Aasif Karim
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| Full name | Aasif Yusuf Karim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 December 1963 (age 60) Mombasa, Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Irfan Karim (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 3) | 18 February 1996 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 20 March 2003 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aasif Yusuf Karim (born 15 December 1963) is a Kenyan former cricketer who captained the Kenya national cricket team in One Day International (ODI) cricket. Karim made a reputation for himself as a useful lower-order batsman but predominantly as a left-arm spinner.
International career
[edit]Karim also holds the unique distinction of having captained his country in both representative cricket and Davis Cup tennis.
Cricket
[edit]Karim retired from international cricket following the 1999 World Cup in England but was persuaded to return to add experience to Kenya's squad for the 2003 World Cup in South Africa where he helped Kenya become the first non-Test match playing nation to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup. During the Super Sixes match against Australia, Karim gave the Australians a scare with figures of 8.2-6-7-3 and collecting Man-of-the-match honours.[1] He lost in his last ODI, the World Cup semi-final against India.[2] Karim announced at the end of the tournament that he would be retiring, this time for good.
His son, Irfan Karim, is also a professional cricketer and former captain of the Kenyan national cricket team.
Tennis
[edit]Karim represented Kenya in a Davis Cup tie against Egypt in 1988. He played two singles matches and one doubles rubber.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "9th Super (D/N), ICC World Cup at Durban, Mar 15 2003 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ "2nd SF (D/N), ICC World Cup at Durban, Mar 20 2003 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ Davis Cup record
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- Cricketers at the 1996 Cricket World Cup
- Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Cricketers at the 1999 Cricket World Cup
- Cricketers at the 2003 Cricket World Cup
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Kenya
- Kenya One Day International cricketers
- Kenyan cricket captains
- Kenyan cricketers
- Kenyan Muslims
- Kenyan male tennis players
- Kenyan people of Indian descent
- Sportspeople of Indian descent
- Sportspeople from Mombasa