Mohammed Nisham Mazahir (born 24 March 1989) is a Sri Lankan
cricket
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er who has played for several teams in Sri Lankan domestic cricket. He is a left-handed top-order batsman.
Mazahir was born in
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...
and attended
St. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia
, motto_translation = Be Thou Forever
, song = Thomian Song
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, nickname = Thora
, denomination = Anglican
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. A former
Sri Lanka under-19s player, he made his
List A
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debut in December 2007, playing for the
Moors Sports Club against the
Colts Cricket Club. His
first-class debut came the following year, for the same team. Mazahir switched to
Ragama Cricket Club for the 2009–10 season, and in his fourth game for his new club, against
Sinhalese Sports Club
The Singhalese Sports Club (SSC) is a first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka. Singhalese is the most successful club in Sri Lankan domestic cricket, having won the Premier Trophy a record 32 times to 2017. Although the name is correctly spelt wi ...
, scored a maiden first-class hundred, 104 from 141 balls. In January 2010, he represented the Sri Lankan under-21s in
the cricket tournament at the
2010 South Asian Games
The 2010 South Asian Games, officially the XI South Asian Games, was a major multi-sport event that took place from 29 January to 8 February 2010 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This was the third time that the Bangladeshi capital hosted the South Asian ...
, winning a silver medal.
Miscellaneous matches played by Nisham Mazahir
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 February 2016. Mazahir switched to Chilaw Marians for the 2012–13 season, and to Colombo Cricket Club for the 2015–16 season.
References
External links
Player profile and statistics
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CricketArchive
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ESPNcricinfo
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1989 births
Living people
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club cricketers
Colombo Cricket Club cricketers
Moors Sports Club cricketers
Cricketers from Colombo
Ragama Cricket Club cricketers
Sri Lankan cricketers
Alumni of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia
South Asian Games silver medalists for Sri Lanka
South Asian Games medalists in cricket