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Shoaib Akhtar (cricketer, born 1982)
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Shoaib Akhtar (born 14 July 1982) is a former Pakistani cricketer. From Karachi, Shoaib played two matches at List A, both of which came for Islamabad during the 1998-99 season of the Tissot Cup. Aged only 16, earlier in the season he had played several matches for the Islamabad under-19s in the Pepsi Junior Cup, scoring two half-centuries. On this form, Shoaib was selected for Islamabad in the preliminary round of the limited-overs Tissot Cup, making his debut against Rawalpindi in April 1999. In the match, played at the Khan Research Laboratories Ground, Rawalpindi, he scored 12 runs from 31 balls, putting on a 51-run opening partnership with Ali Raza. However, in his second and final match, against Pakistan International Airlines two days later, he scored a six-ball duck. Shoaib was dropped for the teams' remaining matches in the competition, and did not play for Islamabad again.
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