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Agha Zahid
Personal information
Born (1953-01-07) 7 January 1953 (age 72)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 69)15 February 1975 v West Indies
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 1 227
Runs scored 15 13,484
Batting average 7.50 36.84
100s/50s 0/0 29/66
Top score 14 183*
Balls bowled 7,621
Wickets 108
Bowling average 32.18
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/24
Catches/stumpings 0/– 136/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 June 2017

Agha Zahid (Urdu: آغا زاہد) (born 7 January 1953) is a Pakistani formercricketer who played in one Test match against West Indies in 1975. He had a long and distinguished domestic first-class career, scoring over 13,000 runs in 227 matches. He played for Devon County Cricket Club and Barton Cricket Club from 1982 to 1986. He also won promotion in first attempt followed by two consecutive first division championship in 1983–84.

After retiring from playing, Zahid worked as the Chief Curator for Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), retiring from that role in 2020. Throughout his career, he has also coached Pakistan national under-19 cricket team, and Pakistan women's national cricket team. He coached U-15 in Lambord World Cup England in 1996 and also coached Pakistan U-19 against Australia home in 1997. He toured Bangladesh as Coach of Pakistan A where the team won SAARC Championship in 1997. Later on toured England with Pakistan A team. He also officiated as a domestic match referee from 1995 to 2000. He worked as chairman of Junior selection committee from 1999 to 2000.

Agha Zahid lives with his family, he has three daughters and a wife.

References

  1. "Agha Zahid". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. Sarfraz Ahmed (1 May 2020). "Chief Curator Agha Zahid quits PCB after a brilliant knock". The News International. Karachi. Retrieved 10 July 2020.

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