Mohammad Nawaz (cricketer)
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Mohammad Nawaz (cricketer)

Mohammad Nawaz (pronounced [mʊɦəmməd nəwaːz]; born 21 March 1994) is a Pakistani international cricketer. In August 2018, he was one of 33 players to be awarded a central contract for the 2018–19 season by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Nawaz was born in Rawalpindi, Punjab to a Pashtun family, belonging to Akbarpura, a village in Nowshera district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He received his early education from the F.G. Boys School in Rawalpindi. He is fluent in English, Urdu, Pashto and Punjabi.

In 2018, he married Izdihaar, a South African diagnostic radiographer of Saudi Arabian descent.

Nawaz has played domestic cricket for several regional and departmental sides in Pakistan, including Rawalpindi, National Bank of Pakistan, Northern and Baluchistan. In April 2018 he was named vice-captain of Baluchistan's squad for the 2018 Pakistan Cup and finished the tournament as Baluchistan's leading wicket-taker (nine wickets in four matches).

In March 2019 he was named in the Federal Areas squad for the 2019 Pakistan Cup. In January 2021, Nawaz was appointed captain of Northern for the 2020–21 Pakistan Cup.

Nawaz was signed by Quetta Gladiators for the inaugural 2016 Pakistan Super League. He made an immediate impact in the tournament opener against Islamabad United, taking 4 for 13 and earning the player-of-the-match award. He finished the 2016 PSL as one of the tournament's leading wicket-takers (13 wickets) and was retained by Quetta for the 2017 season, where he took 10 wickets in 10 matches as Quetta reached the final.

Ahead of the 2023 PSL Draft Nawaz was released by Quetta and later signed by Karachi Kings as a wild‐card pick.

He made his Twenty20 International debut for Pakistan against the United Arab Emirates in the 2016 Asia Cup on 29 February 2016. He was hit for 38 runs from 3 overs after being called to bowl by captain Shahid Afridi. Waqar Younis, the head coach, criticised Afridi for this and said that it was 'unfair' for him to call Nawaz up being relatively new and that it 'destroyed the youngster's confidence'.

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