Tanwir Afzal

Tanwir Afzal
Personal information
Full name
Tanvir Afzal
Born (1988-06-12) 12 June 1988 (age 36)
Gujrat, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 26)1 May 2014 v Afghanistan
Last ODI18 September 2018 v India
T20I debut (cap 10)16 March 2014 v Nepal
Last T20I5 September 2016 v Ireland
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 20 21 4 40
Runs scored 292 219 215 550
Batting average 18.25 13.68 30.71 17.74
100s/50s 0/1 0/1 1/1 0/1
Top score 73 56 104 73
Balls bowled 852 426 712 1,802
Wickets 19 19 16 41
Bowling average 31.63 26.78 23.25 29.31
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/20 2/8 4/63 5/17
Catches/stumpings 3/– 4/– 0/– 6/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 28 September 2021

Tanwir Afzal (born 12 June 1988) is a Hong Kong cricketer. He played for Hong Kong in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.[1] He made his One Day International debut against Afghanistan in the 2014 ACC Premier League on 1 May 2014.[2]

In May 2015 he was named as the captain of the Hong Kong squad for the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier after James Atkinson resigned from the post.[3]

In August 2018, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament.[4] Hong Kong won the qualifier tournament, and he was then named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup.[5]

In December 2018, he was named in Hong Kong's team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[6] In April 2019, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[7] Previously, he has represented Pakistan at Under-19 level.

  1. ^ "Tanwir Afzal". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Asian Cricket Council Premier League, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Afzal to lead Hong Kong in World T20 Qualifier". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Hong Kong Squad for the ACC Asia Cup Qualifiers 2018 － 27th August - 8th September 2018". Hong Kong Cricket. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Anshuman Rath to lead Hong Kong into the 2018 Unimoni Asia Cup". Hong Kong Cricket. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Aizaz Khan to replace injured Anshuman Rath as captain for Emerging Nations Cup!". Hong Kong Cricket. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  7. ^ "All to play for in last ever World Cricket League tournament". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2019.