Junaid Zia
Personal information | |
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Batting | Right-handed |
Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast |
Relations | Tauqir Zia (father) |
Source: [1], 21 April 2007 |
Junaid Zia (born 11 December 1983) is a Pakistani cricketer who has played List A cricket for the Pakistan national cricket team.[1] He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.
The son of the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Tauqir Zia, he was first integrated into the Pakistani squad at the World Cup Under-19 tournament in 2002. Zia was initially brought to the public's attention for all the wrong reasons,[clarification needed] as his bowling action was considered by Asoka de Silva to be somewhat suspect. Having honed his bowling skill he made his first international match in 2003-04 against Bangladesh.
He has received praise for his levels of fitness by Aamer Sohail, the Pakistani selector. Zia joined the HBL[clarification needed] camp held in November 1998. Junaid further said, "that was the era of fast bowlers. Unfortunately none of the players from the camp could make it to the international level. I still remember there was a young talented fast bowler from Garrison Academy named Shahrukh who was yard faster than me".
References
- ^ "Junaid Zia". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
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