PLAYER CAREER

Azhar Mahmood

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Pakistan1996–2007

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	21	34	34	34	1997-10-06	2001-05-31
ODI	138	109	109	109	1996-09-16	2007-03-17

164Internationals

2,421Career runs

3Centuries

162Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 21
Innings: 34
Runs: 900
Average: 30.00
Strike rate: 50.79
Highest score: 136
Not outs: 4
100s: 3
50s: 1
Ducks: 5
4s: 113
6s: 5
Balls faced: 1,772

Bowling

Matches: 21
Innings: 35
Balls: 3,015
Maidens: 111
Runs conceded: 1,402
Wickets: 39
Average: 35.94
Economy: 2.79
Strike rate: 77.30
Best innings: 4/50
Best match: 5/95
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 21
Innings: 37
Catches: 14
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 14
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 14
Dismissals / inns: 0.378
Best innings: 3 (3ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 143
Innings: 110
Runs: 1,521
Average: 18.10
Strike rate: 76.50
Highest score: 67
Not outs: 26
100s: 0
50s: 3
Ducks: 9
4s: 119
6s: 24
Balls faced: 1,988

Bowling

Matches: 143
Innings: 139
Balls: 6,242
Maidens: 58
Runs conceded: 4,813
Wickets: 123
Average: 39.13
Economy: 4.62
Strike rate: 50.74
Best innings: 6/18
Best match: 6/18
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 3
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 143
Innings: 140
Catches: 37
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 37
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 37
Dismissals / inns: 0.264
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

162 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2007-03-17	Ireland v Pakistan	ODI	Ireland won by 3 wickets
2007-02-11	South Africa v Pakistan	ODI	South Africa won by 10 wickets
2007-02-09	South Africa v Pakistan	ODI	No result
2007-02-07	South Africa v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 141 runs
2005-02-06	Australia v Pakistan	ODI	Australia won by 31 runs
2005-01-28	Pakistan v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 58 runs
2005-01-23	Pakistan v Australia	ODI	Australia won by 9 wickets
2005-01-19	West Indies v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 6 wickets
2005-01-16	Australia v Pakistan	ODI	Australia won by 4 wickets
2004-01-17	New Zealand v Pakistan	ODI	New Zealand won by 4 runs
2004-01-14	New Zealand v Pakistan	ODI	New Zealand won by 8 wickets
2004-01-10	New Zealand v Pakistan	ODI	New Zealand won by 7 wickets

Pakistan

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

1997272 runs
1998415 runs
1999124 runs
20000 runs
200189 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

199712 wickets
199813 wickets
19996 wickets
20004 wickets
20014 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2001	2	4	89	37	22.25	55.97	0	0	12	0	159	2	4	21.25	2.50	51.00
2000	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	4	2	4	21.00	3.16	39.75
1999	4	8	124	39	15.50	40.52	0	0	14	0	306	7	6	48.66	3.12	93.33
1998	8	13	415	136	31.92	55.77	2	0	59	2	744	14	13	46.76	2.64	106.15
1997	6	8	272	128	68.00	48.65	1	1	28	3	559	10	12	27.75	2.80	59.33

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

199641 runs
1997146 runs
1998265 runs
1999343 runs
2000278 runs
2001133 runs
200294 runs
200378 runs
200448 runs
200557 runs
200729 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19962 wickets
199714 wickets
199818 wickets
199946 wickets
200021 wickets
20017 wickets
20023 wickets
20033 wickets
20045 wickets
20052 wickets
20071 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 11 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2007	4	3	29	26	14.50	54.71	0	3	0	53	3	1	72.00	4.59	94.00
2005	5	4	57	40	28.50	95.00	0	5	0	60	5	2	84.00	5.86	86.00
2004	5	4	48	26	16.00	109.09	0	4	2	44	5	5	43.40	5.29	49.20
2003	5	5	78	30	26.00	83.87	0	5	2	93	5	3	58.00	4.90	71.00
2002	10	9	94	32	11.75	53.40	0	9	1	176	10	3	113.00	4.97	136.33
2001	12	10	133	38	19.00	107.25	0	13	2	124	12	7	70.57	5.01	84.42
2000	23	16	278	67	19.85	76.79	1	27	5	362	23	21	37.09	4.81	46.23
1999	26	22	343	37	20.17	79.03	0	22	5	434	26	46	18.36	3.78	29.08
1998	25	21	265	65	17.66	68.29	1	16	3	388	24	18	47.00	4.70	60.00
1997	16	8	146	59	24.33	100.00	1	11	4	146	16	14	42.21	4.52	55.92
1996	7	7	41	15	6.83	52.56	0	4	0	78	7	2	122.50	5.83	126.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1996-09-16
First available scorecard
ODI v India · Toronto
1997-10-06
First century in this archive · 128 runs
Test v South Africa · Rawalpindi
1998-02-14
Highest recorded innings · 136 runs
Test v South Africa · Johannesburg
1999-04-04
First five-wicket innings in this archive
ODI v India · Bengaluru
1999-10-19
Best recorded bowling · 6/18
ODI v West Indies · Sharjah
2007-03-17
Latest available scorecard
ODI v Ireland · Sabina Park, Kingston