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The Investec Ashes 2013

Fawad and the uneasy burden of expectations

Jun 6, 2013: Fawad Ahmed's journey is one of Australian cricket's most remarkable feel-good stories, but it is important to keep his potential Ashes contribution in perspective

The Investec Ashes 2013

Fawad Ahmed rushed into Australia A squad

Jun 6, 2013: The legspinner Fawad Ahmed appears likely to join Australia's Ashes campaign after being rushed into the Australia A squad for the remainder of its tour of England and Ireland

Australia news

CA offers marketing contracts to Ahmed, Sandhu

Jun 4, 2013: Cricket Australia is expected to pour more money into growing the game at grassroots level and appealing to a more diverse fan-base after the new A$590 million broadcasting rights deal

Australia news

Parliament gives Ahmed Ashes hope

May 30, 2013: Fawad Ahmed moved one step closer to an Ashes call-up on Thursday when a bill was introduced to federal parliament that could alter Australia's citizenship laws

Australia news

Victoria confirm Christian as only import

Apr 28, 2013: The allrounder Daniel Christian has been confirmed as Victoria's only interstate import for the 2013-14 season while Darren Pattinson and Ryan Carters are notable omissions from the state's contract list

The Ashes 2013

Who could be Australia's Ashes bolters?

Apr 23, 2013: Australia's selectors will name the Ashes squad on Wednesday. Here, ESPNcricinfo runs the rule over five men from the fringes who might have been considered by John Inverarity's panel

Australian cricket's simmering melting pot

Feb 27, 2013: The recent success of Moises Henriques and other cricketers from minority communities bodes well for the game Down Under

Victoria v Qld, Sheffield Shield, Melbourne

Wickets can put Ahmed on Ashes tour

Feb 20, 2013: Every wicket Fawad Ahmed takes for Victoria will enhance his chances of earning Australian citizenship in time for this year's Ashes tour of England

Victoria v Qld, Sheffield Shield, Melbourne

Bulls bowled out after Forrest ton

Feb 18, 2013: Queensland's innings was topped and tailed by Victoria but in between times Peter Forrest overturned a wretched summer with a century in the Sheffield Shield match

Victoria v England Lions, Tour match, Melbourne

England Lions slump to third loss

Feb 13, 2013: England Lions continued their difficult start in Australia with a third-straight warm-up defeat as Victoria eased home by eight wickets at the MCG

South Australia v Victoria, Ryobi Cup, Adelaide

Hussey and Hastings put Victoria in final

Feb 9, 2013: John Hastings and Darren Pattinson held their nerve to steer Victoria to a tense two-wicket victory over South Australia that confirmed their place in the Ryobi Cup final

Sheffield Shield 2012-13

Fawad Ahmed given Sheffield Shield call-up

Jan 22, 2013: Fawad Ahmed could make his Sheffield Shield debut this week after being named in Victoria's squad for their match against South Australia at Adelaide Oval starting on Thursday

West Indies in Australia 2012-13

Fawad Ahmed named in Prime Minister's XI

Jan 11, 2013: Fawad Ahmed, the Pakistan-born legspinner who was granted asylum to live in Australia last year, has been named in the Prime Minister's XI to take on West Indies in Canberra on January 29

Australia news

Fawad Ahmed joins Melbourne Renegades

Nov 22, 2012: The Pakistani legspinner Fawad Ahmed, who was recently granted asylum in Australia, has joined the Melbourne Renegades for the Big Bash League

Fawad Ahmed's hard road to acceptance

Nov 19, 2012: The Pakistan-born legspinner Fawad Ahmed has been granted asylum in Australia. That could be just the beginning of his cricketing journey