Tanwir Afzal

Tanwir Afzal (born 12 June 1988) is a Hong Kong cricketer. He played for Hong Kong in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.[1] He made his One Day International debut against Afghanistan in the 2014 ACC Premier League on 1 May 2014.[2]

Tanwir Afzal
Personal information
Full nameTanwir Afzal
Born (1988-06-12) 12 June 1988
Gujrat, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 26)1 May 2014 v Afghanistan
Last ODI18 September 2018 v India
T20I debut (cap 10)16 March 2014 v Nepal
Last T20I5 September 2016 v Ireland
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 18 21 4 32
Runs scored 280 219 215 459
Batting average 18.66 13.68 30.71 18.36
100s/50s 0/1 0/1 1/1 0/1
Top score 73 56 104 73
Balls bowled 804 426 712 1,529
Wickets 19 19 16 39
Bowling average 29.15 26.78 23.25 24.41
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 1
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/20 2/8 4/63 5/17
Catches/stumpings 2/– 4/– 0/– 4/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 September 2018

In May 2015 he was named as the captain of the Hong Kong squad for the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier after James Atkinson resigned from the post.[3]

In August 2018, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament.[4] Hong Kong won the qualifier tournament, and he was then named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup.[5]

In December 2018, he was named in Hong Kong's team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[6] In April 2019, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[7] Previously, he has represented Pakistan at Under-19 level.

References
  1. "Tanwir Afzal". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  2. "Asian Cricket Council Premier League, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  3. "Afzal to lead Hong Kong in World T20 Qualifier". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  4. "Hong Kong Squad for the ACC Asia Cup Qualifiers 2018 － 27th August - 8th September 2018". Hong Kong Cricket. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  5. "Anshuman Rath to lead Hong Kong into the 2018 Unimoni Asia Cup". Hong Kong Cricket. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  6. "Aizaz Khan to replace injured Anshuman Rath as captain for Emerging Nations Cup!". Hong Kong Cricket. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  7. "All to play for in last ever World Cricket League tournament". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
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