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Azhar Ali stats

Data through 26 September 2023Last updated 26 September 2023

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 13 July 2010 to 26 September 2023. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Azhar Ali played 97 Tests, 52 ODIs for Pakistan in the data, between 2010 and 2023. The most runs came in Tests: 7,142 at an average of 42.26 and a strike rate of 41.9, with a highest score of 302*. Against Bangladesh in Tests, Azhar Ali averaged 62.78 over 10 innings.

International matches

149

Tests 97 · ODIs 52

International runs

8,948

22 hundreds

T20 league & domestic matches

183 runs

Best batting average (Test)

42.26

180 innings

Highest score

302*

Test

Teams played for

Pakistan 2010–2022 · 149Worcestershire 2022–2023 · 36Somerset 2018–2021 · 28Lahore Qalandars 2016 · 7

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Azhar Ali batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	97	180	11	7,142	302*	42.26	17,033	41.9	19	35	19	694	22
ODI	52	52	3	1,806	102	36.86	2,413	74.8	3	12	3	164	14
T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	7	0	183	61	26.14	172	106.4	0	1	0	22	3
First-class	43	75	3	2,178	225	30.25	4,643	46.9	4	11	7	274	6
List A	21	21	0	844	130	40.19	989	85.3	2	4	1	81	9

Runs per year

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Azhar Ali: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2010	528
2011	732
2012	962
2013	272
2014	770
2015	1,351
2016	1,722
2017	769
2018	931
2019	1,018
2020	287
2021	726
2022	1,262
2023	823

Year-by-year batting (28 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2010	Test	16	528	37.71	38.7	92	0	5
2011	Test	18	732	45.75	40.0	100	1	7
2012	ODI	12	411	45.67	66.1	96	0	4
2012	Test	10	551	55.10	41.1	157	3	1
2013	ODI	1	2	2.00	20.0	2	0	0
2013	Test	14	270	19.29	31.9	78	0	2
2014	Test	16	770	51.33	42.2	109	3	3
2015	ODI	17	775	45.59	84.2	102	2	3
2015	Test	10	576	57.60	46.2	226	2	2
2016	ODI	11	341	31.00	74.6	101	1	2
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	183	26.14	106.4	61	0	1
2016	Test	22	1198	63.05	46.6	302	3	4
2017	ODI	8	265	33.12	70.9	76	0	3
2017	Test	12	504	42.00	38.9	127	2	3
2018	First-class	13	402	33.50	52.5	125	1	2
2018	ODI	3	12	4.00	40.0	6	0	0
2018	Test	17	517	30.41	39.9	134	1	4
2019	First-class	14	331	25.46	47.4	79	0	3
2019	List A	10	448	44.80	81.3	110	1	2
2019	Test	11	239	21.73	52.2	118	1	0
2020	Test	8	287	41.00	38.6	141	1	0
2021	First-class	6	177	29.50	44.5	60	0	2
2021	Test	15	549	42.23	44.3	126	1	3
2022	First-class	16	656	41.00	47.3	225	1	3
2022	List A	6	185	30.83	93.4	130	1	0
2022	Test	11	421	38.27	42.9	185	1	1
2023	First-class	26	612	24.48	43.9	103	2	1
2023	List A	5	211	42.20	87.9	78	0	2

Azhar Ali bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	37	867	621	8	2/35	2/49	77.62	4.30	108.4	0	0	8
ODI	14	258	260	4	2/26	–	65.00	6.05	64.5	0	0	0
T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	30	30	0	–	–	–	6.00	–	0	0	0
First-class	7	138	62	2	1/5	1/5	31.00	2.70	69.0	0	0	5
List A	7	138	159	7	5/34	–	22.71	6.91	19.7	1	1	1

Wickets per year

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Azhar Ali: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2010	0
2011	1
2012	0
2013	0
2014	1
2015	4
2016	3
2017	3
2018	1
2019	7
2020	0
2021	0
2022	1
2023	0

