Ashar Zaidi

Role

All-rounder

Player Info

Current Teams	Islamabad United
Nationality	Pakistan
	42

T20 Total

R	430
4s	35
6s	15
R	469
W	26
Mat	27
SR	129.90

Ashar Zaidi, a Karachi-born allrounder, signed a two-year contract with Sussex ahead of the 2014 season. Zaidi appeared in two Championship matches for the county in 2013, having played in the Lancashire League since leaving Pakistan. He has a British passport and provided Sussex with a badly-needed spin option after the release of Monty Panesar.
Zaidi wrote to several counties asking for a trial, having impressed during three seasons with Accrington. He scored an unbeaten 192 and took six wickets after being invited to play for the Sussex 2nd XI and then added 62 runs in two innings to go with six wickets during Division One games against Yorkshire and Durham.
He became one of the first cricketers to fall foul of social networking in 2014 when Sussex were obliged to issue a suspended one-match ban in response to his angry tweet immediately after being given out caught behind by Nigel Llong in a Championship match against Somerset at Hove.
Zaidi was drafted into Comilla Victorians for the Bangladesh Premier League. Zaidi shocked the fans yet again but this time by his exceptional performance both with the bat and the bowl. He has been awarded player of series award for BPL T20 2015.