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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Mohammad Afzal<br />
| image = <br />
| full_name =<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|6|6|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kenya]]<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm [[off-spin]]<br />
| club1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team (Pakistan)|Hyderabad]]<br />
| year1 = 1975–1976<br />
| club2 = [[Pakistan Universities cricket team|Pakistan Universities]]<br />
| year2 = 1975<br />
| club3 = [[Sindh cricket team|Sindh B]]<br />
| year3 = 1977<br />
| club4 = [[Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club|Cambridgeshire]] (England)<br />
| year4 = 1981–1985<br />
| club5 = [[Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan cricket team|Industrial Development Bank]]<br />
| year5 = 1981<br />
| date = 11 March<br />
| year = 2016<br />
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42705/42705.html CricketArchive<br />
| role = Batsman<br />
}}<br />
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'''Mohammad Afzal ''' (born 6 June 1955) is a Pakistani former [[cricket]]er who played for several teams in Pakistani domestic cricket, and later also in England. He played as a right-handed top-order batsman.<br />
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Afzal was born in [[Kenya]], but never played high-level cricket there.<ref name="ca">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42705/42705.html Mohammad Afzal] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2016.</ref> He made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut in Pakistan in August 1975,<ref name="fc">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42705/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Mohammad Afzal] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2016.</ref> scoring 71 not out for [[Hyderabad cricket team (Pakistan)|Hyderabad]] against [[Sukkur cricket team|Sukkur]] in the Sikandar Ali Bhutto Cup.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35557.html Hyderabad v Sukkur], Sikandar Ali Bhutto Cup 1975/76 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2016.</ref> Later in the 1975–76 season, Afzal represented the [[Pakistan Universities cricket team|Pakistan Universities]] team in the [[Patron's Trophy|BCCP Patron's Trophy]] and [[Quaid-i-Azam Trophy]], playing three matches in the former competition and one in the latter.<ref name="fc"/> In a Patron's Trophy match against [[Lahore cricket team|Lahore B]], he made 101 not out, which was to be his highest first-class score and only century.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35648.html Pakistan Universities v Lahore B], BCCP Patron's Trophy 1975/76 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2016.</ref> For the 1976–77 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, Afzal switched to [[Sindh cricket team|Sindh B]], although he played only a single game for that team (against the [[National Bank of Pakistan cricket team|National Bank of Pakistan]]).<ref name="fc"/><br />
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Beginning in 1981, Afzal made occasional appearances for [[Cambridgeshire County Cricket Club|Cambridgeshire]] in England's [[Minor Counties Cricket Championship|Minor Counties Championship]]. He never managed a full season, however, last playing for Cambridgeshire in 1985.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42705/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html Minor Counties Championship matches played by Mohammad Afzal] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2016.</ref> Back in Pakistan, Afzal's final first-class appearances came in the 1981–82 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, when he represented the [[Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan cricket team|Industrial Development Bank]] team.<ref name="fc"/> He played in all nine of his team's matches, and scored 309 runs with a best of 43 against [[Karachi cricket team|Karachi]]. Among his teammates, only [[Saleem Yousuf]] and [[Ashfaq Malik]] scored more runs that season.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/2/Quaid-e-Azam_Trophy_1981-82/Industrial_Development_Bank_of_Pakistan_Batting.html Batting and fielding for Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan], Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1981/82 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2016.</ref> Afzal finished with a career first-class [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] of 25.25, from 17 matches.<ref name="ca"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42705/42705.html Player profile and statistics] at [https://cricketarchive.com Cricket Archive]<br />
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/41682.html Player profile and statistics] at [http://www.espncricinfo.com ESPNcricinfo]<br />
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[[Category:Cambridgeshire cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Hyderabad (Pakistan) cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Kenyan emigrants to Pakistan]]<br />
[[Category:Kenyan people of Pakistani descent]]<br />
[[Category:Alumni of Newcastle University]]<br />
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[[Category:Pakistan Universities cricketers]]<br />
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