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{{short description|Pakistani cricketer}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Ijaz Faqih<br>اعجاز فقیہ
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|3|24}}
| birth_place = [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], Pakistan
| country = Pakistan
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm offbreak
| role = All-rounder
| international = true
| testdebutdate = 22 December
| testdebutyear = 1980
| testdebutagainst = West Indies
| testcap = 87
| lasttestdate = 14 April
| lasttestyear = 1988
| lasttestagainst = West Indies
| odidebutdate = 19 December
| odidebutyear = 1980
| odidebutagainst = West Indies
| odicap = 33
| lastodidate = 30 March
| lastodiyear = 1988
| lastodiagainst = West Indies

| columns = 3
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 5
| runs1 = 183
| bat avg1 = 26.14
| 100s/50s1 = 1/0
| top score1 = 105
| deliveries1 = 534
| wickets1 = 4
| bowl avg1 = 74.75
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/38
| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 27
| runs2 = 197
| bat avg2 = 12.31
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 42[[not out|*]]
| deliveries2 = 1116
| wickets2 = 13
| bowl avg2 = 63.00
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = n/a
| best bowling2 = 4/43
| catches/stumpings2 = 2/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 142
| runs3 = 6058
| bat avg3 = 32.74
| 100s/50s3 = 13/32
| top score3 = 183
| deliveries3 = 31,415
| wickets3 = 563
| bowl avg3 = 23.54
| fivefor3 = 41
| tenfor3 = 9
| best bowling3 = 8/51
| catches/stumpings3 = 102/–
| date = 22 October
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/ijaz-faqih-40556 Cricinfo
}}

'''Ijaz Faqih''' ({{langx|ur|اعجاز فقیہ}}; born March 24, 1956, [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]]) is a former [[Pakistan]]i [[cricket]]er who played in five [[Test cricket|Tests]] and twenty-seven [[One Day International|ODIs]] between 1980 and 1988.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/685308-cricketing-dynasties-the-twenty-two-families-of-pakistan-test-cricket-part-8|title=Cricketing Dynasties: The twenty two families of Pakistan Test cricket — Part 8 | Sports | thenews.com.pk|website=www.thenews.com.pk}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Born to a [[Konkani people|Konkani]] family who migrated to Pakistan from the west coast of [[Maharashtra]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1531416|title=Former Pakistan fast bowler Munaf passes away|first=Qamar|last=Ahmed|date=January 30, 2020|website=DAWN.COM|quote=Tall and handsome, [[Mohammad Munaf (cricketer)|Munaf]] was born in Bombay in 1935 in a Kokan family. He was one of the three Kokans from West coast of Maharashtra to represent Pakistan besides [[Ebbu Ghazali|M E Z.Ghazali]] and Ejaz Faqih.}}</ref> Faqih was a relative of the Pakistani Test cricketer [[Ebbu Ghazali|Ebrahim Zainuddin "Ebbu" Ghazali]]: his mother-in-law was Ghazali's sister.<ref name="auto"/>

A middle-order batsman and off-spin bowler, Faqih played [[first-class cricket]] for a number of teams in Pakistan from 1973 to 1991.<ref>{{cite web |title=First-Class Matches played by Ijaz Faqih |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1634/First-Class_Matches.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref> His highest score was 183 in the quarter-final of the [[Patron's Trophy]] in February 1978, when he [[Captain (cricket)|captained]] [[Muslim Commercial Bank cricket team|Muslim Commercial Bank]] to a 609-run victory over [[Water and Power Development Authority cricket team|Water and Power Development Authority]]; he also took eight wickets.<ref>{{cite web |title=Muslim Commercial Bank v Water and Power Development Authority 1977-78 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/37/37874.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref> His best bowling figures of 8 for 51 came seven months later in the BCCP Invitation Tournament, when he captained Muslim Commercial Bank to victory over [[Sindh cricket team|Sind]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Muslim Commercial Bank v Sind 1978-79 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38577.html|website=CricketArchive |access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref> In 1985–86 he set a Pakistan record by taking 107 wickets in a season; his teams [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi Whites]] and Karachi won the Patron's Trophy and [[Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]] respectively.<ref>"Cricket in Pakistan, 1985-86", ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 1987, p. 1154–65.</ref>

The high point of Faqih's brief [[Test cricket|Test]] career was his [[Century (cricket)|century]] in the Fourth Test against [[India cricket team|India]] in the [[Pakistani cricket team in India in 1986–87|1986–87 series in India]]. Flown in as a late replacement for [[Tauseef Ahmed]], who was ill, Faqih scored 105 batting at number eight, adding 154 for the seventh wicket with [[Imran Khan]]. He won the [[Player of the Match awards (cricket)|player of the match award]] in the drawn match, but was replaced by Tauseef Ahmed for the fifth and final match of the series, which Pakistan won.<ref>{{cite web |title=4th Test, Ahmedabad, March 4-9, 1987, Pakistan tour of India |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/pakistan-tour-of-india-1986-87-61523/india-vs-pakistan-4th-test-63455/full-scorecard |website=Cricinfo |access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref><ref>''Wisden'' 1988, pp. 994–96.</ref>

==References==
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{{Pakistan Squad 1983 Cricket World Cup}}

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