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Mohammad Talha (born 15 October 1988) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He has gained an increasing reputation in Pakistani for quick bowling, eventually leading to selection for the international squad for the February 2009 test series against Sri Lanka.

Domestic career
Though relatively inexperienced, he was first noticed in 2005 Afro-Asia Cup playing for the Pakistan U-19s, able to extract bounce and sharp burst of speed. However, injuries limited his performance in the following year. His performance in the 2008–09 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy gained him recognition, playing for National Bank of Pakistan. Alongside a fellow young pace newcomer Mohammad Aamer, he gained his first ten-wicket haul against Pakistan Customs side, taking 10 for 119 in the match. Halfway through the season, he had 34 wickets in six games.

He worked extensively with Aaqib Javaid at the National Cricket Academy based in Karachi, where he slightly re-modified his action to avoid persistent injuries. Javaid said of Talha that he believed him to be close to national team selection and that he was the fastest bowler in Pakistan after Shoaib Akhtar.

In an interview, Talha commented on his desire to be known as a genuine fast bowler and to represent Pakistan at the highest level, "I want to be a 145kp/h bowler. I dont want to get slower, I just want to get faster and faster."

In the home test series against Sri Lanka in 2009, he was chosen for the 15-man squad for both the first and second test. For the first test he was overlooked for pacemen Sohail Khan and all-rounder Yasir Arafat.