Shahid Nazir (

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: شاہد نذیر) (born 4 December 1977) is a Pakistani

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er. He made his

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debut for

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against

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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

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. 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

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. In 2008, he signed with the

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and played for the Lahore Badshahs. Shahid Nazir has not played international cricket since January 2007.

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