Zaheer Reaz Ali (born 17 January 1981) is a former

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cricketer who represented

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in West Indian domestic cricket. He played as a left-handed middle-order batsman. Ali represented the West Indies under-19s at the 2000 Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka. He played in three of his team's matches, scoring 31 against the combined Americas under-19 team, 27 against

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, and a golden duck against

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. After the World Cup, Ali made his first-class debut in April 2000, playing for a West Indies Select XI against the touring Zimbabweans.First-class matches played by Zaheer Ali
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 August 2016. His limited-overs debut came later in the year, when he featured twice for Trinidad and Tobago in the

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.List A matches played by Zaheer Ali
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 August 2016. During the

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, Ali made five appearances for

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(a development team), although he had little success. His first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago came the following season. He played his last top-level matches during the

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, scoring his only first-class half-century (52 against

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) in his first match of the season.

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