Eszrafiq Abdul Azis is a Malaysian

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er. A right-handed

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and right-arm

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since 2002Other matches played by Eszrafiq Azis
at CricketArchive and played a first-class match in 2004.

Biography

Born in

Johor Johor (; ), also spelled as Johore, is a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. Johor has land borders with the Malaysian states of Pahang to the north and Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the northwest. Johor shares maritime b ...

in 1986, Eszrafiq Azis' first taste of international cricket came when he played for Malaysia Under-15s in the ACC Under-15 Trophy in

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in 2000. He played in the ICC Under-17 Asia Cup in

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later that year, and in the ACC Under-17 Trophy in

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in 2001. He first played for the Malaysian senior side in 2002, playing two matches in that year's

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series against

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. He followed this by playing in the

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that July, and the

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match against Singapore the following month. He played in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy again in 2003, a year in which he also captained Malaysia's under-19 side in the

2003 Youth Asia Cup The 2003 Youth Asia Cup was an international under-19 cricket tournament held in Karachi, Pakistan, from 14 to 27 July 2003. The fifth ACC under-19 tournament to be held, it was originally scheduled to be held in Singapore, but was moved to Kara ...

, leading his team all the way to the final, where they lost to the Nepal under-19s. In 2004, after playing in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy and Saudara Cup, he made his first-class debut against the

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in the

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in September.First-class matches played by Eszrafiq Azis
at CricketArchive He played an

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match against

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the following month. He played his final tournament at youth level in November 2005, playing in the ACC Under-19 Cup in

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. He has since become a regular member of the senior Malaysian side, playing 11 internationals for Malaysia throughout 2006, including matches in the

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and 2006 ACC Premier League. He most recently represented his country at the

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, playing matches against

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and

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in that tournament.

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eszrafiq Abdul Azis 1986 births Living people Malaysian cricketers Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games Sportspeople from Johor Asian Games competitors for Malaysia