Ahsan Raza is a former Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

i first class cricketer who is currently a cricket umpire

Umpire (cricket)

In cricket, an umpire is a person who has the authority to make judgements on the cricket field, according to the Laws of Cricket...

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Playing career

Ahsan Raza played for a number of Pakistani teams including Faisalabad

Faisalabad cricket team

Faisalabad Cricket Team is one of the 8 regional first-class cricket clubs, based in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Its limited overs team is called Interloop Wolves Faisalabad...

, Habib Bank Limited

Habib Bank Limited cricket team

The Habib Bank Limited cricket team are a first-class cricket side which compete in Pakistani domestic cricket. Younis Khan is the current captain of the side.- Current squad :KeyCorrect as of November 14 2010-Honours:* Patrons Trophy ...

, Lahore

Lahore cricket teams

Lahore Lions compete in the Pakistani first-class cricket tournament's the RBS Twenty-20 Cup and Quaid-i-Azam Trophy. Due to the strength of cricket in the state of Punjab they have fielded more than one Lahore team in the annual tournaments....

 and Sargodha.

Umpiring career

Ahsan Raza is Pakistan's nominated third umpire

Third umpire

In international cricket matches the third umpire is an off-field umpire who makes the final decision in questions referred to him by the two on-field umpires. Television replays are available to the third umpire to assist him in coming to a decision...

 on the International Cricket Council

International Cricket Council

The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...

 International Panel of Umpires and Referees

International Panel of Umpires and Referees

The International Panel of ICC Umpires was established by the ICC in 1994 following trial in 1992/3, to ensure that one neutral umpire would stand in every Test match. It is made up of officials nominated from each of the ten Test playing cricket boards...

. Ahsan Raza made his debut as a first class umpire in 2006 and had umpired 35 matches to the end of February 2009.

Attack

On 3 March 2009, Ahsan Raza was injured in an attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team

2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team

The Sri Lankan cricket team attack occurred on March 3, 2009, when a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketers, part of a larger convoy, was fired upon by 12 gunmen, near the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. The cricketers were on their way to play the third day of the second Test against the...

 in Lahore

Lahore

Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...

. He sustained a bullet wound and was in a serious condition in a Lahore hospital.