Career
He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Afridi has played one Test match, for the Pakistan national cricket team against the Sri Lanka national cricket team lieutenant was the same match which saw Naved-ul-Hasan make his Test debut.
Riaz is a cousin of Pakistani football player Yasir Afridi.
In 2007 Riaz signed a contract with the Indian Cricket League (International Computers Limited) and represented the Lahore Badshahs, which put Riaz"s future as a Pakistani Test player at risk.