Kamran Pasha Sheeraz (born 28 December 1973) is a former English

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er. Sheeraz was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Wellington, Shropshire. Sheeraz made his debut in

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for

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against

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in the 1992 MCCA Knockout Trophy. That season he also played 7

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matches. He later made his first-class debut for

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against

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in the 1994 County Championship. He made 12 further first-class appearances, the last of which came against

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in the

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. In his 13 first-class matches for the county, he took 27 wickets at an

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of 40.88, with best figures of 6/67. These figures came against the touring

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in 1995, a match in which he also took 5/44 to give him is only

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in a match in his first-class career. He made his

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debut for Gloucestershire against

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in the

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. He made 19 further List A appearances for Gloucestershire, the last of which came against

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in 1997. In his 20 List A matches for the county, he took 13 wickets at an average of 50.07, with a best figures of 2/20. Following the end of the 1994 season, Sheeraz played for Rawalpindi B in Pakistan, making 2 List A appearances in the Willis Cup against

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and United Bank Limited, taking 3 wickets in his 2 matches for the team. With opportunities limited at Gloucestershire, he returned to Bedfordshire in 1997, appearing in a single Minor Counties Championship match against Northumberland, before leaving Gloucestershire at the end of the 1998 season. In 1999, he joined

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, making his debut for the county against the

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in the

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, which was his only List A appearance for Shropshire. In this match he took the wicket of Andrew Perry for the cost of 38 runs from 10 overs, while with the bat he was run out for a

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. He went on to make 2 appearances in the 1999 MCCA Knockout Trophy against the

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and

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, before making 3 Minor Counties Championship appearances. He made no further Minor counties or List A appearances for Shropshire after this season.

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