| Asif Ahmed | |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Birth Date: | 1 April 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Karachi, British India |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Club1: | Pakistan Universities |
| Year1: | 1959-60 |
| Club2: | Karachi University |
| Year2: | 1959-60 to 1960-61 |
| Club3: | Karachi |
| Year3: | 1961-62 to 1970-71 |
| Club4: | Oxford University |
| Year4: | 1963 to 1964 |
| Club5: | Public Works Department |
| Year5: | 1971-72 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 61 |
| Runs1: | 2186 |
| Bat Avg1: | 26.65 |
| 100S/50S1: | 4/8 |
| Top Score1: | 148 |
| Deliveries1: | 114 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | - |
| Fivefor1: | - |
| Tenfor1: | - |
| Best Bowling1: | - |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 30/ - |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34206/34206.html Cricket Archive |
| Date: | 13 May |
| Year: | 2014 |
Asif Ahmed (born 1 April 1942) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1960 to 1972.
A right-handed batsman, Ahmed made a century on his first-class debut at the age of 17, scoring 148 for Pakistan Universities against East Pakistan in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1959-60.[1]
In 1961-62 he scored 75 for the Karachi Blues team that defeated Combined Services in the final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.[2] He was selected to play for a Combined XI against the touring MCC team a few weeks later, and made 58, the top score on either side in a match ruined by rain.[3] Then in the final of the Ayub Trophy, he scored 115 in Karachi's victory over North Zone.[4] In that season he made 613 runs in 10 matches at an average of 51.08.[5]
Ahmed was selected to tour England in 1962 with the Pakistan team. However, he played only nine of the 29 first-class matches and sometimes "went weeks on end without playing"[6] and finished with only 155 runs at 11.92, with a highest score of 43 against Essex.[7]
He studied at Oxford University after the tour and appeared for the university side irregularly in 1963 and 1964. He played 18 matches for Oxford, scoring 456 runs at 16.88, with a top score of 54 (retired hurt) against Pakistan Eaglets in 1963.[8]
In his first match after returning to Pakistan, in November 1967, Ahmed opened the batting for Karachi Blues against Lahore Greens in the long-delayed final of the 1965-66 Ayub Trophy and made 114 in a ten-wicket victory.[9] Later that month, in the final of the 1966-67 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, he again opened the batting for Karachi and made 109 to help them to victory over Railways.[10] He continued to play first-class cricket, with moderate success, until 1972.