Asif Ahmed (born 1 April 1942) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played
first-class cricket from 1960 to 1972.
Career
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.
In 1961-62 he scored 75 for the
Karachi Blues team that defeated
Combined Services in the final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. 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. Then in the final of the
Ayub Trophy, he scored 115 in Karachi's victory over North Zone. In that season he made 613 runs in 10 matches at an average of 51.08.
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" and finished with only 155 runs at 11.92, with a highest score of 43 against
Essex.
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
Pakistan Eaglets were a team of young cricketers from Pakistan, founded by Justice A.R. Cornelius. They toured England and Wales every year from 1952 to 1959, Malaya and Ceylon in 1960-61, and England again in 1963. Most of their matches were no ...
in 1963.
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. 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.
Karachi v Railways 1967-68
/ref> He continued to play first-class cricket, with moderate success, until 1972.
References
External links
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Asif Ahmed
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1942 births
Living people
Pakistani cricketers
Karachi University cricketers
Pakistan Universities cricketers
Karachi cricketers
Oxford University cricketers
Public Works Department cricketers
Cricketers from Karachi
Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford