Ziauddin Burney
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| Full name | Ziauddin Burney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 April 1940 Jullundur (now Jalandhar), Punjab, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959/60–1961/62 | Rawalpindi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962/63–1963/64 | Combined Services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960/61 | Rawalpindi and Peshawar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964/65 | Rawalpindi Greens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966/67 | President's XI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 May 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ziauddin Burney (born 7 April 1940) is a Pakistani former cricketer.[1] Burney was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Jullundur (now Jalandhar), Punjab, in British India, and after the partition of India his family moved first to Lahore and then to Rawalpindi.[2][3]
Burney was educated at Muslim High School, Rawalpindi, where he developed into a promising fast bowler. In 1959, during trial matches at Lahore before the arrival of the touring Australians, he impressed selectors sufficiently to be named in a 30-man training camp at the National Stadium, Karachi. However, illness prevented him from pressing his case for selection against Australia.[4]
He made his first-class debut for Rawalpindi against Combined Services in the quarter-final of the 1959–60 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.[5] He later played first-class cricket for Combined Services, Rawalpindi Greens and President's XI.[3]
One of Burney's earliest notable performances came for Combined Services against Rawalpindi in the 1962–63 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, when he took 4 for 50 in the second innings, including three wickets in one over, though Combined Services were eventually defeated.[4][6]
Burney's finest first-class match came for Rawalpindi Greens against Peshawar in the 1964–65 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy at Peshawar Club Ground. He took 4 for 48 in the first innings and 5 for 36 in the second to finish with match figures of 9 for 84, the best return of his career. In the same match, batting at number eleven, he scored 35 and shared a last-wicket partnership of 68 with Fida Hussain.[4][7] In Rawalpindi Greens' following match against Pakistan International Airlines, he dismissed Hanif Mohammad.[4]
Burney's final first-class appearance came for President's XI against Marylebone Cricket Club Under-25s in February 1967.[8]
Burney left Pakistan in 1967 and later settled in England after a brief stay in Belgium. There he continued to play club cricket for Walton-on-Thames and Ealing, and later became a cricket coach, working with youth players and local school programmes in west London.[4]
References
- ↑ "Zia Burney - Down Memory Lane with Rawalpindi paceman". Cricket World.
- ↑ "Ziauddin Burney profile and biography". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ziauddin Burney". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Salim Parvez (3 December 2017). "Once Upon a Time: Burney Desire". ScoreLine. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "Rawalpindi v Combined Services, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1959/60 (Quarter-final)". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "Rawalpindi v Combined Services, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1962/63". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "Peshawar v Rawalpindi Greens, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1964/65". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "President's XI v Marylebone Cricket Club Under-25s in 1966/67". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
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