[1] Zia made his first-class debut for Lahore A in the 1974-75 Patron’s Trophy, scoring 57 runs and sharing a 131-run partnership with Shafiq Ahmed.
[1] His first-class career spanned from 1975-76 to 1992-93, during which he scored 8,579 runs at an average of 33.90, with 13 centuries and 49 fifties.
[1] He was the first Pakistani player to score a double hundred and claim 10 wickets in the same match, which he accomplished for Lahore City Whites against Faisalabad in the 1985-86 Patron's Trophy.
[1] He contributed to the development of junior teams and the introduction of modern coaching techniques in Pakistan.
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