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Full name | Ali Hassimshah Omarshah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Salisbury, Rhodesia and Nyasaland | 7 August 1959|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut(cap 12) | 1 November 1992 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 18 September 1996 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut(cap 7) | 9 June 1983 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 1 September 1996 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1994–1996 | Mashonaland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,24 June 2017 |
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