Riaz Poonawala
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Riaz Husein Poonawala is a former cricket
er. Poonawala started his first-class cricket
career playing for his native Maharashtra
for whom he played 28 games between 1982–83 and 1987–88. He later emigrated to the United Arab Emirates
for whom he played in the 1994 ICC Trophy
. Poonawala also competed in two One Day Internationals in the 1994 Pepsi Austral-Asia Cup.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. Poonawala started his first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
career playing for his native Maharashtra
Maharashtra cricket team
The Maharashtra cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Maharashtra in the city of Pune. It is in the Plate Group of the Ranji Trophy...
for whom he played 28 games between 1982–83 and 1987–88. He later emigrated to the United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates cricket team
The United Arab Emirates national cricket team is the team that represents the country of the United Arab Emirates in international cricket matches...
for whom he played in the 1994 ICC Trophy
ICC Trophy
The ICC World Cup Qualifier is an international one-day cricket tournament run under the auspices of the International Cricket Council. Any Associate or Affiliate member of the ICC may attempt to qualify for the ICC Trophy by means of a system of regional qualifying events. The test-playing Full...
. Poonawala also competed in two One Day Internationals in the 1994 Pepsi Austral-Asia Cup.