Shozair Abbas Ali (born 28 December 1992) is an English

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er. Ali is a left-handed

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who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Birmingham, West Midlands. Educated at

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and Moseley Sixth Form College, Ali played cricket from the age of fourteen. He was quickly scouted from Warwickshire district trials, and has represented Warwickshire since under-15 level age-group. In January 2012, he toured Bangladesh with the England Under-19s, making his Youth

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(YODI) debut against Bangladesh Under-19s, with him making three further YODI appearances during the tour. He was selected later in the year in England's fifteen man squad for the

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in Australia. Prior to the tournament, England played a warm up quadrangular series against

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and New Zealand Under-19s, with Ali playing in three matches. In the World Cup that followed, he made two appearances against

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and Bangladesh Under-19s. Having played Second XI cricket since 2010, Ali made his full debut for

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in their first first-class match of the 2013 season against Oxford MCCU at the

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, scoring 10 runs in the match and taking the wickets of Tom Fell and Charlie Ellison.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ali, Shozair 1992 births Living people Cricketers from Birmingham, West Midlands English cricketers Warwickshire cricketers British Asian cricketers