Shahid Nazir (

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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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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at Sheikhupura in 1996, and immediately received much criticism from the spectators whose local favourite

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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 Lahore Badshahs ( ur, ) was one of the nine teams that competed in the 2008 and 2008/09 competition of the defunct Indian Cricket League (ICL). The captain was former Pakistani captain and batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq. The team made its ICL debut on ...

. Shahid Nazir has not played international cricket since January 2007.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nazir, Shahid 1977 births Living people Pakistan Test cricketers Pakistan One Day International cricketers Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Habib Bank Limited cricketers Faisalabad cricketers Northumberland cricketers ICL Pakistan XI cricketers Lahore Badshahs cricketers Cricketers who have taken five wickets on Test debut Gujranwala cricketers Faisalabad Wolves cricketers Cricketers from Faisalabad Commonwealth Games competitors for Pakistan

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