Shahid Nazir

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Shahid Nazir

Cricket information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs Matches 13 17 Runs scored 109 25 Batting average 9.08 25.00 100s/50s –/– –/– Top score 40 8 Balls bowled 1994 810 Wickets 34 19 Bowling average 31.88 34.15 5 wickets in innings 1 – 10 wickets in match – n/a Best bowling 5/53 3/14 Catches/stumpings 5/– 4/–
Source: [1], 14 January 2007

Shahid Nazir (Urdu: شاہد نذیر) (born 4 December 1977, Faisalabad, Punjab) is a Pakistani cricketer.

He made his Test debut for Pakistan against Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura in 1996, and immediately received much criticism from the spectators whose local favourite Aaqib Javed he was thought to have replaced. However, the crowd soon got behind him as he took 5 wickets in the first innings. He played in a number of Test matches for Pakistan over the next 3 years, but appearances became more intermittent and he was dropped in 1999.

Shahid Nazir made a return to the national team on 8 June 2006 when he was officially added to the Pakistani squad for their tour of England after an injury to Shoaib Akhtar.

In 2008, he signed with the Indian Cricket League and played for the Lahore Badshahs. Shahid Nazir has not played international cricket since January 2007.

See also

• List of Pakistan Test cricketers who have taken five wickets on debut