Ramiz Hasan Raja (; born 14 August 1962) is a Pakistani cricket administrator, commentator, YouTuber, and former cricketer who served as the 35th Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board between September 2021 and December 2022. As a player, Raja represented Pakistan (sporadically as a captain) during the 1980s and the 1990s. He also talks about cricket on his YouTube channel Ramiz Speaks. Early life and education Raja was born in Punjabi Muslim Rajput family of Janjua clan. His parents had migrated from the Indian city of Jaipur, Rajasthan during Partition of India, while on his wife's side, his mother-in-law is from Delhi and his father-in-law is from Karnal, Haryana. An admirer of Rajasthani architecture, he eventually asked Pakistani architect Nayyar Ali Dada to design his Lahore house on the pattern of Jaipur's Rambagh Palace. His father Saleem Akhtar was a cricketer during the British colonial era who played for Multan and Sargodha after the partition, while his brother Wasim Raja and his cousin Atif Rauf played for the Pakistan national cricket team, with another brother Zaeem Raja having played first-class cricket as well. Raja is an alumnus of Sadiq Public School, Bahawalpur, Aitchison College, Lahore and Government College University, Lahore. Domestic career Ramiz made his first-class cricket debut in 1978, scoring over 9,000 runs in List A and 10,000 runs in first class matches. He remains one of only a few to reach 10,000 first class runs in Pakistan. He got a national call against England. He was regarded as one of the prominent batters playing in Pakistan's domestic cricket. International career Golden years He received his opportunity to play in a Test match against England. His performance was unimpressive, as he was dismissed for 1 run in each innings. However, with the retirement of several players in the Pakistan squad and with the help of his years of experience in first-class cricket, Raja was able to secure a spot in the national side. Ramiz played international cricket for 13 years, appearing in 57 Test matches, with a career average of 31.83 and scoring two centuries. In the One Day International arena, he played 198 matches and scored 9 centuries. He was a member of the national side that reached the semi finals of the 1987 World Cup. He scored 2 centuries in the 1992 World Cup, which was held in Australia, including a century against New Zealand, who had