Riaz Afridi

{{Short description|Pakistani cricket coach and cricketer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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{{Use Pakistani English|date=June 2015}}

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| country = Pakistan

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|1|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium-fast

| family = Shaheen Afridi (younger brother)
Yasir Afridi (cousin)

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| internationalspan = 2004

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| testdebutdate = 28 October

| testdebutyear = 2004

| testdebutagainst = Sri Lanka

| testcap = 182

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| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 9

| bat avg1 = 9.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 9

| deliveries1 = 186

| wickets1 = 2

| bowl avg1 = 43.50

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 2/42

| catches/stumpings1= 0/–

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 42

| runs2 = 580

| bat avg2 = 13.18

| 100s/50s2 = 0/2

| top score2 = 66

| deliveries2 = 7902

| wickets2 = 182

| bowl avg2 = 23.28

| fivefor2 = 10

| tenfor2 = 1

| best bowling2 = 7/78

| catches/stumpings2= 8/–

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/42590.html ESPNcricinfo

| date = 11 June

| year = 2017

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Riaz Afridi ({{langx|ur|{{nastaliq|ریاض آفریدی}}}}; born 21 January 1985) is a Pakistani cricket coach and cricketer. He is the elder brother of Pakistani fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi.

He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44533/44533.html |website=CricketArchive |title=Riaz Afridi |access-date=25 July 2014}} In December 2017, his youngest brother Shaheen Afridi was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21675170/hasan-khan-lead-pakistan-19s-world-cup |title=Hasan Khan to lead Pakistan Under-19s at World Cup |access-date=5 December 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}

Afridi has played one Test match, for the Pakistan national cricket team against the Sri Lanka national cricket team. It was the same match which saw Naved-ul-Hasan make his Test debut.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/Pakistan/content/player/42590.html|title=Riaz Afridi - Pakistan|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=25 July 2014}}

Riaz is a cousin of Pakistani footballer Yasir Afridi. In 2007 Riaz signed a contract with the Indian Cricket League (ICL) and represented the Lahore Badshahs, which put Riaz's future as a Pakistani Test player at risk.

During the summer months Riaz played club cricket in the north east of England for Great Ayton CC, he was a key player as the club won the North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League for the first time in its history.{{cite news |last1=Pratt |first1=Malcolm |title=Afridi key as Great Ayton take the title |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AWGLNB&req_dat=1054640702C8DBC0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F113FE51EF1A409D0 |access-date=4 October 2024 |work=Northern Echo |via=Newsbank |date=4 September 2006 |url-access=subscription}} The following season he achieved the feat of 100 wickets in a league season.{{cite news |title=Great Ayton's Afridi notches 100th wicket on final day |url=https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/sport/1689890.great-aytons-afridi-notches-100th-wicket-on-final-day/ |access-date=4 October 2024 |work=Darlington and Stockton Times |date=14 September 2007}}