Ijaz Ahmed was a great striker of the cricket ball and a stylish batsmen and match winner. He had a very unorthodox technique because of which he was prone to being out leg before wicket and being bowled around his legs. Nevertheless he was a very useful batsmen coming at No.3 in the batting order. He also used to shuffle a lot in his crease and was often trapped Leg before wicket.
Ijaz Ahmed in particular had a great record against Australia and it was his century in Sydney Test which helped Pakistan to win that test match in 1995 under the captaincy of Wasim Akram. That Test victory over Australia was Pakistan's last test victory on Australian soil.
Ijaz Ahmed send into bat as an opener against India in the third ODI of Pakistan - India ODI series 1997 scored a memorable whirlwind innings of 139 runs off only 81 balls which helped Pakistan to a comfortable 9 wicket win over India in only 26 overs chasing India's total of 226 runs.
In the end what I would like to say is that if Twenty20 cricket was played in Ijaz Ahmed's era then Ijaz Ahmed would have proved to be an excellent batsmen in twenty20 internationals.
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