Fazal Niazai

Fazal Niazai (born 1 February 1990) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in September 2019 in a Twenty20 International against Zimbabwe.^[1] He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace.

Fazal Niazai

Personal information
Born	(1990-02-01) 1 February 1990 (age 35)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
International information
National side	Afghanistan
Only T20I (cap 39)	20 September 2019 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2011/12	Afghan Cheetahs
Career statistics
Competition FC List A T20 Matches 2 4 2 Runs scored 97 12 24 Batting average 32.33 4.00 24.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 42* 11 21 Balls bowled 106 138 – Wickets 1 6 – Bowling average 48.00 16.33 – 5 wickets in innings 0 0 – 10 wickets in match 0 0 – Best bowling 1/5 3/20 – Catches/stumpings 2/– 0/– 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 September 2019

Domestic career

Niyazai made his Twenty20 debut for the Afghan Cheetahs in the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup against Faisalabad Wolves. He played a further match in that competition, against Multan Tigers.^[2] In these two matches, he scored a total of 24 with a high score of 21.^[2] He made his first-class debut for Afghanistan against Kenya in the 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 6 October 2013.^[3]

In September 2018, he was named in Nangarhar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.^[4]

International career

In August 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series.^[5][6] He made his T20I debut for Afghanistan, against Zimbabwe, on 20 September 2019.^[7]