Kamran Sheeraz

Kamran Pasha Sheeraz (born 28 December 1973) is a former English cricketer. Sheeraz was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Wellington, Shropshire.

Cricket career Sheeraz made his debut in county cricket for Bedfordshire against Suffolk in the 1992 MCCA Knockout Trophy. That season he also played 7 Minor Counties Championship matches. He later made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Northamptonshire in the 1994 County Championship. He made 12 further first-class appearances, the last of which came against Glamorgan in the 1997 County Championship. In his 13 first-class matches for the county, he took 27 wickets at an average of 40.88, with best figures of 6/67. These figures came against the touring West Indians in 1995, a match in which he also took 5/44 to give him is only 10 wicket haul in a match in his first-class career. He made his List A debut for Gloucestershire against Derbyshire in the 1994 AXA Equity & Law League. He made 19 further List A appearances for Gloucestershire, the last of which came against Pakistan A in 1997. In his 20 List A matches for the county, he took 13 wickets at an average of 50.07, with a best figures of 2/20. Following the end of the 1994 season, Sheeraz played for Rawalpindi B in Pakistan, making 2 List A appearances in the Willis Cup against Islamabad and United Bank Limited, He went on to make 2 appearances in the 1999 MCCA Knockout Trophy against the Derbyshire Cricket Board and Cheshire, His paternal family belongs to the Janjua clan of Rajputs, originating in the village of Matore, in the Kahuta Tehsil of Rawalpindi District in Punjab, Pakistan. His son, Hamzah Sheeraz, is a professional boxer.