Kashif Ali (cricketer, born 1998)

Not to be confused with Kashif Ali (cricketer, born 2002).

Kashif Ali (born 7 February 1998) is a Pakistani-born English cricketer.^[1]

Kashif Ali

Ali in 2021
Personal information
Born	(1998-02-07) 7 February 1998 (age 27) Kotli, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg break
Role	Batter
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2022–present	Worcestershire (squad no. 27)
2023/24–2024/25	Ghani Glass
First-class debut	25 July 2022 Worcestershire v Derbyshire
List A debut	2 August 2022 Worcestershire v Kent
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 28 13 29 Runs scored 1,534 559 534 Batting average 32.63 50.81 24.27 100s/50s 3/9 1/4 0/1 Top score 133 114 69 Balls bowled 332 – 6 Wickets 3 – 0 Bowling average 101.00 – – 5 wickets in innings 0 – – 10 wickets in match 0 – – Best bowling 2/13 – – Catches/stumpings 9/– 4/– 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 April 2025

Career

Kashif Ali made his Twenty20 debut for the Marylebone Cricket Club in the 2018 MCC Tri-Nation Series against the Netherlands on 29 July 2018.^[2][3] Ali has also been part of Kent County Cricket Club's academy scholar programme,^[4] and Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club's second XI.^[5]

In June 2022, Ali signed for Worcestershire County Cricket Club,^[6] becoming the first person to graduate from the South Asian Cricket Academy and sign with a first-class county side.^[7][8] He made his first-class debut on 25 July 2022, for Worcestershire in the 2022 County Championship.^[9]

In April 2024, Ali scored his maiden first-class cricket hundred.^[10]