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Sikandar Raza Butt ( ;born 24 April 1986 in Sialkot, Punjab) is a Pakistani-born Zimbabwean cricketer. Born in Sialkot, Raza emigrated to Zimbabwe in 2001 along with his family. He soon became one of the best batsman in the domestic competition and caught the eye of the Zimbabwe selectors. The only problem was citizenship issues, which was granted in 2011.〔 (Biography ) Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2011〕 ==Domestic career== Sikander Raza was born in Sialkot to Punjabi Muslim parents. He studied at the Pakistan Air Force Public School Lower Topa for three years and aspired to be a Pakistan Air Force pilot, but his dreams were cut short when he failed a vision test mandatory for selection.〔〔http://www.cricket.com.au/news/feature/sikandar-raza-pakistan-born-zimbabwe-international-fighter-pilot-cricket-returns/2015-06-03〕 In 2002, Raza moved with his family to Zimbabwe. He went to Scotland, where he pursued a bachelor's degree in software engineering at the Glasgow Caledonian University. It was here where Raza played semi-professional cricket, realising his potential. After the revamping of Zimbabwe's domestic structure in 2009, he went on to play first-class cricket for the Mashonaland Eagles. He is a successful first-class cricketer, with a top score of 146. He also played List A cricket originally for Northerns but later switched to play for Mashonaland Eagles. He made his List A debut in 2007.〔(Scorecard ) Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2011〕 He made his Twenty20 debut for the Southern Rocks in 2010 against the Desert Vipers.〔(Scorecard ) Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2011〕 He turned out to be a Twenty20 specialist, and was the leading run-scorer in the 2010 Stanbic Bank T20 Competition. In the Metbank Pro40 Championship Final in 2010, he scored a brilliant 44 for Southern Rocks as they cruised to the title against Mid West Rhinos. It was his first big performance that caught the selectorial eye.〔 (Southern Rocks cruise to Pro40 title ) Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2011〕 In January 2011, he achieved his career best List-A score of 80 runs. His performances earned him a place in the preliminary squad for Zimbabwe's 2011 Cricket World Cup campaign, but did not make it to the final squads. By then he had another fine performance, at the Masvingo Sports Club where his opening stand of 161 with Chamu Chibhabha, simply by bludgeoning the Matabeleland Tuskers bowlers, led the foundation for a massive Southern Rocks victory.〔(MetBank Pro40 Championship: Raza, Chibhabha bludgeon Tuskers ) Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2011〕 This made the Zimbabwean selectors select him for the training squad for the Australia A and South Africa A tri-series.〔 (Sikandar Raza closer to Zimbabwe debut ) Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2011〕 The only matter, was he did not have citizenship status,〔 (Can Raza Butt for Country? ) allAfrica.com. Retrieved 10 November 2011〕 which was granted in September 2011.〔(Raza wants to play for Zimbabwe ) ZimCricketForums. Retrieved 15 November 2011〕〔(Selectors considering eligible Raza for T20 selection ) Zimpapers.co.zw. Retrieved 12 December 2011〕 By then he had another remarkable performance scoring 93 off just 48 balls for Southern Rocks against Matabeleland Tuskers in just the previous week's Wednesday in a Twenty20 match. Opening the innings with the legendary West Indian Brian Lara and then getting great support from Elton Chigumbura, Raza took on the Matabeleland Tuskers's bowling attack.〔(Star-studded Rocks bounce back ) Zimcricketnews.com. Retrieved 24 November 2011〕 He then represented a Zimbabwe XI side before the Bangladeshi tour to Zimbabwe started. Zimbabwe XI won the two matches. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sikandar Raza」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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