Agha Zahid

Agha Zahid

Personal information
Born	(1953-01-07) 7 January 1953 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
International information
National side	Pakistan
Only Test (cap 69)	15 February 1975 v West Indies
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 1 227 Runs scored 15 13,484 Batting average 7.50 36.84 100s/50s 0/0 29/66 Top score 14 183* Balls bowled – 7,621 Wickets – 108 Bowling average – 32.18 5 wickets in innings – 1 10 wickets in match – 0 Best bowling – 5/24 Catches/stumpings 0/– 136/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 June 2017

Agha Zahid (Urdu: آغا زاہد) (born 7 January 1953) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played in one Test match against West Indies in 1975. He had a long and distinguished domestic first-class career, scoring over 13,000 runs in 227 matches. He played for Devon County Cricket Club and Barton Cricket Club from 1982 to 1986. He also won promotion in first attempt followed by two consecutive first division championship in 1983–84.

After retiring from playing, Zahid worked as the Chief Curator for Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), retiring from that role in 2020. Throughout his career, he has also coached Pakistan national under-19 cricket team, and Pakistan women's national cricket team. He coached U-15 in Lambord World Cup England in 1996 and also coached Pakistan U-19 against Australia home in 1997. He toured Bangladesh as Coach of Pakistan A where the team won SAARC Championship in 1997. Later on toured England with Pakistan A team. He also officiated as a domestic match referee from 1995 to 2000. He worked as chairman of Junior selection committee from 1999 to 2000.

Agha Zahid lives with his family, he has three daughters and a wife.

External links

• Agha Zahid at ESPNcricinfo