Kashif Ali (born 7 February 1998) is an English

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er. He made his

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debut for the

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in the 2018 MCC Tri-Nation Series against the

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on 29 July 2018. Ali has also been part of Kent County Cricket Club's academy scholar programme, and Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club's second XI. In June 2022, Ali signed for

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, becoming the first person to graduate from the South Asian Cricket Academy and sign with a first-class county side. He made his first-class debut on 25 July 2022, for Worcestershire in the

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* 1998 births Living people English cricketers Bedfordshire cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Worcestershire cricketers English cricketers of the 21st century British Asian cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1990s-stub