Faisal Athar

Faisal Athar (Urdu: فیصل اطہر; born 15 October 1975) is a Pakistani former cricketer. He played as a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler, who would also occasionally keep wickets.^[1] He played one One-Day International in 2003 for the losing Pakistani side in the final of the Bank Alfalah Cup of 2003, where he opened the batting.^[2]

Faisal Athar

Personal information
Full name	Faisal Athar
Born	Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman; occasional wicket-keeper
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20 Matches 1 126 64 20 Runs scored 9 7,180 2,020 453 Batting average 9.00 34.85 34.82 30.20 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/14 0/3 Top score 9 171 102* 66* Balls bowled – 1,418 138 12 Wickets – 13 3 3 Bowling average – 72.53 46.33 2.33 5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0 10 wickets in match – 0 0 0 Best bowling – 3/40 2/59 3/7 Catches/stumpings 0/– 79/– 25/4 2/4
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 December 2013

He has played extensively in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy since debuting in the competition for Hyderabad in 1999. He has also participated in the Tissot Cup, the National Bank of Pakistan Cup (for the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation as well as the Public Works Department), and, in 2005, the ABN-AMRO Cup, where his Hyderabad team lost to the Duckworth-Lewis method against the Lahore Lions.

Most recently, he has played in the 2005/06 Pentangular Cup tournament for the National Bank of Pakistan.