Year-by-year bowling (21 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2010	Test	1	0	–	9.00	0/9
2011	Test	3	1	35.00	3.50	1/4
2012	ODI	3	0	–	5.12	0/12
2012	Test	1	0	–	2.50	0/10
2013	Test	2	0	–	5.00	0/13
2014	Test	4	1	43.00	2.87	1/23
2015	ODI	7	2	56.50	5.65	2/26
2015	Test	4	2	41.00	4.10	2/35
2016	ODI	4	2	53.00	7.07	2/37
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	0	–	6.00	0/12
2016	Test	11	1	243.00	4.54	1/6
2017	Test	5	3	44.00	4.71	2/70
2018	First-class	2	1	20.00	1.82	1/5
2018	Test	2	0	–	2.50	0/2
2019	First-class	1	0	–	0.00	0/0
2019	List A	5	7	19.43	7.16	5/34
2019	Test	2	0	–	9.27	0/8
2020	Test	1	0	–	0.00	0/0
2022	First-class	4	1	42.00	4.20	1/12
2022	List A	2	0	–	5.75	0/11
2022	Test	1	0	–	5.00	0/10

Azhar Ali against each team

vs England vs Sri Lanka vs Australia vs New Zealand vs South Africa vs West Indies vs Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
Sri Lanka	Test	31	1319	45.48	43.5	157	6	5
Australia	Test	27	1300	52.00	43.8	205	4	6
England	Test	36	1121	33.97	39.3	157	3	3
West Indies	Test	20	951	50.05	46.1	302	3	4
New Zealand	Test	22	940	42.73	38.1	134	1	7
South Africa	Test	24	596	27.09	35.5	90	0	5
Bangladesh	Test	10	565	62.78	48.5	226	1	3
Zimbabwe	Test	8	344	43.00	44.6	126	1	2
England	ODI	13	488	37.54	73.8	82	0	4
Sri Lanka	ODI	11	468	46.80	75.2	96	0	3
Zimbabwe	ODI	5	239	47.80	87.9	102	1	1
Bangladesh	ODI	3	209	69.67	85.3	101	1	1
Australia	ODI	6	128	32.00	68.1	59	0	1
India	ODI	4	120	30.00	65.2	59	0	2
West Indies	ODI	3	110	36.67	85.9	101	1	0
New Zealand	ODI	5	34	6.80	43.0	19	0	0
Sussex	First-class	6	276	55.20	45.6	103	2	0
Leicestershire	First-class	7	268	38.29	54.8	225	1	0
Derbyshire	First-class	6	250	41.67	45.3	88	0	3
Durham	First-class	6	224	37.33	44.3	92	0	1
Yorkshire	First-class	9	202	22.44	42.6	89	0	1
Glamorgan	First-class	6	147	24.50	42.4	42	0	0
Surrey	First-class	3	123	61.50	62.8	61	0	2
Nottinghamshire	First-class	7	121	20.17	37.2	65	0	1
Hampshire	First-class	4	110	27.50	60.4	79	0	1
Lancashire	First-class	4	90	22.50	43.3	50	0	1
Warwickshire	First-class	4	78	19.50	43.8	60	0	1
Essex	First-class	4	49	12.25	43.8	23	0	0
Gloucestershire	First-class	4	25	6.25	51.0	16	0	0
Hampshire	List A	4	70	17.50	70.0	45	0	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Sri Lanka	Test	5	3	24.67	3.36	2/35
Australia	Test	9	2	115.00	5.61	2/70
New Zealand	Test	6	2	31.00	2.82	1/6
West Indies	Test	5	1	44.00	2.51	1/15
England	Test	6	0	–	5.24	0/0
South Africa	Test	3	0	–	5.49	0/8
England	ODI	4	2	40.50	7.36	2/26
Bangladesh	ODI	3	0	–	6.29	0/7
Australia	ODI	3	0	–	5.12	0/12

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	28	1348	51.85	302
Zayed Cricket Stadium	27	1307	56.83	134
County Ground, Worcester	27	1024	39.38	225
Shere Bangla National Stadium	8	607	75.88	226
County Ground, Taunton	21	607	31.95	110
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	17	470	29.38	103
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	7	371	53.00	136
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	7	355	50.71	185
Headingley	11	329	29.91	89
Gaddafi Stadium	5	322	64.40	102

