Asif Ahmed (cricketer, born 1942)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Asif Ahmed
Personal information
Full nameAsif Ahmed
Born(1942-04-01)1 April 1942
Karachi, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1959-60Pakistan Universities
1959-60 to 1960-61Karachi University
1961-62 to 1970-71Karachi
1963 to 1964Oxford University
1971-72Public Works Department
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 61
Runs scored 2186
Batting average 26.65
100s/50s 4/8
Top score 148
Balls bowled 114
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 30/–
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, he 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.

References[]

  1. ^ Pakistan Universities v East Pakistan 1959-60
  2. ^ Karachi Blues v Combined Services 1961-62
  3. ^ Combined XI v MCC 1961-62
  4. ^ Karachi v North Zone 1961-62
  5. ^ Asif Ahmed batting by season
  6. ^ Wisden 1963, p. 300.
  7. ^ Essex v Pakistanis 1962
  8. ^ Oxford University v Pakistan Eaglets 1963
  9. ^ Lahore Greens v Karachi Blues 1967-68
  10. ^ Karachi v Railways 1967-68

External links[]

Retrieved from ""