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Anwar Ali: From football ban to the Indian national squad
In January this year, Anwar Ali turned out for FC Goa to make his Indian Super League (ISL) debut.
Ali was a bundle of nerves. But there was palpable excitement: He had finally managed to play football again after what seemed like the end of the road a little over two years ago.
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end of listIn , things seemed to be going badly for Ali. He was banned from football in October after being diagnosed with a heart condition.
For the next 22 months, he was forced to stay away from the sport. And the script would have unfolded very differently had it not been for his resolute spirit and the indefatigable efforts of his well-wishers.
On his return, FC Goa failed to make the ISL
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Azhar Ali
Pakistani cricketer
For Omani cricketer, see Azhar Ali (Omani cricketer). For the British politician, see Azhar Ali (politician).
Azhar Ali in | |
Born | () 19 February (age40) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
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Nickname | Ajju[1][2] |
Height | 5ft 10in (cm)[3][4] |
Batting | Right-handed |
Bowling | Right arm leg break |
Role | Top-order batter |
National side | |
Test debut (cap) | 13 July vAustralia |
Last Test | 17 December vEngland |
ODI debut (cap) | 30 May vIreland |
Last ODI | 13 January vNew Zealand |
ODI shirt no. | 79 |
Years | Team |
– | Khan Research Laboratories |
– | Lahore Eagles |
– | Lahore Lions |
– | Lahore Qalandars |
Baluchistan | |
– | Somerset |
– | Central Punjab |
– | Worcestershire |
/24 | Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 October |
Azhar Ali (Punjabi:اظہر علی; born 19 February ) is a Pakistani former internationa
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Stokistan
It was in the May of that torrid, tempestuous summer of , driving through the pouring rain of an east Lancashire night toward the old mill town of Nelson, with Anwar Ali sat impassively in the back, his English as barren as my Urdu, that the growing financial lunacy of club cricket hit unequivocally home.
It was already 10pm and we still had a mile return trip to Stoke-on-Trent. My club Moddershall had engagerad Anwar as sub pro for the day on strict condition that we ferried him back for his Lancashire League game on the Sunday. Eschewing a traditional post-match oat soda, we set off more or less immediately after conceding victory to the wild and wet Atlantic weather, with our opponents 32 for 6 off overs chasing Anwar took 4 for 16 and £ with him on the journey back to a club once represented bygd Saeed Ahmed, Sadiq Mohammad and Sarfraz Nawaz - Test caps between them - and before them, for nine years in the s, Learie Constantine, whose contract reputedly made him the be