Awais Zia

Pakistan

Full name Awais Zia

Born September 1, 1986, Bhown, Chakwal, Punjab

Current age 32 years 172 days

Major teams Pakistan, Dhaka Gladiators, Federal Areas, Karachi Kings, Khan Research Laboratories, Pakistan Television, Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi Rams

Playing role Opening batsman

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
T20Is	5	5	0	70	23	14.00	80	87.50	0	0	4	3	0
First-class	90	147	9	5366	232	38.88			8	30			83
List A	79	75	2	2666	134	36.52	2742	97.22	6	15	351	31	38
T20s	70	70	3	1495	100*	22.31	1143	130.79	1	7	196	41	25

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
T20Is	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	90	56	1268	646	9	2/13	2/15	71.77	3.05	140.8	0	0	0
List A	79	20	426	422	8	2/20	2/20	52.75	5.94	53.2	0	0	0
T20s	70	18	214	251	8	2/17	2/17	31.37	7.03	26.7	0	0	0

Career statistics

T20I debut	England v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), Feb 23, 2012 scorecard
Last T20I	New Zealand v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), Dec 4, 2014 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	Karachi Urban v Rawalpindi at Karachi, Feb 1-4, 2007 scorecard
Last First-class	Sui Southern Gas Corporation v Karachi Whites at Karachi, Nov 19-21, 2018 scorecard
List A debut	Lahore Eagles v Rawalpindi Rams at Karachi, Feb 26, 2007 scorecard
Last List A	Sui Southern Gas Corporation v Habib Bank Limited at Lahore, Oct 28, 2018 scorecard
T20s debut	Rawalpindi Rams v Quetta Bears at Lahore, Oct 5, 2008 scorecard
Last T20s	Rawalpindi v Karachi Whites at Multan, Dec 24, 2018 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
40	Karachi W	v Rawalpindi	Multan	24 Dec 2018	T20
48	Karachi W	v Rawalpindi	Multan	23 Dec 2018	T20
17	Karachi W	v Islamabad	Multan	21 Dec 2018	T20
68	Karachi W	v Lahore Blues	Multan	18 Dec 2018	T20
30	Karachi W	v Lahore W	Multan	16 Dec 2018	T20
16	Karachi W	v Peshawar	Multan	15 Dec 2018	T20
6	Karachi W	v FATA	Multan	13 Dec 2018	T20
12, 0/7	Karachi W	v Multan	Multan	11 Dec 2018	T20
2/13, 66, 0/2	Sui Sthn Gas	v Karachi W	Karachi	19 Nov 2018	FC
62, 9	Sui Sthn Gas	v Peshawar	Karachi	7 Nov 2018	FC

Profile

A middle-order batsman in the first-class format and also an opener in Twenty20 cricket, Awais Zia won a call-up to the national side for the first time in 2012, when he was picked in the T20 squad for the series against England in the UAE. By then, Zia had already spent four years on the domestic circuit and was with Rawalpindi at the time of selection. His T20 team, Rawalpindi Rams, made it to the final of the Faysal Bank T-20 Cup in 2011 and Awais delivered a fitting start to their chase of 181 - it ended in a 10-run defeat, but Awais smashed 32 in just 13 balls while opening the batting. That potential to make an impact at the top of the order won him his first international stint.
ESPNcricinfo staff, February 2012

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