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
County Ground, Worcester	4	5	15.00	3.95
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	7	3	36.67	4.00
Eden Park	1	2	18.50	5.29
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	2	2	24.50	4.08
Sydney Cricket Ground	2	2	55.00	5.79
Hagley Oval	1	1	6.00	2.00
Grace Road	1	1	12.00	3.00
Windsor Park	2	1	18.00	2.25
Zayed Cricket Stadium	4	1	21.00	3.00
County Ground, Taunton	4	1	37.00	3.70

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	106	102	103.9	3	–	–	–
T20	Middle	77	69	111.6	3	30	0	6.00
T20	Death	0	1	0.0	1	–	–	–
ODI	Powerplay	734	1072	68.5	22	–	–	–
ODI	Middle	1037	1296	80.0	26	216	3	5.89
ODI	Death	35	45	77.8	1	42	1	6.86

How Azhar Ali was dismissed

Caught190 (60%)
Lbw56 (18%)
Bowled46 (14%)
Run out15 (5%)
Caught and bowled6 (2%)
Stumped5 (2%)

How Azhar Ali took wickets

Caught11
Stumped4
Bowled3
Caught and bowled2
Lbw1

Last 20 innings

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Azhar Ali: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
18 May 2023	0
11 Jun 2023	25
11 Jun 2023	101
25 Jun 2023	14
25 Jun 2023	3
10 Jul 2023	22
19 Jul 2023	34
19 Jul 2023	6
26 Jul 2023	0
26 Jul 2023	16
1 Aug 2023	41
4 Aug 2023	78
6 Aug 2023	14
20 Aug 2023	74
25 Aug 2023	4
3 Sep 2023	3
3 Sep 2023	39
19 Sep 2023	25
26 Sep 2023	4
26 Sep 2023	8

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
26 Sep 2023	First-class	Yorkshire	8	8	caught	Headingley
26 Sep 2023	First-class	Yorkshire	4	8	caught	Headingley
19 Sep 2023	First-class	Durham	25	61	caught	County Ground, Worcester
3 Sep 2023	First-class	Glamorgan	39	91	caught	County Ground, Worcester
3 Sep 2023	First-class	Glamorgan	3	19	caught	County Ground, Worcester
25 Aug 2023	List A	Hampshire	4	11	caught	The Rose Bowl
20 Aug 2023	List A	Sussex	74	76	caught	County Ground, Worcester
6 Aug 2023	List A	Somerset	14	13	bowled	County Ground, Taunton
4 Aug 2023	List A	Glamorgan	78	104	stumped	County Ground, Worcester
1 Aug 2023	List A	Durham	41	36	bowled	Riverside Ground
26 Jul 2023	First-class	Gloucestershire	16	27	caught	College Ground
26 Jul 2023	First-class	Gloucestershire	0	13	lbw	College Ground
19 Jul 2023	First-class	Leicestershire	6	15	bowled	Oakham School Ground
19 Jul 2023	First-class	Leicestershire	34	101	caught	Oakham School Ground
10 Jul 2023	First-class	Yorkshire	22	73	caught	County Ground, Worcester
25 Jun 2023	First-class	Derbyshire	3	33	lbw	County Ground, Worcester
25 Jun 2023	First-class	Derbyshire	14	32	caught	County Ground, Worcester
11 Jun 2023	First-class	Sussex	101	164	bowled	County Ground, Brighton
11 Jun 2023	First-class	Sussex	25	62	caught	County Ground, Brighton
18 May 2023	First-class	Leicestershire	0	7	caught	County Ground, Worcester

Batter vs bowler matchups

Bowlers Azhar Ali faced most

Frequently asked questions

How many runs has Azhar Ali scored in Tests?

7,142 runs in 180 innings (97 matches) at an average of 42.26 and a strike rate of 41.9, in the data from 2010 to 2022.

How many runs has Azhar Ali scored in ODIs?

1,806 runs in 52 innings (52 matches) at an average of 36.86 and a strike rate of 74.8, in the data from 2012 to 2018.

How many runs has Azhar Ali scored in T20 leagues?

183 runs in 7 innings (7 matches) at an average of 26.14 and a strike rate of 106.4, in the data from 2016 to 2016.

What is Azhar Ali's highest score?

302* in Tests, the highest score in the data.

How many centuries has Azhar Ali scored?

28 hundreds in the data: 19 in Tests, 3 in ODIs, 4 in first-class, 2 in List A.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.