Mohammad Nawaz Profile, Career & Stats

Coming from Shoaib Akhtar’s town, Mohammad Nawaz, a spinning allrounder, started as a left-arm medium-fast bowler, but his career took a different ‘turn’. Nawaz’s story begins here, not in the glitzy glare of international cricket, but in the bare-boned practice sessions where the only currency was persistence.

Long before he would play at iconic venues, Nawaz was just another left-arm spinner with a battered kit bag and an appetite to make his deliveries turn the conversation in his favour.

Mohammad Nawaz Early Career

Born on March 21, 1994, Mohammad Nawaz’s journey into cricket carried both promise and struggle. His family background was modest, but his ambitions were not. In interviews, he has often spoken about how cricket was the escape, the way to dream beyond the streets of Rawalpindi.

Like many, he rose through domestic cricket the hard way: grinding seasons for Rawalpindi in age-group cricket, and then for National Bank of Pakistan in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. It was here that his all-round abilities, left-arm orthodox bowling paired with measured lower-order batting, began to gain attention.

Nawaz’s breakout moment came in the 2016 Pakistan Super League. Drafted by Quetta Gladiators, he was largely an unknown name when the tournament began. But within a handful of matches, he was the buzzword of PSL 1. His ability to bowl with composure in the power play, stifling aggressive openers, was a revelation.

Pakistan had long craved a left-arm spinner who could not just contain but also strike, and here was Nawaz doing it under pressure, in front of big crowds, against some of the finest T20 hitters in the world.

Mohammad Nawaz T20I Career

Mohammad Nawaz’s rise in Pakistan was almost immediate. He made his T20I debut on February 29, 2016, against the UAE in the Asia Cup. Nerves showed at first, but international cricket has a way of exposing young players quickly, and he grew into his role.

In the shortest format, Nawaz had become a far more regular feature for a left-arm spinning all-rounder. 

A particularly memorable moment was his cameo against India in the 2022 Asia Cup, where his 20-ball 42 shifted the momentum of the chase and etched his name into Pakistan-India folklore.

Nawaz claimed his maiden fifer against Afghanistan in September 2025, during the T20I Tri-series in the UAE. His figures also included a hat-trick, ultimately bowling Afghanistan out for 66.

Mohammad Nawaz ODI Career

Pakistani all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz made his ODI debut on August 18, 2016, against Ireland at Dublin (Malahide). He marked his debut with a solid performance, scoring a half-century. In the fifty-over format, he lengthens the batting and provides spin backup.

Mohammad Nawaz Test Career

Mohammad Nawaz made his Test debut for Pakistan against the West Indies on October 13, 2016, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. However, so far, the Pakistan all-rounder has played a limited number of Tests and has been a more permanent name in the white-ball squad.

That being said, in July 2022, in the first match against Sri Lanka, he took his first five-wicket haul in the longest format of the game. 

(As of March 2026)