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Mir Hamza: Age, Stats, 517 FC Wickets and Test Career

Mir Hamza is a Pakistan Test and domestic left-arm medium-fast bowler from Karachi. Born on 10 September 1992, he was 33 on 24 August 2026. His record stood at 14 wickets from seven Tests and 517 wickets from 131 first-class matches, including 33 five-wicket innings. His best Test figures are 4 for 32 against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, while his latest completed first-class season brought 28 wickets for Ghani Glass at an average of 12.96.

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Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast bowlerBorn 10 September 1992

Current squadKarachi KingsPakistan Super League · Karachi Kings player in the completed 2026 HBL PSL 11 season; most recent first-class campaign was for Ghani Glass in the 2025–26 President's Trophy Grade-I

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Full nameMir Hamza

Age33As of 24 August 2026

Date of birth10 September 1992Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Batting styleLeft-handed

Bowling styleLeft-arm medium-fast

Career overview

Mir Hamza cricket career

Born in Karachi on 10 September 1992; aged 33 on 24 August 2026.

Left-arm medium-fast bowler who bats left-handed.

Pakistan Test record: seven matches, 14 wickets and best innings figures of 4/32.

First-class record: 131 matches, 517 wickets at 21.89, with 33 five-wicket innings.

Reached 500 first-class wickets for Ghani Glass in January 2026.

Took 28 wickets at 12.96 in five President's Trophy matches and three wickets in six HBL PSL 11 games.

Career story

Mir Hamza career and playing journey

Who is Mir Hamza?

Mir Hamza is a Pakistani left-arm medium-fast bowler who has represented Pakistan in Test cricket and built a long domestic career around Karachi. He has also played county cricket for Sussex, Warwickshire and Glamorgan, and franchise cricket for Karachi Kings and Quetta Gladiators. His career remains one player record even though the team name changes from competition to competition.

The Pakistan Cricket Board lists his full name as Mir Hamza, his birthplace as Karachi and his date of birth as 10 September 1992. He bats left-handed and bowls left-arm medium-fast. Those details distinguish him from players with similar names, including Islamabad United bowler Mir Hamza Sajjad, who is a different cricketer.

Hamza's strongest body of work is in first-class cricket. By the end of the 2025–26 President's Trophy, he had 517 wickets from 131 matches at an average of 21.89. His international record is much smaller: seven Tests spread from October 2018 to January 2025. The difference in sample size is central to understanding his career rather than a footnote.

How old is Mir Hamza?

Mir Hamza was 33 years old on 24 August 2026. He was born on 10 September 1992 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, and will turn 34 on 10 September 2026.

Born in September 1992, Hamza spent most of 2026 aged 33. His birthday falls after Pakistan's usual domestic red-ball season and after HBL PSL 11, so he was 33 during both the President's Trophy and the PSL campaign discussed below.

His senior first-class debut came on 28 December 2012, when he was 20. Reaching 500 first-class wickets in January 2026 therefore represented more than thirteen years of top-level domestic red-ball work rather than a short peak built around one season.

What type of bowler is Mir Hamza?

Hamza is a left-arm medium-fast bowler whose main value comes with the new ball and in sustained red-ball spells. Sussex described him as a left-arm swing bowler when signing him for the 2019 county season, while Pakistan selectors later highlighted his control and consistent lengths when bringing him into the MCG Test side.

Left-arm angle alone does not guarantee wickets. Hamza's career economy of 2.90 in first-class cricket shows how often he has combined pressure with dismissals over long spells. His first-class strike rate of 45.1 means a wicket roughly every 7.5 overs across a 131-match sample, although conditions and opposition strength varied widely within that aggregate.

His white-ball role is different. A bowler can be highly effective when allowed repeated attacking spells in first-class cricket yet face more risk when T20 batters target every over. Hamza's 2026 results illustrate that contrast: 28 President's Trophy wickets at 12.96, followed by three PSL wickets at 73.33 and an economy rate of 11.00.

When did Mir Hamza make his first-class debut?

Hamza made his first-class debut for Karachi Whites against Lahore Shalimar at the National Stadium in Karachi on 28 December 2012. The PCB match list places that fixture at the start of his recognised first-class record, followed by matches against Abbottabad, Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur and Faisalabad during the same Quaid-e-Azam Trophy season.

His route was grounded in Karachi cricket but soon extended across Pakistan's changing domestic structure. He represented regional sides such as Karachi Whites and Sindh as well as departmental teams including United Bank Limited and Ghani Glass. Team names and tournament formats changed; his player identity and career totals did not restart with each move.

