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Morteza Ali (born 1 January 1987) is an Afghan cricketer who made his first-class debut in April 2009, for Oxford MCCU against Worcestershire. [1] He became the third Afghan player, after Mumtaz Habib in 2006 and Mohammad Nabi in 2007, to play in a first-class cricket match in England. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Morteza Ali". Cricinfo.
  2. ↑ Race, Michael (2 July 2019). "'Cricket saved me after my family was murdered'" – via www.bbc.co.uk.


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