Arshad Ali (born 6 April 1976) is a former Pakistani-born

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er who played for the

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.Arshad Ali
ESPNCricinfo Ali was born in

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, Pakistan. He was taught cricket by his brother Shafiq Ahmed, who moved to the UAE in 1991. He subsequently followed his brother to

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and excelled in local domestic cricket, winning an award as the Dubai Cricket Council's best junior player. He reportedly scored 35 centuries in six years in local tournaments through to 2001. He is the uncle of Shafiq's son, Pakistan international

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. Ali represented the UAE at the

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in Canada, notably scoring a century against

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. He was named

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in the final of the

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after taking 4/24 against

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. He made his

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(ODI) debut for the UAE against

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at the

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. He played three further ODI's, one more at the 2004 Asia Cup and two at the

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, with a highest score of 41 against

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in 2008. In the opening match of the

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, Ali scored 213 not out against

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to lead the UAE to a 367-run win. His highest score in

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was 185 against

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in the

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. Only two weeks later, he took career-best

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figures of 7/41 against

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. In 2010, Ali took 3/7 against English county team Sussex in the final of the Emirates Airline Twenty20, leading the Emirates XI to an unlikely 14-run victory defending a total of 85. His final match for UAE was against

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in 2013 during the ICC World Cricket League Championship.

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* 1976 births Emirati cricketers United Arab Emirates One Day International cricketers Pakistani emigrants to the United Arab Emirates Pakistani expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Living people Pakistani cricketers Cricketers from Sialkot {{UnitedArabEmirates-cricket-bio-stub