By January 2019, when Sussex announced his county signing, he had already taken 282 wickets in 59 first-class matches at 18.34. That snapshot helps explain why an overseas county selected him: the attraction was a large, productive red-ball record, not only the single Test he had played a few months earlier.

How did Mir Hamza earn his Pakistan Test debut?

Hamza made his Test debut against Australia in Abu Dhabi on 16 October 2018. Pakistan won by 373 runs and took the two-match series 1–0. Hamza took one wicket in the match, bowling Shaun Marsh, while Mohammad Abbas led the attack with ten wickets and won Player of the Match.

Hamza contributed to a major team win on debut, but the match was not an individual five-wicket breakthrough. He bowled nine wicketless overs in Australia's first innings and took 1 for 40 in the second, dismissing Shaun Marsh.

He then waited more than four years for another Test. Pakistan recalled him for the home series against New Zealand in December 2022 after he had taken 16 wickets in four Quaid-e-Azam Trophy matches. That selection linked his return to current domestic red-ball form rather than treating the 2018 debut as an automatic permanent place.

What happened in Mir Hamza's 4/32 at the MCG?

Hamza took his Test-best 4 for 32 in Australia's second innings at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in December 2023. He removed David Warner and Travis Head with consecutive balls in a double-wicket maiden, later dismissed Mitchell Marsh for 96 and completed his four-wicket return by bowling Alex Carey.

His match figures were 6 for 83 after 2 for 51 in the first innings. Shaheen Shah Afridi also took four second-innings wickets, and Australia were bowled out for 262 after slipping to 16 for 4. The collapse gave Pakistan a target of 317 but did not settle the match.

Australia won by 79 runs after dismissing Pakistan for 237. Hamza's six-wicket match haul was therefore a career-best Test performance in a competitive defeat, not a Pakistan victory. Pat Cummins took ten wickets and won Player of the Match.

What did Mir Hamza do in Pakistan's later Tests?

After Melbourne, Hamza played the Sydney Test in January 2024 and took one wicket across the match. He returned against Bangladesh in the second Rawalpindi Test in August 2024, taking 2 for 50 in the first innings and 1 for 46 in the second. Bangladesh won by six wickets and completed a 2–0 series victory.

His latest Test was against South Africa at Newlands, beginning on 3 January 2025. Hamza took 2 for 127 in South Africa's first innings, dismissing Ryan Rickelton for 259 and Marco Jansen for 62. He also made 16 in Pakistan's follow-on innings before South Africa won by ten wickets.

Those appearances brought his career to seven Tests and 14 wickets. The sequence includes one high-impact match at Melbourne, three wickets against Bangladesh and a difficult Cape Town Test. It does not support describing him as a regular across the whole period because the seven matches were spread across more than six years.

What are Mir Hamza's current Test statistics?

Mir Hamza had played seven Tests and taken 14 wickets by 24 August 2026. He bowled 1,183 balls, conceded 632 runs and averaged 45.14. His economy rate was 3.20, his strike rate 84.5, his best innings figures 4 for 32 and his best match figures 6 for 83.

With the bat, he had 51 runs from 14 innings, six not-outs and a highest score of 16. His batting average was 6.38. These figures identify him clearly as a specialist bowler; the runs are part of the complete record but are not evidence of an all-round role.

Domestic wickets, county matches and PSL appearances do not belong in the Test total. That separation explains how a player can own more than 500 first-class wickets while having only 14 of them in Test cricket. Tests form one part of his much larger first-class career.

How did Mir Hamza reach 500 first-class wickets?

Hamza completed 500 first-class wickets for Ghani Glass against State Bank of Pakistan in January 2026. He took 2 for 24 in the first innings and 5 for 63 in the second, with his fifth second-innings wicket completing the milestone. PCB recorded that spell as his 31st five-wicket innings at the time.

Ghani Glass lost the match by 202 runs, so the milestone arrived in defeat. That does not reduce the career significance, but it keeps the match result honest. His seven wickets came from 36 overs across the match while State Bank built enough runs to remain in control.

Hamza did not stop at 500. He continued taking wickets through the President's Trophy and finished the competition with 28 in five matches. Those later dismissals moved his completed first-class total to 517 by the end of the campaign.

How did Mir Hamza perform in the 2025–26 President's Trophy?

