Wahab Riaz
Pakistani former cricketer (born 1985)
Biography
Wahab Riaz (Urdu: وہاب ریاض; born 28 June 1985) is a Pakistani former cricketer and cricket administrator who was chief selector of Pakistan national cricket team from November 2023 to July 2024.
Riaz was a left-arm fast bowler and a right-handed batsman. He frequently bowled at speeds of around 90 mph (144.8 km/h) and had reached 96 miles per hour (154 km/h). His all round performance in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 earned him worldwide recognition. In August 2018, he was one of 33 players to be awarded a central contract for the 2018–19 season by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). In September 2019, Riaz announced that he would be taking a break from red-ball cricket to focus on the shorter formats of the game. He also served as an advisor to the chief minister of Punjab for sports and youth affairs, in the caretaker government headed by Mohsin Raza Naqvi.
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Career highlights
Teams
- Pakistan national cricket team
- Lahore Lions
- Rangpur Riders
- Peshawar Zalmi
- Barbados Tridents
- Benoni Zalmi
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- Wahab Riaz was born on June 28, 1985.
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