Naved Ahmed (cricketer, born 1971), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Pakistani cricketer for Islamabad
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Place of Birth: Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
About Naved Ahmed (cricketer, born 1971)
- Naved Ahmed (born 22 April 1971) is a former Pakistani cricketer.
- A right-handed top-order batsman, his career for Islamabad spanned from 1993 to 2001, and included a number of matches as captain. Born in Islamabad, Naved played at under-19 level for Islamabad, and in January 1992 scored 45 against the touring English under-19 side.
- He made his senior Wills Cup debut in October 1993, against Rawalpindi.
- On his first-class debut the following season, against Lahore City in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, Naved made a first-innings duck, and was one of nine batsman to fall to Naved Anjum (who finished with 9/35).
- In the second innings he was out to Test bowler Abdul Qadir for one run.
- During the 1995–96 Wills Cup season, Naved was appointed captain for all three of Islamabad's matches, despite being only 24 and having played only one prior match in the format.
- He first became a regular for Islamabad during the 1996–97 season, when his seven Quaid-i-Azam matches yielded 223 runs (the sixth-best return for his team).
- His season included a maiden first-class half-century, 72 against Lahore City, and also a maiden limited-overs half-century, a man of the match 69 against Peshawar in the Wills Cup.Naved also had a successful 1998–99 season, entrenching himself as one of Islamabad's opening batsmen.
- Against Khan Research Labs in the Tissot Cup (the renamed Wills Cup), he scored the only century of his career, finishing with 120 from 121 balls as Islamabad successfully chased a target of 321.
- In the Quaid-i-Azam, he played eight out of nine possible matches, and finished with 244 runs, including two half-centuries.
- Naved also made his first-class captaincy debut, captaining Islamabad in three consecutive matches late in the season.
- The following season, he briefly captained Islamabad in both formats, but was later dropped from the side altogether as his form deteriorated.
- However, he did take career-best bowling figures against the Karachi Blues in one Quaid-e-Azam match, finishing with 2/22 bowling right-arm leg spin.
- The 2000–01 season was Naved's last at first-class level.
- He finished his career with 669 first-class runs at an average of just 15.20, with a slightly better list-A record – 359 runs at 23.93.
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