Making his first-class debut a few weeks after turning 30, Awan took 5 for 19 and 3 for 16 in his first match, for Combined Services against Rawalpindi in December 1958.
[2] He was the most successful bowler in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy that season,[3] taking 25 wickets at 16.36 and helping Combined Services into the final against Karachi.
Batting late on the first day, Aziz was struck on the chest by a slow off-break from Awan, fell to the ground a moment later, never regained consciousness, and died in the ambulance on the way to hospital.
[9] Awan played for a Combined XI against the touring MCC later in the season, taking two wickets in a match ruined by rain.
In 1970–71 he captained Pakistan Air Force to their only victory, over his old side Sargodha, taking match figures of 33–19–58–6.