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Niaz Khan (born 12 December 2001) is a Pakistani cricketer who has played first-class cricket for Peshawar since the 2023–24 season.

Khan was born in Swat. A right-arm medium-fast bowler and useful tail-end batsman, he took 5 for 53 on his first-class debut for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the 2021–22 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. Representing Peshawar from the 2023–24 season in the revamped Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, he was the competition's leading wicket-taker when Peshawar finished second in 2024–25, with 39 wickets at an average of 20.13. In the final he took 5 for 61 and 4 for 51 when Peshawar lost by one wicket to Sialkot. He won the award for the player of the tournament.

References

1. "Niaz Khan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
2. "Sindh vs Khyber, 5th Match at Faisalabad, QEA Trophy, Oct 27 2021". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
3. "Bowling in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2024/25". PCB. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
4. "Peshawar vs Sialkot R, Final at Karachi, QEA Trophy, Jan 02 2025". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
5. "Sialkot clinch thrilling one-wicket win to bag Quaid Trophy title". PCB. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.

External links

• Niaz Khan at ESPNcricinfo
• Niaz Khan at Pakistan Cricket Board

• 2001 births
• Living people
• Pakistani cricketers
• Peshawar cricketers
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricketers
• People from Swat District
• 21st-century Pakistani sportsmen