Aasif Karim

Kenya

Full name Aasif Yusuf Karim

Born December 15, 1963, Mombasa

Current age 56 years 204 days

Major teams Kenya, Jaffery Sports Club

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Relation Son - IA Karim

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	34	24	6	228	53	12.66	375	60.80	1	22	4	6
First-class	2	2	0	35	24	17.50			0			0
List A	40	29	8	274	53	13.04			1			8

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
ODIs	34	33	1568	1114	27	5/33	5/33	41.25	4.26	58.0	0	1
First-class	2		390	184	7	3/40		26.28	2.83	55.7		0
List A	40		1865	1290	28	5/33	5/33	46.07	4.15	66.6	0	1

Career statistics

ODI debut	India v Kenya at Cuttack, Feb 18, 1996 scorecard
Last ODI	India v Kenya at Durban, Mar 20, 2003 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1986/87 - 1997/98
List A span	1995/96 - 2002/03

Profile

Aasif Karim represented Kenya in all of their first 25 official ODIs in a career which lasted from 1980 to 2003. Initially an attacking bowler who was happy to buy wickets, he evolved into a parsimonious one-day expert. An ever-present, he took part in the 1996, 1999 and 2003 World Cups, captaining them in the 1999 event, and also played in the 1986, 1990, 1994 and 1997 ICC Trophies. With a good variation of flight and length, he was consistently among the wickets in the Kenyan leagues. He bowed out after Kenya's remarkable success in the 2003 World Cup, and in their penultimate match, against Australia, he won the Man-of-the-Match award with figures of 8.2-6-7-3. He also captained Kenya in Davis Cup tennis.
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