Hamza Riazuddin (Urdu: حمزہ ریاض الدین; born 19 December 1989) is a former English cricketer. He is a right-handed lower-order batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who last played for Hampshire. He is a British Pakistani. He was born in Hendon and lived in Woodley, Berkshire for most of his childhood but now lives in Southampton, Hampshire, near to the club's training ground.

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Hamza Riazuddin

Riazuddin, first on the left
Personal information
Full name	Hamza Riazuddin
Born	(1989-12-19) 19 December 1989 (age 32) Hendon, Middlesex, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008–2013	Hampshire (squad no. 38)
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 8 21 17 Runs scored 130 64 24 Batting average 18.57 16.00 8.00 100s/50s –/1 –/– –/– Top score 55* 23* 13* Balls bowled 936 822 348 Wickets 17 16 21 Bowling average 27.58 52.75 19.85 5 wickets in innings 1 – – 10 wickets in match – – – Best bowling 5/61 3/37 4/15 Catches/stumpings 1/– 7/– 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 July 2012

Throughout his childhood, he played for Hurst Cricket Club and he also captained several age-group Berkshire County Cricket Club cricket teams.

Riazuddin is a product of the Hampshire cricket academy. Having played his first game for the Hampshire Second XI against a Victoria team at the age of 15, he played semi-regularly in the 2006 and 2007 Second XI Championship, and in the ECB Under-17 Regional Festival.

Having made a single Second XI appearance in 2008, Riazuddin's first-class debut came in May, in a match against Somerset. He took one wicket, that of Ian Blackwell in the first innings, and was the most economical bowler in a second innings in which Somerset amassed a large score. His only contribution with the bat was four runs in the first innings.

His one-day debut came in the Friends Provident Trophy in a victory against Glamorgan about two weeks later.

He was selected for the England Under-19 squad to tour South Africa in January 2009.

He was a member of Hampshires 2009 Friends Provident Trophy winning squad. This came just a few weeks after being named Captain of the England Under-19 squad.

External links

• Hamza Riazuddin at CricketArchive
• Hamza Riazuddin at Cricinfo