Abdur Rehman ( Punjabi, ur, عبدالرّحمٰن; born 1 March 1980,

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) is a Pakistani former

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er who played for Pakistan in all formats. He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and a left-handed batsman. In October 2018, he announced his retirement from international cricket.

Domestic career

Rehman in 1999 took hauls of five and six wickets in successive matches while representing Pakistan Under-19 against South Africa. He was picked for the side even though he only had two first-class outings. His performances in domestic competitions have been notable, especially during the 2006–07 season where he ended up as the highest wicket-taker in the Pentangular Cup including an 11 wickets for champions Habib Bank Limited in the penultimate match of the season. He is the signed professional for 2017 playing for Newcastle City in the Northumberland and Tyneside Senior League. He was the leading wicket-taker for

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in the 2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, with 46 dismissals in nine matches.

English county cricket

Rehman signed on as one of the two overseas players for Somerset County Cricket Club in July 2012, after the county had suffered a series of setbacks in securing a second overseas signing. After delays over his work permit visa, he played his first match against

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on 7 August. In the last four-day championship match of the 2012 season at the

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, in September, Rehman took a career-best tally of 9–95 against

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. On 7 November 2014, Rehman signed a contract to return to Somerset as their overseas player for the entirety of the 2015 season.

International career

In January 2012, Rehman took his first five-wicket haul in a Test, taking 6/25 as Pakistan bowled England out for 72 in the second innings of the second Test of their series in the United Arab Emirates. He took another five-wicket haul (5/40) in England's first innings of the Third Test in

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, as Pakistan won the series 3–0. In 2012 he was banned for 12 weeks by the ECB after testing positive for the drug cannabis. He bowled three consecutive

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in an ODI match against Bangladesh on 4 March 2014 and had to be taken off for the match; he became the first bowler to concede 8 runs in one over without bowling a ball. After this performance in this series he has not been picked in all three categories ever since. He was picked by

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(PSL's Team) in draft on 22 December 2015.

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