Pakistani cricketer
Asif Khan Afridi (born 25 December 1986) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer.[1] He was banned to play cricket in Pakistan for two years, of which one year was suspended.[2][3]
Currently playing for Newcastle City Cricket where he is amongst the top wicket taker with the team sitting at the top of the league as well as guiding them to several finals
Career
Afridi was played in 2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and was the leading wicket-taker for Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), with 30 dismissals in seven matches.[4] He was also the leading wicket-taker for FATA in the 2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, with thirty dismissals in seven matches.[5]
In January 2021, Afridi was named in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's squad for the 2020–21 Pakistan Cup.[6][7] In the final of the tournament, he took a five-wicket haul,[8] to be named the player of the match and the bowler of the tournament.[9]
In March 2022, Afridi was named in Pakistan's One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against Australia.[10]
On 7 February 2023, Afridi was banned by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) from all cricket for a period of two years. He had pleaded guilty to two violations of the PCB’s anti-corruption code. He had failed to report an approach “to engage in corrupt conduct” during the National Twenty20 Cup.[11]
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