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Asif marks first-class comeback with victory
- Updated: October 18, 2016
Asif returns to first-class cricket
Mohammad Asif became the last of the three Pakistan cricketers who were jailed for spot-fixing after the 2010 Lord’s Test to return to first-class cricket and that, too, in a match captained by Salman Butt who was in charge of Pakistan on that day. After missing the first two games of Water and Power Development Authority’s the season with a hamstring strain, he impressed across the two innings with figures if 16-5-51-2 and 13-6-19-2. It was his first appearance in Pakistan domestic cricket since November 2009. As with Butt and Mohammad Amir, Asif returned to playing when his ban elapsed but was held back from first-class action with the PCB wanting to regulate his comeback carefully. Asif’s four wickets helped his side to victory by an innings and 100 runs. WAPDA presently lead the table being unbeaten so far with three straight wins.
FATA takes a flight with first victory
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), a side only inducted into the first-class circuit last year, won their first match of the season by thumping Pakistan International Airlines Bank of Pakistan by 157 runs in Sialkot. In 2013, the PCB under Zaka Ashraf’s chairmanship recognised …
