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Mohammad Asif |
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| Player Details |
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| Team Name |
Pakistan |
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| Full Name |
Mohammad Asif |
| Date of Birth |
20th December 1982 |
| Place of Birth |
Punjab (India) |
| Batting Style |
Left Handed |
| Bowling Style |
Right-arm fast-medium |
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| Player Profile |
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When he made his debut against Australia at Sydney in January 2005, little suggested that Pakistan's long tradition of happening upon blitzing fast bowlers
would continue. Australia wrapped up a whitewash with a nine-wicket win and Asif went wicketless in 18 innocuously expensive overs; he did though pouch a running catch at long-on, making it seem easier than it actually was, and stubbornly resisted without being dismissed for over 100 minutes combined. That determination, however, unveiled itself fully in 2005, when Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, called Asif the most improved player around the national squad. By taking ten wickets in a warm-up game against England, he proved Woolmer right. He narrowly failed to add to his solitary Test appearance during the series, but made an impressive ODI debut one day after his 23rd birthday, dismissing Marcus Trescothick with his third ball; he ended with 2 for 14 off seven incisive overs. Tall, lean and possessed of a little more muscle than on his debut, Asif generates pace a medium-pacer would aspire to and a tearaway would loosen up with, around mid to late 80mph. His action isn't pure, modified slightly since his debut and now involving a Shoaib Akhtar-ish position of the left arm in his jump, but it is repetitive and claimed him seven plumb wickets at Karachi, as Pakistan sealed a famous home series win against India. Since then, he has blossomed magnificently. He was almost single-handedly responsible for Pakistan's Test series win in Sri Lanka, taking 17 wickets in two Tests, including 11 in the memorable Kandy win. England seemed tailor-made for his particular gifts in the summer of 2006, but an elbow injury before the first Test ruled him out until the final Test, by which time Pakistan had lost the series. He was in form straight away, taking five wickets in the forfeited Test and was magnificent throughout the ODI series, troubling all top-order batsmen, including, memorably Kevin Pietersen. He has mind-numbing control over his bowling, a terrifically sharp bowling brain, stamina as well as the useful ability to seam the ball both ways on most pitches. Everyone and everything about him suggests a very bright future. |
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