Asif Mohammad
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| Born | (1965-12-21) 21 December 1965Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Raees Mohammad (father) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1978-79 to 1996-97 | PIA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 February 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asif Mohammad (born 21 December 1965) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played 115 first-class cricket matches in Pakistan, mostly for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), from 1979 to 2000.[1] His father was the cricketer Raees Mohammad, and his uncles Wazir, Hanif, Mushtaq and Sadiq all played Test cricket for Pakistan.[2]
Asif toured Zimbabwe with PIA in 1981–82, playing in both first-class matches against Zimbabwe, and scored a century in the second match.[3] When the Sri Lanka Under-23 side toured Pakistan in 1983–84, he played in two of the three matches for the Pakistan Under-23 against the visitors.[4] His highest first-class score was 183 for PIA against Agriculture Development Bank in the semi-final of the Patron's Trophy in 1993–94, when he batted for ten and a half hours.[5] He was a member of PIA's title-winning teams in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1987–88[6] and 1989–90.[7]
In 1994, aged 29, Asif and his brother came to England to play for Scunthorpe Town Cricket Club playing in the Lincolnshire league[8], he made headlines scoring a century in each of his first 3 matches for Scunthorpe [9]. He ended the season with a record 1206 runs in the Lincolnshire League Premier Division, a record that still stands to this day, with 7 centuries from his 15 innings.
References
- ^"Asif Mohammad". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^Chaudhry, Ijaz (22 February 2011). "Sadiq Mohammad – 'Self-belief was my best attribute'". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^"Zimbabwe v Pakistan International Airlines 1981-82". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^"Sri Lanka Under-23s in Pakistan 1983/84". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^"Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan v PIA 1993-94". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^"PIA v United Bank, 1987-88". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^"PIA v United Bank, 1989-90". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001336/19940319/028/0028
- ^https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001336/19940516/028/0028
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