches, and he hasn't looked back. In four seasons since, he's been averaging 40-plus with 11 hundreds, commendable figures in a country where opening is a modern-day curse. Azhar Ali was appointed captain Of Lahore Qalandars in the first edition of Pakistan Super League. He played 7 matches and scored 180 runs in the Tournament.

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