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Born | Karachi, British India | 1 April 1942||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1959-60 | Pakistan Universities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1959-60 to 1960-61 | Karachi University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1961-62 to 1970-71 | Karachi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1963 to 1964 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1971-72 | Public Works Department | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricket Archive, 13 May 2014 |
Asif Ahmed (born 1 April 1942) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1960 to 1972.
A right-handed batsman, Ahmed made a century on his first-class debut at the age of 17, scoring 148 for Pakistan Universities against East Pakistan in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1959-60. [1]
In 1961-62 he scored 75 for the Karachi Blues team that defeated Combined Services in the final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. [2] He was selected to play for a Combined XI against the touring MCC team a few weeks later, and made 58, the top score on either side in a match ruined by rain. [3] Then in the final of the Ayub Trophy, he scored 115 in Karachi's victory over North Zone. [4] In that season he made 613 runs in 10 matches at an average of 51.08. [5]
Ahmed was selected to tour England in 1962 with the Pakistan team. However, he played only nine of the 29 first-class matches and sometimes "went weeks on end without playing" [6] and finished with only 155 runs at 11.92, with a highest score of 43 against Essex. [7]
He studied at Oxford University after the tour and appeared for the university side irregularly in 1963 and 1964. He played 18 matches for Oxford, scoring 456 runs at 16.88, with a top score of 54 (retired hurt) against Pakistan Eaglets in 1963. [8]
In his first match after returning to Pakistan, in November 1967, Ahmed opened the batting for Karachi Blues against Lahore Greens in the long-delayed final of the 1965-66 Ayub Trophy and made 114 in a ten-wicket victory. [9] Later that month, in the final of the 1966-67 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, he again opened the batting for Karachi and made 109 to help them to victory over Railways. [10] He continued to play first-class cricket, with moderate success, until 1972.
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Born | Karachi, British India | 1 April 1942||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1959-60 | Pakistan Universities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1959-60 to 1960-61 | Karachi University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1961-62 to 1970-71 | Karachi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1963 to 1964 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1971-72 | Public Works Department | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricket Archive, 13 May 2014 |
Asif Ahmed (born 1 April 1942) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1960 to 1972.
A right-handed batsman, Ahmed made a century on his first-class debut at the age of 17, scoring 148 for Pakistan Universities against East Pakistan in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1959-60. [1]
In 1961-62 he scored 75 for the Karachi Blues team that defeated Combined Services in the final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. [2] He was selected to play for a Combined XI against the touring MCC team a few weeks later, and made 58, the top score on either side in a match ruined by rain. [3] Then in the final of the Ayub Trophy, he scored 115 in Karachi's victory over North Zone. [4] In that season he made 613 runs in 10 matches at an average of 51.08. [5]
Ahmed was selected to tour England in 1962 with the Pakistan team. However, he played only nine of the 29 first-class matches and sometimes "went weeks on end without playing" [6] and finished with only 155 runs at 11.92, with a highest score of 43 against Essex. [7]
He studied at Oxford University after the tour and appeared for the university side irregularly in 1963 and 1964. He played 18 matches for Oxford, scoring 456 runs at 16.88, with a top score of 54 (retired hurt) against Pakistan Eaglets in 1963. [8]
In his first match after returning to Pakistan, in November 1967, Ahmed opened the batting for Karachi Blues against Lahore Greens in the long-delayed final of the 1965-66 Ayub Trophy and made 114 in a ten-wicket victory. [9] Later that month, in the final of the 1966-67 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, he again opened the batting for Karachi and made 109 to help them to victory over Railways. [10] He continued to play first-class cricket, with moderate success, until 1972.