Hamza took 28 wickets for Ghani Glass in five President's Trophy Grade-I matches. He bowled 848 balls, conceded 363 runs and averaged 12.96. His economy rate was 2.57, his strike rate 30.29 and his best innings return 5 for 55. The campaign contained three five-wicket innings and one additional four-wicket innings.

The campaign began with four wickets against OGDCL: 1 for 32 and 3 for 19 in a seven-wicket win. After reaching 500 career wickets against State Bank, he produced match figures of 9 for 109 against Pakistan Television, taking 5 for 55 and 4 for 54 even though Ghani Glass lost by 88 runs.

The wickets were spread across the five-match campaign rather than concentrated in the milestone game. He contributed four wickets in the opening win, seven against State Bank and nine against PTV, giving the season both volume and repeated impact.

What are Mir Hamza's current first-class statistics?

Hamza's first-class record stood at 131 matches and 517 wickets after the 2025–26 President's Trophy. He had bowled 23,358 balls, conceded 11,320 runs and averaged 21.89. His economy rate was 2.90, his strike rate 45.1, his best innings figures 7 for 59 and his best match figures 12 for 137.

The aggregate included 33 five-wicket innings and seven ten-wicket matches. It also included 20 innings in which he took exactly four wickets. These categories describe different achievements: a five-wicket innings is not added again as a four-wicket innings, and a ten-wicket match may contain one or two five-wicket innings.

He had scored 922 first-class runs from 161 innings, with 63 not-outs and a highest score of 40. His average was 9.40. The batting figures show useful lower-order survival at times, but no first-class fifty; the defining record remains his wicket-taking.

Why was the 2023–24 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy important?

Hamza took 32 wickets at 20.88 for Karachi Whites in the 2023–24 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, finishing second on the tournament wicket list behind Khurram Shahzad's 36. PCB noted that Hamza played two league matches at the batting-friendly Gaddafi Stadium, adding context to the raw average.

Karachi Whites won the title by beating Faisalabad by 456 runs in the final. Hamza took 5 for 44 as Faisalabad were dismissed for 124 in their first innings, while Shahnawaz Dahani took four wickets. The result was a team championship built on a huge lead rather than a solitary bowling spell.

The season helped lead to his selection for Pakistan's tour of Australia. The national selector described Hamza as a new-ball option who could provide control and consistent lengths, and he then delivered 6 for 83 at Melbourne. The domestic-to-Test link is documented rather than inferred from timing alone.

What are Mir Hamza's List A and T20 statistics?

Through 24 August 2026, Hamza had taken 135 wickets from 97 List A matches. He averaged 31.14, conceded 5.20 runs per over and struck every 35.9 balls. His best List A figures were 4 for 12, and he had seven four-wicket innings without a five-wicket haul.

His overall T20 record stood at 79 matches and 79 wickets. He averaged 29.79, had an economy rate of 8.37 and a strike rate of 21.3. His best return was 4 for 9, one of three four-wicket innings. The one-wicket-per-match average sits across seasons with sharply different results.

He had 339 List A runs with a high of 49 and 98 T20 runs with a high of 19. Both averages were lifted by frequent not-outs in the lower order. The batting data completes the statistical picture; it does not change his classification as a specialist bowler.

What was Mir Hamza's T20-best spell?

Hamza's best T20 figures are 4 for 9, taken for Karachi Kings against Peshawar Zalmi in February 2022. He dismissed Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Haris, Ben Cutting and Salman Irshad as Peshawar were restricted to 138 for six. Karachi won by 22 runs and Hamza was Player of the Match.

The spell came in only three overs and included 18 dot balls. It showed how his red-ball strengths can transfer when early movement and disciplined lengths create pressure. One exceptional spell, however, should not be presented as his normal return in every T20 season.

The career-best remains inside his 79-match, 79-wicket T20 aggregate. It is highlighted because the match context matters, not because the four wickets should be added separately to the career total.

How did Mir Hamza perform in HBL PSL 11?

Hamza played six matches for Karachi Kings in HBL PSL 11 and took three wickets. He bowled 20 overs, conceded 220 runs and finished with an average of 73.33, an economy rate of 11.00 and a strike rate of 40. His best figures were 2 for 14 against Lahore Qalandars.

The 2 for 14 came in a low-scoring win on 29 March 2026. Hamza dismissed Abdullah Shafique and Sikandar Raza as Lahore were held to 130 for eight, and Karachi chased the target with three balls remaining. It was his clearest contribution of the season.

