Zafar Sarfraz (30 October 1969 – 13 April 2020) was a Pakistani
cricket
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er who played in 15
first-class and six
List A
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matches between 1988 and 1992 for
Peshawar cricket team
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.
He retired from playing competitive cricket in 1994.
Following his retirement, he became a coach and was involved with the Peshawar Under-19 cricket team.
He also worked for the
National Bank of Pakistan
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.
In April 2020, Sarfaz died from
COVID-19
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The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...
complications in Peshawar, Pakistan.
He was the first professional cricketer known to have died from coronavirus during the
pandemic in Pakistan.
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1969 births
2020 deaths
Pakistani cricketers
Peshawar cricketers
Cricketers from Peshawar
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
20th-century Pakistani sportsmen
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