Afzaal Ahmed

{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer and umpire (1948–2015)}}

{{About|cricketer|actor|Afzaal Ahmad}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Afzaal Ahmed

| fullname = Syed Afzaal Ahmed Rizvi

| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|12|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Karachi, Pakistan

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm Medium fast

| role = Umpire

| country = Pakistan

| club1 = Karachi

| year1 =

| club2 = Karachi University

| year2 =

| club3 = National Bank of Pakistan

| year3 =

| club4 = Public Works Department

| year4 =

| club5 = Sindh

| year5 =

| umpire = true

| odisumpired = 1

| umpodidebutyr = 1994

| umpodilastyr =

| wodisumpired = 2

| umpwodidebutyr = 2001

| umpwodilastyr = 2004

| columns = 2

| column1 = FC

| column2 = LA

| matches1 = 91

| matches2 = 6

| runs1 = 4,010

| runs2 = 257

| bat avg1 = 30.61

| bat avg2 = 42.83

| 100s/50s1 = 6/20

| 100s/50s2 = 1/1

| top score1 = 155*

| top score2 = 129

| deliveries1 = 1,806

| deliveries2 = 8

| wickets1 = 33

| wickets2 = 0

| bowl avg1 = 25.90

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor1 = 1

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling1 = 5/21

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 51/–

| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/afzaal-ahmed-39442 ESPNcricinfo

| date = 24 June 2023

}}

Afzaal Ahmed Rizvi (25 December 1948 – 23 April 2015) was a Pakistani cricketer and umpire. He mainly officiated in domestic cricket matches, only umpiring in a single One Day International (ODI).{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/39442.html |title= Afzaal Ahmed |accessdate=16 May 2014 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}

Born in Karachi, Afzaal, a tall right-handed batsman, played 91 first-class matches between 1965–66 and 1984–85, scoring 4,010 runs at an average of 30.61 with an unbeaten 155 being the highest of his six centuries. As a medium-paced bowler, he claimed 33 wickets at an average of 25.90. His best bowling figures in an innings were 5-21.{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=The Newspaper's Sports |date=2015-04-24 |title=Ex-international umpire Afzaal Ahmed passes away |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1177766 |access-date=2023-12-12 |newspaper=Dawn|location=Pakistan |language=en}}

Afzaal stood in his only ODI as an umpire in 1994.{{cite web |author=The Newspaper's Sports Reporter |title=Ex-international umpire Afzaal Ahmed passes away |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1177766/ex-international-umpire-afzaal-ahmed-passes-away |newspaper=Dawn|location=Pakistan}}