Samiullah Niazi
Personal information
Full name
Samiullah Khan Niazi
Born (1982-08-04) 4 August 1982
Swance, Mianwali, Punjab, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium-fast
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 161)21 January 2008 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI24 January 2008 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008/09North West Frontier Province Panthers
2007/082008/09North West Frontier Province
2004/052010/11Faisalabad Wolves
2005/062010/11Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
2004/052010/11Faisalabad Wolves
2003/042005/06Faisalabad
2000/012002/03Sargodha
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches 2 66 46 24
Runs scored 334 83 12
Batting average 6.95 7.54 12.00
100s/50s / / / /
Top score 24 10 6*
Balls bowled 120 12,083 2,293 510
Wickets 299 55 34
Bowling average 19.14 28.87 18.79
5 wickets in innings 15
10 wickets in match 3
Best bowling 7/55 4/23 4/27
Catches/stumpings / 17/ 6/ 12/
Source: CricketArchive, 21 January 2011

Samiullah Khan Niazi (born 4 August 1982) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former first-class cricketer who plays for Sargodha, Faisalabad and Pakistan A as a left-arm medium-fast bowler.

Samiullah Khan Niazi was one of the leading wicket-taker in the 2005–06 Pakistani first-class season with 75 wickets at 18.36. He was a late inclusion for Pakistan's 2006 tour of England, replacing Rana Naved-ul-Hasan. He represented Pakistan when he played two one day internationals against Zimbabwe at Karachi and Hyderabad in 2008. He was also first attack bowler of Pakistan A in Euroasia cup tournament where they beat India in final. He is a genuine left arm swing bowler. He was a member of the Faisalabad Wolves team which won the International 20:20 Club Championship-2005 in England.

In the final of the 2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, he took his career-best bowling figures of 8 for 62 in the second innings and his 25th five-wicket haul in first-class cricket. This lead Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited to their third Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in four years and he was named as man of the match.[1][2]

Since his retirement he has become a coach, including being the assistant coach to the Northern U19 Whites.[3]

References

  1. "Samiullah Khan bowls SNGPL to QEA title". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. "SNGPL on verge of title after Samiullah's five-for". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  3. "National U19 Cup schedule and squads announced". Cricket Pakistan. 27 June 2022.


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