Tanvir Ahmed

For the Pakistani cricketer who played for domestic teams, see Tanvir Ahmed (cricketer, born 1963).

This article is about the Pakistani cricketer. For other people with the same name, see Tanveer Ahmed (disambiguation).

Tanvir Ahmed (Balochi: تنويراحمد; born 20 December 1978) is a Pakistani former Test cricketer born in Kuwait. Ahmed mainly played as a fast-bowler. He played for Pakistan in a first-class match against Worcestershire in the tour of England in 2010.^[1] He was later chosen to play in the second Test in Pakistan's 2010 home series against South Africa in the UAE in which he took six wickets (6/120) during the first innings.^[2]

Tanvir Ahmed

Personal information
Full name	Tanvir Ahmed
Born	(1978-12-20) 20 December 1978 (age 46) Kuwait City, Al Asimah, Kuwait
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Pakistan (2010–2013)
Test debut (cap 204)	20 November 2010 v South Africa
Last Test	14 February 2013 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 183)	2 May 2011 v West Indies
Last ODI	28 May 2011 v Ireland
Only T20I (cap 37)	30 December 2010 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1998/99–2009/10	Karachi Blues
2001/02–2004/05	Allied Bank Limited
2001/02	Public Works Department
2001/02–2010/11	Karachi Whites
2003/04	Karachi
2004/05-2009	Karachi Zebras
2005/06–2006/07	Karachi Urban
2005/06	ZTBL
2006/07–2008/09	Sind
2007/08	Baluchistan
2008/09–2009/10	Sind Dolphins
2008/09–2010/11	Karachi Dolphins
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 5 2 132 71 Runs scored 170 18 3,665 494 Batting average 34.00 18.00 20.14 13.35 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/16 0/0 Top score 57 18 90 47 Balls bowled 707 60 23,866 3,082 Wickets 17 2 512 80 Bowling average 26.64 41.50 27.56 36.72 5 wickets in innings 1 0 28 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 8 0 Best bowling 6/120 1/38 8/53 3/27 Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– 39/– 17/–
Source: CricketArchive, 22 November 2013

Early life

He was born in Kuwait but his family returned to Karachi a little over a decade later because of the Gulf War, and he first began to play cricket in the city's streets at the age of 14.^[3]

ODI

Tanvir made his ODI debut on 2 May 2011 in the 4th One Day International against the West Indies, along with Usman Salahuddin, taking 1 wicket for 45 runs off 6 overs.^[4]

See also

• List of Pakistan Test cricketers who have taken five wickets on debut
• List of Test cricketers born in non-Test playing nations