Kashif Ahmed (born 17 November 1975) is a Pakistani-born

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er who played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. Kashif Ahmed is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He played in 38 first-class and 21

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matches for various domestic teams in Pakistan between 1995 and 2000, in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy,

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and PCB Patron's Trophy matches. He has scored a century in his second first-class match,

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for

Karachi Whites Karachi cricket teams competed in the Pakistani first-class cricket tournaments the Patron's Trophy and Quaid-e-Azam Trophy from 1953-54 to 2018-19. Beginning with the 2019-20 season, the city of Karachi has been represented in the Quaid-e-Azam Tr ...

against Rawalpindi A in November 199

and took four wickets in a List A match once, playing for

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against Pakistan International Airlines in March 200

He represented Pakistan at the

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and in two matches of the Under-19s tour to New Zealand in 1995, but has not played in Test cricket or

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s for the Pakistani cricket team. Despite a series of good scores, he could not break into the Pakistan senior team. He soon got an offer to play England league cricket and played for Townville Cricket Club for two years. In 2005, he played in the ICC Intercontinental Cup for the United Arab Emirates cricket team.

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