Asif Abdulhai Mulla [1] (born 5 May 1980) is an Indian-born Canadian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a Wicket-keeper.[2]

Asif Mulla
Personal information
Full name
Asif Abdulhai Mulla
Born (1980-05-05) 5 May 1980 (age 43)
Navsari, Gujarat, India
NicknameAloka
BattingRight-handed
RoleOccasional wicket-keeper
RelationsMohsin Mulla (brother)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 43)26 November 2006 v Netherlands
Last ODI8 July 2009 v Scotland
T20I debut (cap 18)10 October 2008 v Pakistan
Last T20I13 October 2008 v Zimbabwe
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 24 4 9 36
Runs scored 482 11 317 665
Batting average 20.08 2.75 18.64 19.00
100s/50s –/1 –/– –/1 –/2
Top score 58 8 87 66
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 9/5 1/2 30/4 13/7
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 January 2010

He made his One Day International debut for Canada in Potchefstroom against the Netherlands in 2006–07, although he had previously played for the USA's under 16 side.

Asif Mulla was the fourth batsman to be dismissed on a duck in the first ball of the innings of a T20I and was also the first batsman to be dismissed on a duck in the first ball of a T20I match when batting first.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ His first name is commonly spelt Asif, but his passport spells it Ashif "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). The former spelling is used by the Canadian Cricket Association website and CricketArchive, and the latter by ESPNcricinfo.
  2. ^ "Asif Mulla". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Records. Twenty20 Internationals. Batting records. Dismissed by the first ball of a match". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2017.

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