Hamza Riazuddin (; born 19 December 1989) is an English former

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er.

Cricket career

British Pakistani British Pakistanis (; also known as Pakistani British people or Pakistani Britons) are Britons or residents of the United Kingdom whose ancestral roots lie in Pakistan. This includes people born in the UK who are of Pakistani descent, Pakis ...

, he was born at

Hendon Hendon is an urban area in the London Borough of Barnet, northwest London northwest of Charing Cross. Hendon was an ancient Manorialism, manor and parish in the county of Middlesex and a former borough, the Municipal Borough of Hendon; it has ...

in December 1989, but grew up at

Woodley, Berkshire Woodley is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Wokingham, in Berkshire, England. Woodley is east of Reading and adjoined to Earley which is to the west of the town and Woodley is from Wokingham. Nearby are the villages of Sonning, T ...

. Riazuddin was educated at Crosfields School in

Shinfield Shinfield is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Wokingham, Berkshire, England. It lies just south of Reading, around from the town centre, and covers an area of . Shinfield Park is the northern part of the parish, becoming physical ...

, before attending

Bradfield College Bradfield College is a coeducational public school (independent boarding and day school) for pupils aged 13–18, in the village of Bradfield, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. It is noted for its open-air Greek theatre and its trien ...

, where he was coached by the former cricketer

Julian Wood Julian Ross Wood (born 21 November 1968) is a retired English cricketer. Wood was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He was born at Winchester in Hampshire and educated at Leighton Park School in Berkshire. Wood made ...

. He turned down a place at university in order to pursue a career as a professional cricketer. Riazuddin captained the England under-19 cricket team in both Youth

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and

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s in 2008 and 2009. A product of the Hampshire Academy, he made his debut in

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for

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against

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Taunton Taunton () is the county town of Somerset, England. It is a market town and has a Minster (church), minster church. Its population in 2011 was 64,621. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century priory, monastic foundation, owned by the ...

in the 2008 County Championship. In that same season, he made three appearances in List A one-day cricket and five in the

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. He was rarely chosen to play first-class cricket, but did make four appearances in the

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, with Riazuddin taking his only

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(5 for 61) against

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, a match in which he hit Hampshire's winnings runs. Utilised predominantly in one-day and

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cricket, he made 27 one-day and seventeen Twenty20 appearances to 2013. In one-day cricket, he took 19 wickets with his right-arm

medium pace bowling Fast bowling (also referred to as pace bowling) is a type of bowling (cricket), bowling in cricket, in which the ball is Delivery (cricket), delivered at high speed. The fastest bowlers bowl the ball at over . Practitioners of fast bowling are ...

at an

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of 46.47, with best figures of 3 for 37. In Twenty20 cricket, he took 21 wickets at an average of 19.85, with best figures of 4 for 15. Once considered as a long-term replacement for Dimitri Mascarenhas, Riazuddin found his opportunities at Hampshire limited and subsequently left at the end of the 2013 season. He later played

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for

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in 2015 and 2016, making two appearances in the

Minor Counties Championship The NCCA 3 Day Championship or National County Championship is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national counties (previously ca ...

, seven in the

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, and one in the Minor Counties T20 competition. After leaving Hampshire, he played his

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for Falkland in the

Thames Valley Cricket League The Thames Valley Cricket League is a mostly amateur cricket league, catering to clubs geographically to the west of London, with clubs coming from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Oxfordshire and Surrey, though m ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Riazuddin, Hamza 1989 births Living people English people of Pakistani descent Sportspeople of Pakistani descent People from Hendon Cricketers from the London Borough of Barnet People educated at Bradfield College English cricketers Hampshire cricketers Buckinghamshire cricketers