Aamer Sajjad

{{short description|Pakistani cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Aamer Sajjad

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| country = Pakistan

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|2|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

| death_date =

| death_place =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off-spin

| club1 = Lahore Whites

| year1 = 2001–02 to 2004–05

| club2 = Water and Power Development Authority

| year2 = 2004–05 to 2015–16

| club3 = Lahore Shalimar

| year3 = 2005–06 to 2012–13

| columns = 2

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 163

| runs1 = 9168

| bat avg1 = 38.68

| 100s/50s1 = 17/50

| top score1 = 289

| deliveries1 = 903

| wickets1 = 5

| bowl avg1 = 106.80

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 2/30

| catches/stumpings1= 123/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 104

| runs2 = 3017

| bat avg2 = 36.34

| 100s/50s2 = 3/17

| top score2 = 122*

| deliveries2 = 389

| wickets2 = 10

| bowl avg2 = 30.20

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = n/a

| best bowling2 = 2/23

| catches/stumpings2= 42/–

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/aamer-sajjad-39324 Cricinfo

| date = 7 December

| year = 2022

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Aamer Sajjad (born 5 February 1981) is a Pakistani former first-class cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm off-spin bowler, he played first-class cricket from 2002 to 2018.

In 2009–10 he scored more runs than anybody else in the Pakistan season, finishing with 1435 runs at an average of 68.33.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/PAK/2009-10_f_Batting_by_Average.html Pakistan batting averages 2009-10] Opening the batting for Water and Power Development Authority against Sui Southern Gas Company, he made 289, adding 580 for the second wicket with Rafatullah Mohmand.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/257/257378.html Sui Southern Gas Company v Water and Power Development Authority 2009-10] It is the highest second-wicket partnership, and the second-highest partnership of all, in first-class cricket history.Wisden 2013, p. 1267.

He was selected for the Pakistan A tours of Sri Lanka in August and September 2010, and the West Indies in November. When the regular captain, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, was absent, he often captained the Water and Power Development Authority team. In February 2021, he began to undertake coaching courses with the Pakistan Cricket Board.{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/former-test-first-class-and-women-cricketers-attending-level-ii-coaching-course.html |title=Former Test, first-class and women cricketers attending Level-II coaching course |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=24 February 2021}}