Sultan Zarawani

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Sultan Zarawani

United Arab Emirates
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling style	Legbreak Googly
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	-	7
Runs scored	-	26
Batting average	-	4.33
100s/50s	-	-/-
Top score	-	13

Overs	-	44
Wickets	-	5
Bowling average	-	51.39
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	2/49
Catches/stumpings	-	1/0
As of 7 March 2006 Source: [1]

Sultan Mohammed Zarawani (born 24 January 1961, Dubai, United Arab Emirates) is a former United Arab Emirates cricketer. Regarded as one of the worst international cricketers of all time, he played seven One Day Internationals for United Arab Emirates, all in the 1996 Cricket World Cup after which he was banned for life when he criticized the officials of the Emirates Cricket Board.

He is best known for facing South African fast bowler Allan Donald without a helmet at the 1996 Cricket World Cup and being hit by a fierce bouncer. Despite the blow, Zarawani still continued to refuse the offer of a helmet but only lasted eight more balls before he was dismissed.

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Player Profile: Sultan Zarawani from Cricinfo

v • d • e United Arab Emirates squad - 1996 Cricket World Cup

1 Zarawani (c) • 2 Arshad Laeeq • 3 Azhar Saeed • 4 Imtiaz Abbasi (wk) • 5 Mazhar Hussain • 6 Mehra • 7 Mohammad Aslam • 8 Mohammad Ishaq • 9 Mylvaganam • 10 Saeed-Al-Saffar • 11 Saleem Raza • 12 Samarasekara • 13 Shehzad Altaf • 14 Shaukat Dukanwala