PAKISTAN · LEFT-ARM SPINNER

Noman Ali

A left-arm orthodox spinner from Khipro, Sindh, who made his Test debut at 34 after more than a decade of domestic cricket. Noman has since passed 100 Test wickets and is 10th in the ICC Test bowling rankings (15 September 2026), Pakistan’s highest-ranked Test bowler.

CAREER STATISTICS

International career in numbers

Format	Matches	Wickets	Average	Best	5-wkt / 10-wkt	Runs (best)
Test	22	101	25.08	8/46	9 / 3	391 (97)
First-class	139	500	25.72	8/46	36 / 10	3,320 (103*)

Figures from ESPNcricinfo (via Wikipedia), 12 September 2026. Noman plays Test cricket only for Pakistan.

RECORDS & HIGHLIGHTS

Career highlights

5/35 on Test debut v South Africa in Karachi, January 2021, with Quinton de Kock his first wicket.
7/70 v Sri Lanka in Colombo, July 2023, setting up an innings victory.
Career-best 8/46 v England in Multan, October 2024; named ICC Men’s Player of the Month for October 2024.
Test hat-trick v West Indies in Multan, January 2025, the first by a Pakistani spinner.
Passed 100 Test wickets in just 22 matches, and 500 first-class wickets.

PROFILE

Player profile

Born: 7 October 1986, Khipro, Sindh
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox
Batting: Left-handed
Test debut: v South Africa, Karachi, 26 January 2021
Teams: Karachi Whites (domestic); Lancashire (2026)
Family: Nephew of former Pakistan player Rizwan Ahmed