Aizaz Mohammad Khan (born 21 March 1993) is a Hong Kong international

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er. He debuted for the Hong Kong national side in 2009, and has since played regularly for the team. He is a graduate of

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Early career

Having played age group cricket for Hong Kong Under-19s in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup, Aizaz made his

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debut for

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in the 2011 World Cricket League Division Three, where he helped Hong Kong earn promotion to that year's WCL Division Two. It was in this tournament that he made his

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debut, against

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. He played four further List A matches in the competition, the last coming against

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. In his five matches, Aizaz scored 71 runs at a

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of 17.75, with a high score of 33. He also took a single wicket in the competition, that of

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batsman

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. At the

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, played in the

, Aizaz took ten wickets from eight matches, behind only

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(11 wickets) for Hong Kong. These came at an average of 17.40, and included a man-of-the-match performance, 5/25, against the

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, who made 101 all out in response to Hong Kong's 177/4 in the tournament's 11th place play-off.

International career

Hong Kong's performance at the 2014 World Cup Qualifier allowed them to regain the ODI status they had previously held. Hong Kong also qualified for the group stage of the

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, and Aizaz made his

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debut during the tournament, against

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. He went on to make his

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debut for Hong Kong in November 2014, against Papua New Guinea in Australia. On debut, he scored 42 runs batting eighth – his highest List A score. Hong Kong toured Sri Lanka in the same month to play Nepal, and Aizaz was named the man of the match in the single Twenty20 International the two teams played, taking 2/4 from four overs (as well as two catches) and top-scoring with 21 runs in Hong Kong's two-wicket victory. In August 2018, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the

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tournament. Hong Kong won the qualifier tournament, and he was then named in Hong Kong's squad for the

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. In December 2018, he was named as the captain of Hong Kong's team for the

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. He was the leading wicket-taker for Hong Kong in the tournament, with five dismissals in three matches. In April 2019, he was named in Hong Kong's squad for the

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tournament in Namibia. In September 2019, he was named as the captain of Hong Kong's

(T20I) team for the 2019–20 Oman Pentangular Series and the

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in the United Arab Emirates, after

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quit the side to pursue a career in India. He was the leading wicket-taker for Hong Kong in the T20 World Cup Qualifier, with six dismissals in seven matches. In November 2019, he was named as the captain of Hong Kong's squad for the

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in Bangladesh. In November 2019, he was named as the captain of Hong Kong's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman. In May 2022, he was named in Hong Kong's side for the 2022 Uganda Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Aizaz Living people Hong Kong cricketers Hong Kong One Day International cricketers Hong Kong Twenty20 International cricketers Hong Kong people of Pakistani descent Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games Cricketers at the 2014 Asian Games Sportspeople of Pakistani descent Asian Games competitors for Hong Kong 1993 births