Mohammad Imran Tahir (Punjabi: عمران طاہر; born 27 March 1979) is a South African former international cricketer.

A spin bowler who predominantly bowls googlies and a right-handed batsman, Tahir played for South Africa in all three formats of cricket.

On 4 March 2017, against New Zealand he recorded the most economical figures by a South African spinner in an ODI, with 2 wickets for 14 runs from 10 overs.

Being the eldest sibling, he started working at the age of 16 as a retail salesman at Lahore's Pace Shopping Mall on a meagre salary, to support his family.

He has represented eight English county clubs (Derbyshire, Durham, Hampshire, Middlesex, Nottinghamshire, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire and Yorkshire).

[11] Tahir was a member of Hampshire's 2009 Friends Provident Trophy winning squad, taking 2/50 from 10 overs in the final against Sussex.

[16][17] In October 2018, he was named in Nelson Mandela Bay Giants' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.

[26] On 9 August 2021, whilst playing for Birmingham Phoenix against Welsh Fire, Tahir became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in the inaugural season of The Hundred.

[30] Although he was part of South Africa's squad to play a five-match ODI series against India before the World Cup, Tahir did not make his debut.

"[31] Imran Tahir debuted for South Africa in a match against the West Indies on 24 February 2011 at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in Delhi.

Tahir was left out once again after one bad Test with the ball against India and was replaced by Robin Peterson, but he continued to do well in the shorter forms of the game.

He continued to be a regular member of the South African side in all formats and played Test matches in spin-friendly conditions.

[39] In August 2017, he was named in a World XI side to play three Twenty20 International matches against Pakistan in the 2017 Independence Cup in Lahore.

At the age of 40 years and 64 days, Tahir became the oldest cricketer for South Africa to play in a World Cup match.

[46] Tahir retired from the game after playing his team's last group stage match against Australia, along with teammate JP Duminy.