Sajjad Akbar

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Sajjad Akbar

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| country = Pakistan

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm offbreak

| international = true

| birth_date = {{birth date|1961|3|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lahore, West Pakistan, Pakistan

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|5|21|1961|3|1|df=y}}

| death_place =

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| odidebutyear =

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| odicap = 76

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| columns = 3

| column1 = ODI

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 5

| bat avg1 = 5.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 5

| deliveries1 = 60

| wickets1 = 2

| bowl avg1 = 22.50

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 2/45

| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| column2 = FC

| matches2 = 182

| runs2 = 6,571

| bat avg2 = 30.42

| 100s/50s2 = 7/31

| top score2 = 143

| deliveries2 = 38,652

| wickets2 = 640

| bowl avg2 = 25.40

| fivefor2 = 37

| tenfor2 = 8

| best bowling2 = 9/59

| catches/stumpings2 = 119/–

| column3 = LA

| matches3 = 119

| runs3 = 1,607

| bat avg3 = 24.72

| 100s/50s3 = 0/9

| top score3 = 71*

| deliveries3 = 5,596

| wickets3 = 142

| bowl avg3 = 27.71

| fivefor3 = 1

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 6/46

| catches/stumpings3 = 36/–

| date = 11 April

| year = 2013

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/42612.html Cricinfo

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Sajjad Akbar ({{langx|ur|سجاد اکبر}}; 1 March 1961 – 21 May 2024) was a Pakistani cricketer who played two One Day Internationals in 1990.

A middle-order batsman and off-spin bowler, he played first-class cricket in Pakistan from 1978–79 to 2000–01. In the 1989–90 season, he took 104 wickets at an average of 22.38.{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1962/f_Bowling_by_Season.html|title= First-class bowling in each season by Sajjad Akbar|website=Cricketarchive.com}} Playing for the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation against Karachi in 1987–88, he took 9 for 59 and 6 for 63.{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/49/49705.html|title=Karachi v Pakistan National Shipping Corporation 1987-88 : Scorecard|website=Cricketarchive.com}}

Akbar died from a heart attack on 21 May 2024, at the age of 63.{{Cite web|url=https://www.24newshd.tv/21-May-2024/former-pakistani-cricketer-sajjad-akbar-passes-away|title=Former Pakistani cricketer Sajjad Akbar passes away|website=24newshd.tv}}