The complete tournament return was difficult. One strong match should not erase five other appearances that produced only one combined wicket and pushed the economy to 11.00. Before the season, Karachi Kings reported 33 PSL wickets from 29 matches; adding the official 2026 return gives 36 wickets from 35 PSL matches through HBL PSL 11.

Which English county teams has Mir Hamza played for?

Hamza has represented Sussex, Warwickshire and Glamorgan in English county cricket. Sussex first signed him for nine first-class matches in 2019, then brought his arrival forward so he could play from the opening County Championship round and throughout the One-Day Cup group stage.

Sussex's annual report recorded 21 Championship wickets at an average of 27 before injury, plus 18 wickets in the Royal London One-Day Cup. Warwickshire signed him for two Championship fixtures in July 2023, noting that his earlier Sussex stint had produced 24 wickets in seven first-class matches when all first-class appearances were counted.

Glamorgan added him for the opening part of the 2024 season. He took seven wickets in the Championship win over Sussex before his scheduled availability ended in May. The three county stints broadened his experience in seaming conditions but remain part of the same first-class and List A career totals.

Which teams has Mir Hamza played for?

Hamza's representative history includes Pakistan Under-19, Pakistan A, Pakistan Shaheens and the senior Pakistan Test team. In domestic cricket he has represented Karachi regional sides, Sindh, Balochistan, United Bank Limited, Ghani Glass and other departments as Pakistan's competition structure changed.

His franchise record includes Karachi Kings and Quetta Gladiators in the PSL, plus shorter overseas T20 assignments. Sussex, Warwickshire and Glamorgan account for his county career. A team appearance is attached to the season and scorecard in which it occurred; it is not evidence of a current contract forever.

Karachi Kings remains the primary franchise link after his completed HBL PSL 11 campaign. His most recent first-class team was Ghani Glass. Both facts can be true because franchise and domestic red-ball competitions use separate squads.

What was Mir Hamza's HBL PSL 11 auction price?

Karachi Kings secured Hamza for PKR 2.4 crore at the HBL PSL 11 player auction on 11 February 2026. The amount belongs specifically to that auction and season, alongside the franchise's final 18-player roster.

An auction price is not the same as audited take-home salary. Taxes, competition terms, agent arrangements, availability clauses and other deductions are not established by the public roster announcement. The PKR 2.4 crore figure should therefore remain labelled as his 2026 PSL auction price.

No audited public record establishes Hamza's total net worth, annual income or career earnings. Combining a single-season auction value with assumed endorsements and private assets would create a figure that cannot be supported.

What is known about Mir Hamza's family and relationships?

Hamza's public cricket record establishes his birth details and career but does not provide a dependable family biography. It does not responsibly identify his parents, siblings, spouse, children or current partner in material relevant to his cricket journey.

A common name can easily lead to unrelated people in search and social posts. A photograph, surname match or unconfirmed claim is not enough to establish a personal relationship, so no spouse or girlfriend is named here.

His relationship status remains private unless Hamza or a dependable first-party interview makes it public in a clearly attributable context. Cricket achievements do not require speculation about family or relationships to make the career record complete.

What records and achievements define Mir Hamza's career?

Hamza's largest career milestone is 500 first-class wickets, reached in January 2026. The completed record then moved to 517 wickets from 131 matches, including 33 five-wicket innings and seven ten-wicket matches. His best first-class innings figures are 7 for 59 and his best match return is 12 for 137.

At international level, his defining performance is 6 for 83 at Melbourne in December 2023, including a Test-best 4 for 32. In Pakistan domestic cricket, he took 32 wickets in Karachi Whites' 2023–24 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy title season and 28 wickets at 12.96 for Ghani Glass in the 2025–26 President's Trophy.

His white-ball highlights include a T20-best 4 for 9 and Player of the Match award for Karachi Kings in 2022. The 2026 PSL season was less successful, with three wickets in six matches. Keeping both the highs and the difficult return on the page produces a more useful career record than a list made only from positive moments.

Mir Hamza records

Mir Hamza career statistics and records

Batting, bowling and fielding figures are kept separate by competition and format.

Test career · through 6 January 20257matches

Batting

Innings: 14
Runs: 51
High score: 16
Average: 6.38
Strike rate: 28.03
Not outs: 6
100s / 50s: 0/0

Bowling & fielding

Innings: 13
Wickets: 14
Best bowling: 4/32
Average: 45.14
Economy: 3.20
Strike rate: 84.50
Balls: 1,183
Catches / stumpings: 2
5w / 10w: 0/0

First-class career · through 2025/26 President's Trophy131matches