Full name : Mohammad Asif
Date Of Birth : December 20, 1982
Place Of Birth : Sheikhupura, Punjab
Major teams : Pakistan, Asia XI, Khan Research Labs, Lahore Division, Leicestershire, Sheikhupura Cricket Association, Sialkot Cricket Association
Playing role : Bowler
Batting style : Left-hand bat
Bowling style : Right-arm fast-medium





Mohammad Asif is the new pace sensation in Pakistan Cricket. He has only played a few international cricket matches but is already being compared to the great Australian Glenn McGrath. He shares a similar high arm action to McGrath and probes the corridor of uncertainty outside the off stump. He has proved lethal in his short international career as he gets the ball to move both ways creating doubt in the mind of the batsman.



Bowlers such as Akhtar and Sami rely on pace and thier deliveries skid through. Asif is more effective in unfriendly bowling conditions because he extracts more bounce from a fullish length and hitting the deck hard can create enough seam movement even on flat tracks to worry the batsmen. His accuracy of line and length is astonishing and is unrivalled in recent times. Pakistani bowlers have often bowled magic deliveries but these deliveries are usually interspersed by some deliveries that are significantly off line and can result in relieving the pressure off the batsmen.


Mohammad Asif