Ali Naqvi (cricketer)

{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (born 1977)}}

{{other people||Ali Naqvi (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Syed Ali Urooj Naqvi

| image =

| country = Pakistan

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|3|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, Pakistan

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm offbreak

| international = true

| internationalspan = 1997–1998

| testdebutagainst = South Africa

| testdebutdate = 6 October

| testdebutyear = 1997

| lasttestdate = 21 March

| lasttestagainst = Zimbabwe

| lasttestyear = 1998

| testcap = 145

| columns = 2

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 5

| runs1 = 242

| bat avg1 = 30.20

| 100s/50s1 = 1/0

| top score1 = 115

| deliveries1 = 11

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1= 1/–

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 116

| runs2 = 5,898

| bat avg2 = 34.90

| 100s/50s2 = 14/24

| top score2 = 180

| deliveries2 = 6,484

| wickets2 = 102

| bowl avg2 = 28.50

| fivefor2 = 1

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 5/65

| catches/stumpings2= 50/–

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38994.html ESPNCricinfo

| date = 11 June

| year = 2017

}}

Syed Ali Urooj Naqvi (Urdu: سید علی عروج نقوی) (born 19 March 1977) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played five Tests from 1997 to 1998.{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1366366 | title=Cricket: The League of Discarded Gentlemen | date=29 October 2017 }} A right-handed batsman, who scored his only century in Tests on his debut Test itself, 115 against South Africa at Rawalpindi in 1997 in which another debutant Azhar Mahmood also scored a century, thus this two became the only debutant pair to score a century in the same test.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149309.html |title=The elegance of youth |accessdate=11 October 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He was a regular part-time off spin bowler at first-class level.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38994.html|title=Ali Naqvi|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=4 November 2014}}