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Zia ur Rehman Akbar

Zia ur Rehman Akbar appears in 2 matches with a full FairPlay scorecard (9 Oct 2026 to 5 Nov 2026). 0 runs in 2 innings. 2 wickets from 62.4 overs. 53 matches in FairPlay's recorded career data.

Player profile

Country: Afghanistan
Role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox
Born: 30 Dec 1997 Age 28
Recorded matches: 536 internationals

Zia ur Rehman Akbar is a bowler from Afghanistan with 53 matches in FairPlay's recorded data, including 6 internationals (5 Tests, 1 ODI).

Batting: 199 runs across all recorded formats, with 0 hundreds and 0 fifties; the most runs came in T20 (league and domestic) cricket (160) and the highest recorded score is 34.

Bowling: 62 wickets in recorded matches, 52 of them in T20 (league and domestic) cricket, with 1 five-wicket haul.

Career figures by format

Summed over the seasons in FairPlay's data provider's records, mostly recent ones. Older seasons can be missing, so these totals may be lower than the official career record.

Zia ur Rehman Akbar: batting and bowling figures by format in FairPlay's recorded data
Format	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	5w
Test	5	8	34	13	4.86	33.0	0/0	10	43.40	2.93	1
ODI	1	1	5	5	5.00	16.7	0/0	0	–	6.29	0
T20 (league and domestic)	47	18	160	34	14.55	106.7	0/0	52	20.25	7.24	0

Avg is runs per dismissal; SR is runs per 100 balls; Bowl avg is runs per wicket; Econ is runs per over; 5w is five or more wickets in an innings.

Zia ur Rehman Akbar at a glance

FairPlay holds 2 complete scorecards featuring Zia ur Rehman Akbar, most recently for Afghanistan (first-class).

In those matches Zia ur Rehman Akbar batted 2 times for 0 runs at a strike rate of 0.00.

With the ball: 2 wickets from 62.4 overs, an economy rate of 3.16. Best figures: 2 for 86 against Bangladesh.

How the 1 dismissal happened: LBW 1.

These matches were played at 2 different grounds.

Figures in FairPlay's scorecards

Batting
2	1	0	0*	0.00	0.00	0/0

Bowling
3	62.4	6	198	2	2/86	3.16

Match by match

Newest first. Dates in India Standard Time. * means not out.

Date	Match	Batting	Bowling
5 Nov 2026	Afghanistan v ZimbabweBat – · Bowl 0/35 (10.4)	–	0/35 (10.4)
9 Oct 2026	Afghanistan v BangladeshBat 0 (1) & 0* (12) · Bowl 0/77 (19) & 2/86 (33)	0 (1) & 0* (12)	0/77 (19) & 2/86 (33)

Afghanistan's next match

Afghanistan v Zimbabwe, Test Series, 13 Nov 2026.

The playing XI is named at the toss, so this does not mean Zia ur Rehman Akbar has been selected.

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