Akhlaq Qureshi
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Akhlaq Qureshi was a Pakistan
i-born Italian
cricket
er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who first played cricket back in the 1984/85 season. He made his cricketing debut for the Lahore City Whites in 1984, on the losing side of a Patron's Trophy match. He later played in the 1998 Wills Cup.
His cricketing career found a new lease of life when he When he moved to Italy and decided to represent the new Italian team. He played in their first registered match, against Ireland
in the 1996 European Championship, and thereon played in the 1997 ICC Trophy, and the 1998, 2000, and 2002 European championships.
While playing in Pakistan, he was a lower-order batsman, however, by 1998, he had moved to the middle order for the Italians. He hit one half-century in his career, back in 1984.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i-born Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who first played cricket back in the 1984/85 season. He made his cricketing debut for the Lahore City Whites in 1984, on the losing side of a Patron's Trophy match. He later played in the 1998 Wills Cup.
His cricketing career found a new lease of life when he When he moved to Italy and decided to represent the new Italian team. He played in their first registered match, against Ireland
Irish cricket team
The Ireland cricket team is the cricket team representing all of Ireland. Because of political difficulties, the Irish Cricket Union was not elected to the International Cricket Council until 1993, and qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 2007. The Irish Cricket Union is the...
in the 1996 European Championship, and thereon played in the 1997 ICC Trophy, and the 1998, 2000, and 2002 European championships.
While playing in Pakistan, he was a lower-order batsman, however, by 1998, he had moved to the middle order for the Italians. He hit one half-century in his career, back in 1984.
External links
- Akhlaq Qureshi at Cricket Archive