Aftab Habib

Former England batsman Aftab Habib believes Hong Kong face a tough test in the ICC World Cricket League Division Four which gets underway in Tanzania next week

As no less than nine of their squad were born in Pakistan, the 9th Asia Cup could well be mistaken as a homecoming of sorts for Hong Kong

While he knows all too well how tough it will be for his inexperienced side to beat India and Pakistan, Hong Kong captain Tabarak Dar sees the Asia Cup as an excellent opportunity to learn and develop

Aftab Habib, the former England batsman, has been appointed as Hong Kong's coach on a three-year contract

Eleven cricketers of Asian extraction who have played for England ... with varying degrees of success

Aftab Habib retired from an innings in New Zealand club cricket because of the abuse he was getting

The former England batsman, Aftab Habib, who parted company with Essex last month, might have played his last match as a professional cricketer

Aftab Habib, who represented England in two Tests in 1999, has been offered a contract by Leicestershire

The former England batsman, Aftab Habib, has parted company with Essex in a bid to further his faltering career

The former England batsman, Aftab Habib, is facing an uncertain future, after it was announced that his county, Essex, had deferred a decision on whether to extend his contract, which expires at the end of the season

With the A team party to tour West Indies announced at midday, speculation is growing as to the make up of the squad, and the identity of the captain in particular

MW Alleyne (Gloucestershire, capt), JP Crawley (Lancashire, vice-capt), IJ Ward (Surrey), VS Solanki (Worcestershire), U Afzaal (Nottinghamshire), A Habib (Leicestershire), DJG Sales (Northamptonshire), CMW Read (Nottinghamshire, wkt), JS Foster

When Mike Gatting was captain of Middlesex in the early 1990s, Aftab Habib was just another name on the county books, desperate for the opportunity to prove himself as a batsman but little more than a supernumerary at Lord's

Thirteen selected, including two new faces, and Chris Read and Aftab Habib are both certain to play at Edgbaston