Ashar Zaidi

Ashar Zaidi
Personal information
Full name
Syed Ashar Ahmed Zaidi
Born (1981-07-13) 13 July 1981 (age 43)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1999–2010Islamabad Cricket Association
2013–2015Sussex
2015–2016Comilla Victorians
2016Islamabad United
2016–2018Essex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 112 108 67
Runs scored 6,015 2,968 1,065
Batting average 36.23 33.34 24.76
100s/50s 12/29 4/14 0/4
Top score 202 141 59*
Balls bowled 6,023 3,451 870
Wickets 94 77 40
Bowling average 29.81 32.97 26.37
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/50 4/39 4/11
Catches/stumpings 84/– 37/– 17/–
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 23 August 2018

Syed Ashar Ahmed Zaidi (Urdu: سید اشعر احمد زیدی; born 13 July 1981) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer. Zaidi is a left-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler who is considered an all-rounder. He has played first-class cricket for Islamabad in Pakistan and for Sussex and Essex in England and has represented the Pakistan A cricket team at international level. He holds a British passport and as a result can play as a domestic player in England.[1]

In August 2024, he was banned from all cricket for a period of five years by the International Cricket Council.[2]

  1. ^ Ashar Zaidi: Sussex sign all-rounder on two-year deal, BBC Sport, 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  2. ^ "Zaidi, Sanghavi and Choudhary banned under Anti-Corruption Code". ICC. 7 August 2024. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.