Akhtar Sarfraz (20 February 1976 – 10 June 2019) was a Pakistani cricket coach, international

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er and selector for the

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between 2018 and 2019. He played four

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s (ODIs) between 1997 and 1998. His first-class career spanned 13 years, where he played in 118 matches, scoring 5,720 runs. He died on 10 June 2019 at the age of 43 due to colon cancer. The left-handed batsman died at the Shaukat Khanum Memorial cancer hospital in Lahore.

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* 1976 births 2019 deaths Pakistan One Day International cricketers Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Pakistani cricketers Peshawar cricketers National Bank of Pakistan cricketers Peshawar Panthers cricketers Cricketers from Peshawar Commonwealth Games competitors for Pakistan Deaths from colorectal cancer in Pakistan {{Pakistan-cricket-bio-1970s-stub