Imran Arif is a Pakistan

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-born English cricket

Cricket

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er. A fast-medium bowler

Seam bowling

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, he currently plays for Worcestershire County Cricket Club

Worcestershire County Cricket Club

Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...

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He played in the second XI for Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

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 during the 2007 season before moving to Worcestershire, where he played five second XI matches before earning a place in the first team, making his first-class debut against Glamorgan

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

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 in July 2008, where he took seven wickets in the match, including 5/50 in the first innings as Worcestershire won by ten wickets.

He signed for Worcestershire as an overseas player, and a new two-year contract with Worcestershire could not be completed until he received a British passport. By 2009 he had lived in the UK for eight years, but did not hold a UK passport. He was granted this in March 2009, and Worcestershire's Director of Cricket Steve Rhodes

Steve Rhodes

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 told the Worcester News

Worcester News

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that Arif had "a wonderful talent". He added: "if he bowls like he did last year we will be very impressed."

In 2009 Arif was allocated to Kidderminster Victoria Cricket Club

Kidderminster Victoria Cricket Club

Kidderminster Victoria Cricket Club is an amateur cricket club in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. Their 1st and 2nd XIs currently play in the Birmingham and District Premier League Premier Division. Their 3rd, 4th and 5th XIs play in the Worcestershire County Cricket League...

by Worcestershire.

Arif was released by Worcestershire at the end of the 2010 season having failed to hold down a first-team place in 2009 or 2010.