Riaz Afridi

Riaz Afridi

Personal information
Born	(1985-01-21) 21 January 1985Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Relations	Shaheen Afridi (younger brother)Yasir Afridi (cousin)
International information
National side	Pakistan (2004)
Only Test (cap 182)	28 October 2004 v Sri Lanka
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 1 42 Runs scored 9 580 Batting average 9.00 13.18 100s/50s 0/0 0/2 Top score 9 66 Balls bowled 186 7902 Wickets 2 182 Bowling average 43.50 23.28 5 wickets in innings 0 10 10 wickets in match 0 1 Best bowling 2/42 7/78 Catches/stumpings 0/– 8/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 June 2017

Riaz Afridi (Urdu: ریاض آفریدی; born 21 January 1985) is a Pakistani cricket coach and cricketer. He is the elder brother of Pakistani fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi.

He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.^[1] In December 2017, his youngest brother Shaheen Afridi was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.^[2]

Afridi has played one Test match, for the Pakistan national cricket team against the Sri Lanka national cricket team. It was the same match which saw Naved-ul-Hasan make his Test debut.^[3]

Riaz is a cousin of Pakistani footballer Yasir Afridi. In 2007 Riaz signed a contract with the Indian Cricket League (ICL) and represented the Lahore Badshahs, which put Riaz's future as a Pakistani Test player at risk.

During the summer months Riaz played club cricket in the north east of England for Great Ayton CC, he was a key player as the club won the North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League for the first time in its history.^[4] The following season he achieved the feat of 100 wickets in a league season.^[5]

References

1. "Riaz Afridi". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
2. "Hasan Khan to lead Pakistan Under-19s at World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
3. "Riaz Afridi - Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
4. Pratt, Malcolm (4 September 2006). "Afridi key as Great Ayton take the title". Northern Echo. Retrieved 4 October 2024 – via Newsbank.
5. "Great Ayton's Afridi notches 100th wicket on final day". Darlington and Stockton Times. 14 September 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2024.