| Maneer Mirza | |
| Fullname: | Maneer Mohammed Mirza |
| Birth Date: | 1 April 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Birmingham, England |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Club1: | Worcestershire |
| Year1: | 1997 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 6 |
| Runs1: | 17 |
| Bat Avg1: | 5.66 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 10* |
| Deliveries1: | 916 |
| Wickets1: | 19 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 32.63 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/51 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Column2: | LA |
| Matches2: | 4 |
| Runs2: | – |
| Bat Avg2: | – |
| 100S/50S2: | –/– |
| Top Score2: | 141 |
| Deliveries2: | – |
| Wickets2: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 113.00 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 1/31 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | –/– |
| Date: | 9 April |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/maneer-mirza-17039 ESPNcricinfo |
Maneer Mohammed Mirza (born 1 April 1978) is an English first-class cricketer: a right-arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman who played for Worcestershire. He was born to Pakistani parents in Birmingham on 1 April 1978 and is the younger brother of another former Worcestershire player, Parvaz Mirza, who died aged 24 in 1995.[1]
In the 1996 season, Mirza played five matches for Worcestershire's second XI, taking 15 wickets at an average of 35.26.[2] The following season, Mirza made his first-class debut in Worcestershire's drawn game against Pakistan A at New Road in July 1997. He took 3–136 in his only innings, and two weeks later made his County Championship debut against Kent, taking three wickets in the match.[3] Derek Hodgson of The Times described him as having "a fine delivery action in an impressively sharp spell" and "an interesting, possibly exciting proposition."[4] Having reached the first team he remained there for the rest of the season, playing a total of six first-class games and taking 19 wickets at 32.63; he also appeared in four List A games, but took just one wicket in total.
In July 1998, after two games in the second XI championship, Mirza suffered a stress fracture of the back and was unable to play again that season.[5] He returned for 1999 and 2000, but never managed to force his way back into the First XI, and eventually left Worcestershire in September 2000.[6] He appeared once each for Surrey's and Leicestershire's second teams in 2002, but has never again played first-team county cricket.