Full name Pervez Iqbal 1994/95-1995/96 Rawalpindi B Batting style Left-handed Name Pervez Iqbal | Bowling style Right-arm medium Role Cricket Player 1995/96 Rawalpindi A | |
Born 26 December 1975 ( 1975-12-26 ) Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan 2000 Derbyshire Cricket Board Died March 11, 2002, Rawalpindi, Pakistan | ||
Pervez Iqbal (26 December 1975 – 11 March 2002) was a Pakistani cricketer. Iqbal was a left-handed batsman who bowled with his right-arm medium pace. He was born at Rawalpindi, Punjab.
Iqbal made his first-class debut for Rawalpindi against Faisalabad in 1993/94 season. Iqbal represented the main Rawlpindi team in first-class cricket from the 1993/94 to 2000/01, as well as Rawalpindi B from 1994/95-1995/96. His final first-class match came for the main Rawalpindi team against Lahore Blues in 2001. In total, from 1993/94 to 2000/01 he played 20 first-class matches. In these matches he scored a total of 602 runs at a batting average of 20.06, with 4 half centuries and a high score of 76. With the ball he took 46 wickets at a bowling average of 25.71, with a single five wicket haul which resulted in his best figures of 5/59.
Iqbal also mde his debut in List A cricket for Rawalpindi in the 1993/94 season against Faisalabad. Iqbal represented the main Rawalpindi team in List A cricket 11 times from the 1993/94 to 1999/2000 season. In addition, he also represented Rawalpindi A in 8 matches during the 1995/96 season. His final List-A match for a Rawalpindi team came against Islamabad in March 2000. During the 2000 English cricket season, Iqbal played a single List A match for the Derbyshire Cricket Board in the 2000 NatWest Trophy against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board. In his total of 20 List A matches, he scored 212 runs at an average of 15.14, with a single half century high score of 56. With the ball he took 25 wickets at an average of 22.32, with a single five wicket haul which gave him best figures of 5/22.
Iqbal died in Rawalpindi, Punjab on March 11, 2002 from a rare pollen allergy.