Nasir Aziz ( ur, ; born 16 June 1986) is a Pakistani-born

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er who played for the

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. He is a right-handed batsman and Right-arm offbreak bowler. He was named in the

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squad for the

Career

Nasir made his first class cricket against Canada on 1 August 2013. He also made his

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against Bermuda national cricket team. He made his

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debut for the United Arab Emirates against Afghanistan on 2 December 2014. He made his

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debut against the Netherlands in the

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tournament on 12 July 2015. In the inaugural ACC Emerging Teams Cup held in 2013,he was the leading wicket taker with 17 scalps. In the

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held in Australia, in a clash against

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he along with Amjad Javed set the joint highest ever partnership for the 7th wicket in ICC Cricket World Cup history(107).In fact, both Javed and Aziz became the second pair of batsmen to put a 100 runstand for the 7th wicket in World Cup history.

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* * 1986 births Living people Emirati cricketers United Arab Emirates One Day International cricketers United Arab Emirates Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers at the 2015 Cricket World Cup Pakistani emigrants to the United Arab Emirates Pakistani expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates {{UnitedArabEmirates-cricket-bio-stub