Ahsan Raza (born 29 May 1974 in Lahore, Pakistan) is a Pakistani cricket umpire and former cricketer.[1] In November 2020, in the second Twenty20 International (T20I) between Pakistan and Zimbabwe, he stood in his 50th T20I match as an on-field umpire, becoming the first umpire to reach the milestone in T20I cricket.[2]
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Full name | Ahsan Raza | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1974-05-29) 29 May 1974 (age 48) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman, Wicket-keeper, Umpire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1994 | Faisalabad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–2000 | Habib Bank Limited | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–1999 | Lahore City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1995 | Sargodha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 27 October 1993 Habib Bank Ltd v PAC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 29 January 2000 Habib Bank Ltd v Islamabad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 26 November 1993 Habib Bank Ltd v PAC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last List A | 4 October 1999 Habib Bank Ltd v Gujranwala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Umpiring information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tests umpired | 5 (2021–2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODIs umpired | 40 (2010–2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20Is umpired | 72 (2010–2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 November 2022 |
Ahsan Raza played for a number of Pakistani teams including Faisalabad, Habib Bank Limited, Lahore and Sargodha.[1][3][4][5]
Ahsan Raza is Pakistan's nominated third umpire on the International Cricket Council International Panel of Umpires and Referees.[6] Ahsan Raza made his debut as a first-class umpire in 2006 and had umpired 35 matches to the end of February 2009.[7] He got a contract from Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) along with Zameer Haider and Shozab Raza in 2012.[8]
In January 2018, he was named as one of the seventeen on-field umpires for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[9] In October 2018, he was named as one of the twelve on-field umpires for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20.[10] In October 2019, he was appointed as one of the twelve umpires to officiate matches in the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[11]
In February 2020, the ICC named him as one of the umpires to officiate in matches during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[12] Raza was also named as one of the two on-field umpires for the final of the tournament.[13] In December 2020, he was shortlisted as one of the Umpire of the Year for the 2020 PCB Awards.[14]
In January 2021, he umpired in his first Test match, for Pakistan's home matches against South Africa.[15]
On 3 March 2009, Ahsan Raza was injured in an attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore.[16] He was shot twice and was in a serious condition in a Lahore hospital.[17][18]
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