Mohammad Azharullah
CountryPakistan
FullnameMohammad Azharullah
Birth date25 December 1983 (age 42)
Birth placeBurewala, Punjab, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
Club 1Multan
Year 12004–2007
Club 2WAPDA
Year 22004–2013
Club 3Multan Tigers
Year 32005–2009
Club 4Quetta
Year 42005
Club 5Quetta Bears
Year 52006
Club 6Baluchistan
Year 62008
Club 7Northamptonshire
Year 72013–2017
Clubnumber 792
Club 8Northamptonshire
Year 82019
Clubnumber 892
Type 1FC
Debutdate 115 December
Debutyear 12004
Debutfor 1Multan
Debutagainst 1Karachi Whites
Type 2LA
Debutdate 23 April
Debutyear 22005
Debutfor 2WAPDA
Debutagainst 2Pakistan Telecommunication
Columns3
Column 1FC
Matches 1115
Runs 11,000
Bat avg 112.82
100s/50s 10/1
Top score 158*
Deliveries 118,870
Wickets 1383
Bowl avg 128.05
Fivefor 120
Tenfor 13
Best bowling 17/74
Catches/stumpings 126/–
Column 2LA
Matches 271
Runs 295
Bat avg 26.33
100s/50s 20/0
Top score 29
Deliveries 23,137
Wickets 296
Bowl avg 230.92
Fivefor 23
Tenfor 20
Best bowling 25/38
Catches/stumpings 213/–
Column 3T20
Matches 364
Runs 324
Bat avg 324.00
100s/50s 30/0
Top score 36*
Deliveries 31,254
Wickets 371
Bowl avg 324.83
Fivefor 30
Tenfor 30
Best bowling 34/14
Catches/stumpings 310/–
Date30 September
Year2019
Sourcehttps://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/56/56586/56586.html CricketArchive

Mohammad Azharullah (born 25 December 1983) is an English Pakistani cricketer, who most recently played in England for Northamptonshire. Azharullah is a right-arm fast-medium bowler who also bats right-handed.

Career in Pakistan

Azharullah made his first-class cricket debut for Multan in December 2004 against Karachi Whites.[1]

He played 49 first-class matches in Pakistan between the 2004–05 and 2009–10 seasons, together with another four in the 2012–13 season, for Baluchistan, Multan, Punjab, Quetta and Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA). During this time he took 190 first-class wickets at an average of 26.62. His most prolific season was 2007–08, when he took 52 wickets for WAPDA and Baluchistan.

Northants career

In 2009 Azharullah married an English woman and played league cricket in Yorkshire with the intention of later playing county cricket.[2][3]

Azharullah signed for Northants for the 2013 season[4] and he made an immediate impact, especially in the Twenty20 competition. He took the most wickets in the competition that year, with 27 at 12.62 and played in the final, against Surrey[5] He has continued to be a regular in the Northants team in all three forms of the game and his initial one-year contract was renewed once, and further extended to last until 2017.[6] He has returned twice to Twenty20 finals day, Northants finishing runners-up in 2015,[7] and beating Durham in the 2016 final.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Karachi Region Whites v Multan Region at Karachi, 15-18 December 2004". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  2. ^ Atkinson, Neil (17 August 2013). "How former Huddersfield cricketer Mohammed Azharullah was bowled over by love". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  3. ^ Culley, Jon. "Azharullah brings romance to Finals Day". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  4. ^ Dobell, George. "Northants bring in Pakistani seamer". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  5. ^ Gibson, Richard (17 August 2013). "Northamptonshire's David Willey's treble sees off Surrey in t20 final". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  6. ^ Vickers, Tom. "Azharullah agrees new deal at Northants". Northants Telegraph. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  7. ^ Rae, Richard (29 August 2015). "Lancashire clinch T20 title by holding nerve against Northamptonshire". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  8. ^ Macpherson, Will (20 August 2016). "Josh Cobb steers Northants over line to win NatWest T20 Blast against Durham". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 September 2016.