Abdur Rauf Khan (born 9 December 1978) is a Pakistani former

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er who played for the

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between 2008 and 2009. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Khan made his first-class debut in October 1999. He joined the national squad for series against

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and

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in 2002/03 but did play an international in either. He has since toured

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with the Pakistan A team. He made his ODI debut against

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in the 2007–08 season but played only one match in the series. He came over to England in 2000 and played in the Cambridgeshire Premier League for Wisbech Town Cricket Club taking over 50 wickets. In 2006 he featured as overseas player for

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club Brockhampton, taking 56 wickets and scoring over 500 runs. In June 2009 following consistent performances in domestic cricket Rauf was chosen in the 15-man Pakistani squad to tour Sri Lanka at the end of the month. He made his debut in the full Pakistani

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team for the Test Match against Sri Lanka played at Galle from 4–8 July 2009. He got his first wicket which was a big one of

Mahela Jayawardene Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene ( si, දෙනගමගේ ප්‍රබෝත් මහේල ද සිල්වා ජයවර්ධන; born 27 May 1977) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who is the current consultant coach ...

and finished with 3 wickets in the match. His first Test match innings was 31 as a nightwatchman. After a decent performance he was retained for the second Test starting on 12 July. He got a

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twice trapped lbw by

Nuwan Kulasekara Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara ( si, නුවන් කුලසේකර; born 22 July 1982) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played all formats of the game. Considered as one of the best swing bowlers in world cricket, H ...

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won the series. He played in the

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at the

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but only picked up 1 wicket and 8 runs as

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won. He also dropped

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when the Australian batsman was on 99, allowing him to run through to complete his maiden Test century. He was dropped for the next match.

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