Zafir Din

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Zafir Din
Personal information
Full nameZafir Zulfiqar Din
Born (1977-04-22) 22 April 1977 (age 44)
Nairobi, Kenya
BattingLeft-handed
Bowling Leg break googly
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches1
Runs scored0
Batting average
100s/50s–/–
Top score0*
Balls bowled24
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 September 2021

Zafir Zulfiqar Din (born 28 April 1977) is a Kenyan former first-class cricketer.

Din was born at Nairobi in April 1977. He made his only appearance in first-class cricket for Kenya against a touring England A team at Nairobi in 1998. [1] He bowled four wicketless overs in the match with his leg break googly bowling, and was unbeaten without scoring in the Kenyan first innings. [2] In 2011, he set up the Legend Cricket Academy based at the Jaffery Sports Club in Mombasa, alongside Steve Tikolo, Thomas Odoyo, Sibtain Kassamali, and Bapa Juma Abbas. The aim of the academy was to arrest the decline of cricket in Kenya. [3]

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References

  1. "First-Class Matches played by Zafir Din" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. "Kenya v England A, 1997/98" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. Okinyo, Dun (21 July 2011). "Kenya: Cricket Academy Set Up". The Star . Retrieved 20 September 2021.