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| Born | June 9, 1968 Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicketkeeper, batsman | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 15 August 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Imtiaz Abbasi (Urdu: امتیاز عباسی), (born 9 June 1968) is a former Pakistani-born cricketer who played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team.[1] As a wicket-keeper, Imtiaz Abbasi made his mark in his first-class debut for Karachi against Quetta in the 1988 Patron's Trophy where he held seven catches, a record for domestic Pakistani cricket. However, he did not play another first-class game, and later emigrated to the United Arab Emirates, for whom he first played representative cricket in the 1994 ICC Trophy, where he was declared best wicket-keeper of the competition after claiming 22 dismissals in nine matches. He also kept wickets for the UAE in the 1996 World Cup, where he played in 6 One Day Internationals.[2]