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Full name | Ahsan Raza | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | 29 May 1974|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman, Wicket-keeper, Umpire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1994 | Faisalabad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–2000 | Habib Bank Limited | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–1999 | Lahore City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1995 | Sargodha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 27 October 1993 Habib Bank Ltd v PAC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 29 January 2000 Habib Bank Ltd v Islamabad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 26 November 1993 Habib Bank Ltd v PAC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last List A | 4 October 1999 Habib Bank Ltd v Gujranwala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Umpiring information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tests umpired | 11 (2021–2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODIs umpired | 52 (2010–2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20Is umpired | 74 (2010–2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WODIs umpired | 12 (2013–2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WT20Is umpired | 16 (2015–2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,23 November 2023 |
Ahsan Raza (born 29 May 1974 in Lahore,Pakistan) is a Pakistani cricket umpire and former cricketer. [1] In November 2020,in the second Twenty20 International (T20I) between Pakistan and Zimbabwe,he officiated in his 50th T20I match as an on-field umpire,becoming the first umpire to reach the milestone in T20I cricket. [2]
Ahsan Raza played for a number of Pakistani teams including Faisalabad,Habib Bank Limited,Lahore and Sargodha. [1] [3] [4] [5]
Ahsan Raza is Pakistan's nominated third umpire on the International Cricket Council International Panel of Umpires and Referees. [6] He made his debut as a first-class umpire in 2006 and had umpired 35 matches by the end of February 2009. [7] He got a contract as an umpire from Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) along with Zameer Haider and Shozab Raza in 2012. [8]
He was among the on-field umpires for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, [9] and the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20. [10] In October 2019,he was appointed as one of the twelve umpires to officiate matches in the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates. [11]
In February 2020,the ICC named him as one of the umpires to officiate in matches during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. [12] Raza was also named as one of the two on-field umpires for the final of the tournament. [13] In December 2020,he was shortlisted as one of the Umpire of the Year for the 2020 PCB Awards. [14]
In January 2021,he umpired in his first Test match,in Pakistan's home series against South Africa. [15]
In March 2023,Raza and Adrian Holdstock from South Africa were inducted in the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires after Aleem Dar left the panel. [16] [17]
In September 2023,he was named as one of the sixteen match officials for 2023 Cricket World Cup. [18] [19]
On 3 March 2009, Ahsan Raza was injured in an attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore. [20] He was shot twice and was in a serious condition in a Lahore hospital. [21] [22]
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