Major teams Pakistan, Islamabad Cricket Association, Kent, Lahore Badshahs, Marylebone Cricket Club, Pakistan International Airlines, Rawalpindi, Surrey, United Bank Limited

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Batting and fielding averages


	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	21	34	4	900	136	30.00	1772	50.79	3	1	113	5	14
ODIs	143	110	26	1521	67	18.10	1988	76.50	0	3	119	24	37
First-class	153	237	29	6606	204*	31.75			9	33			126
List A	275	219	45	3661	101*	21.04			2	14			82
Twenty20	58	51	17	1009	65*	29.67	646	156.19	0	3	84	47	9

Bowling averages


	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	21	35	3015	1402	39	4/50	5/95	35.94	2.79	77.3	2	0	0
ODIs	143	139	6242	4813	123	6/18	6/18	39.13	4.62	50.7	2	3	0
First-class	153		25468	13234	526	8/61		25.15	3.11	48.4		22	3
List A	275		12211	9335	296	6/18	6/18	31.53	4.58	41.2	10	5	0
Twenty20	58	58	1177	1455	65	4/20	4/20	22.38	7.41	18.1	1	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Pakistan v South Africa at Rawalpindi, Oct 6-10, 1997 scorecard
Last Test	England v Pakistan at Manchester, May 31-Jun 4, 2001 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	India v Pakistan at Toronto, Sep 16, 1996 scorecard
Last ODI	Ireland v Pakistan at Kingston, Mar 17, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1993/94
Last First-class	Kent v Gloucestershire at Beckenham, Jun 30-Jul 3, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1993/94
Last List A	Warwickshire v Kent at Birmingham, May 20, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Surrey v Middlesex at The Oval, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Kent v Surrey at Beckenham, Jun 28, 2009 scorecard

Profile

Azhar Mahmood is a mentally tough allrounder and belligerent batsman, who began his career with three Test centuries against South Africa. In one-day cricket he invariably raises the tempo in the lower middle-order. He is strong off his legs and relishes short bowling. But he pushes at the ball too firmly in defence, and is particularly vulnerable against legspin. In a team of reverse-swingers he is the only English-type seamer, virtuous in his pursuit of line and length. He is a useful fielder and, close in, he rarely misses an opportunity to enquire about the batsman's health. During a one-month stint as a Surrey overseas player in 2002 he took 8 for 61 against Lancashire, then turned out for them for two seasons full-time as Pakistan's mercurial lost faith in him for reasons that have never quite been made clear. He signed with Surrey again for 2005, and later applied for British citizenship after marrying his British wife. He signed for Kent in late 2007 on a two-year deal.
Will Luke November 2007