Maneer Mirza
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| Full name | Maneer Mohammed Mirza | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 April 1978 Birmingham, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1997 | Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 April 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maneer Mohammed Mirza (born 1 April 1978) is an English first-class cricketer: a right-arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman who played for Worcestershire. He was born to Pakistani parents in Birmingham on 1 April 1978 and is the younger brother of another former Worcestershire player, Parvaz Mirza, who died aged 24 in 1995.[1][2]
In the 1996 season, Mirza played five matches for Worcestershire's second XI, taking 15 wickets at an average of 35.26.[3] The following season, Mirza made his first-class debut in Worcestershire's drawn game against Pakistan A at New Road in July 1997. He took 3–136 in his only innings, and two weeks later made his County Championship debut against Kent, taking three wickets in the match.[4] Derek Hodgson of The Times described him as having "a fine delivery action in an impressively sharp spell" and "an interesting, possibly exciting proposition."[2] Having reached the first team he remained there for the rest of the season, playing a total of six first-class games and taking 19 wickets at 32.63; he also appeared in four List A games, but took just one wicket in total.
In July 1998, after two games in the second XI championship, Mirza suffered a stress fracture of the back and was unable to play again that season.[5] He returned for 1999 and 2000, but never managed to force his way back into the First XI, and eventually left Worcestershire in September 2000.[6] He appeared once each for Surrey's and Leicestershire's second teams in 2002, but has never again played first-team county cricket.
References[edit]
- ^ Szreter, Adam (4 August 1997). "Rain foils Kent's contrived finish". The Independent. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ a b Hodgson, Derek (5 August 1997). "Newcomer checks Kent". The Times. Retrieved 9 April 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ Wisden. 1997. p. 930.
- ^ Wisden. 1998. p. 661.
- ^ Clare, Nelson (29 July 1998). "Surgeons say Warne might not play again". The Telegraph. Retrieved 9 April 2021 – via ESPN Cricinfo.
- ^ "Loyal Illingworth released". BBC Sport. 2 September 2000. Retrieved 9 April 2021.