Ali Asad
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Ali Asad is a Pakistan
i cricket
er. A left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper
, he represents Karachi cricket teams
, having played for their Whites, Blues, Zebras and Dolphins sides. He scored his maiden first-class
century in only his third match, while opening
the batting for Karachi Blues against Peshawar. He has also represented Pakistan Under-19s, averaging 37.20 in Under-19 Test matches, and 45.40 in Under-19 One Day Internationals.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. A left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper
Wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
, he represents Karachi cricket teams
Karachi cricket teams
Karachi cricket teams compete in the Pakistani first-class cricket tournament's the Patron's Trophy and Quaid-i-Azam Trophy. Due to the strength of cricket in the province of Sindh they have fielded more than one team in the annual tournaments....
, having played for their Whites, Blues, Zebras and Dolphins sides. He scored his maiden first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
century in only his third match, while opening
Batting order (cricket)
In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time...
the batting for Karachi Blues against Peshawar. He has also represented Pakistan Under-19s, averaging 37.20 in Under-19 Test matches, and 45.40 in Under-19 One Day Internationals.