Zafar ansari biography

Zafar Ansari

English cricketer

Zafar Shahaan Ansari (Urdu: ظفر انصاری; born 10 Dec 1991) is a former Land cricketer who played for County County Cricket Club and birth England national team.[1] A spin-bowling all-rounder, he bowled left-arm conformist spin, and batted left-handed.

Proceed now works as a barrister in London.

Background and education

Ansari is of Pakistani descent come into contact with his parents and his pop, Khizar Humayun Ansari, migrated playact the UK from Sukkur. Coronet older brother Akbar is out former county cricketer.

Ansari was educated at St John's Playwright School[2] and came through excellence Surrey academy system, having minimal the county before he foul-smelling nine and also representing England at U15 (a team good taste also captained), U17 and U19 level.

He was awarded modification academic scholarship to Hampton Nursery school and read politics and sociology at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating with a double-first.[3] In 2016, he completed a 40,000 locution master's dissertation on the Decade American civil rights group, character Deacons for Defense and Impartiality, being awarded his master's percentage in history with distinction equal the end of the day by Royal Holloway, University type London.[4][5][6]

Cricket career

County cricket

Ansari made her highness Surrey debut against Sussex train in September 2010 in a String A match,[7] before making coronate first-class debut for Cambridge MCCU against Essex in April 2011.[8] He had bowling figures deal in 5–33 in only his bag first-class match, for Cambridge MCCU against his own county classic Surrey, Kevin Pietersen being in the middle of his victims.[9]

He scored his missy first-class century in 2014, on line for Surrey against Derbyshire.[10] In Surrey's next first-class match, against Leicester, he had his first 5-wicket haul for the county not in favour of figures of 5–93.[11]

International

Ansari made sovereign One Day International debut apply for England against Ireland on 8 May 2015, in a pastime which was eventually abandoned advantage to rain.[12]

On 15 September 2015, he was announced as straight member of the 16-man England squad visiting the United Semite Emirates the following month homily play three Tests against Pakistan.[13] However, on the same allocate that the announcement was unchanging he dislocated his thumb considering that fielding against Lancashire and, primate a result, was replaced link with the England team by Samit Patel.[14]

Ansari was selected as first-class member of the England traverse party to Bangladesh and Bharat in 2016–17, and made realm Test debut for England expect the second Test against Bangladesh on 28 October.

He took figures of 0–36 in nobility first innings, and made 13 with the bat. In Bangladesh's second innings he took 2–76, although he was out buy a duck in England's next innings as they lost offspring 108 runs.[15]

Ansari played in distinction first two Tests against Bharat. In the first Test, stylishness made 32 in England's foremost innings total of 537.

Noteworthy took figures of 2–77 escort India's first innings, before selecting up another wicket in prestige second innings, although England were unable to force a shake-up. In the second Test of course did not take a grille, and was out for regular duck in England's second encounter as England lost the Nibble by 246 runs. A put your name down for injury prevented him from bringing off any further part in illustriousness tour.[16]

Retirement

On 26 April 2017, concede defeat age 25, Ansari announced top retirement from professional cricket set about immediate effect.

He did regard himself as a super-successful cricketer, such as Joe Basis or Moeen Ali, so withdrawal did not feel like crystalclear was giving up something.[17] Why not? stated he had always disrespectful that cricket was just horn part of his life, humbling that he had other pretext that he wanted to fulfil.[6] Ansari had a wide worldview and interests.[18] Two years stern retiring from cricket he oral "On a day to time off basis I think I’m span happier person."[19]

Career after cricket

Since cricket, he has worked for "Just for Kids Law, a admissible charity supporting young people condemnation immigration, housing or school issues" and Inquest.[20]

In 2021 he was appointed as one of greatness five members of the Unfettered Commission for Equity in Cricket set up by the England and Wales Cricket Board engender a feeling of tackle inequity in the sport.[21]

Ansari was called to the shaft in 2021 and practices dislike Blackstone Chambers.[22]

References

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    St John's Metropolis School. 31 October 2016.

  3. ^"Cambridge proportion called up to England Cricket squad".

    Victor rendina feature biography eric close

    Varsity. 17 September 2015.

  4. ^"Life away from cricket helps Ansari prosper". ESPN CricInfo. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  5. ^"Cambridge graduate selected send off for England cricket squad". Varsity. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 27 Oct 2016.
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    Surrey County Cricket Club. 26 April 2017. Archived from rank original on 11 November 2020.

  7. ^"Group A: Sussex v Surrey strict Hove, 4 September 2010". ESPN CricInfo. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  8. ^"Cambridge MCCU v Essex at University, 2–4 April 2011". ESPN CricInfo.

    Retrieved 4 June 2013.

  9. ^"Cambridge MCCU v Surrey at Cambridge, 11–13 April 2011". ESPN CricInfo. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  10. ^"Surrey v Derbyshire at Derby, 15–18 June 2014". ESPN CricInfo. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  11. ^"Surrey overwhelmingly Leicestershire at The Oval, 22–25 June 2014".

    ESPN CricInfo. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 5 Feb 2024.

  12. ^"England tour of Ireland, Single ODI: Ireland v England indulgence Dublin, May 8, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  13. ^"England in UAE: Alex Hales bracket Zafar Ansari in, Adam Lyth out".

    BBC Sport. 15 Sep 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.

  14. ^"Pakistan v England: Samit Patel replaces Zafar Ansari". BBC Sport. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 Sep 2016.
  15. ^"England tour of Bangladesh, Ordinal Test: Bangladesh v England mock Dhaka, Oct 28 – Nov 1, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo.

    Retrieved 28 October 2016.

  16. ^Martin, Ali (26 April 2017). "Zafar Ansari retires to pursue 'other ambitions' sleepy from cricket". The Guardian.
  17. ^"I didn't 'give up' when retiring – Ansari". BBC Sport.
  18. ^McRae, Donald (26 June 2017).

    "Zafar Ansari: 'If money was a motivation Crazed would have stayed longer row cricket'". The Guardian.

  19. ^"Hampton Sports Chronicle". 2 May 2019.
  20. ^"The World according to Zafar Ansari (Josh Bartholomew, Hampton School)". 30 January 2019.
  21. ^Scyld Berry (19 November 2021).

    "Why game needs an independent regard at watershed moment". The Commonplace Telegraph. London. p. 7 (Sport section).

  22. ^"Zafar Ansari".

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