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Full name Zoheb Khalid Sharif
Born February 22, 1983, Leytonstone, Essex
Current age 25 years 234 days
Major teams Cambridge UCCE,Derbyshire 2nd XI,Essex,Marylebone Cricket Club,Surrey 2nd XI,Sussex,Sussex 2nd XI
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
Ct
St
First-class
15
25
6
771
140*
40.57
1458
52.88
2
4
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
15
1278
943
15
4/98
62.86
4.42
85.2
1
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
2001
Last First-class
Marylebone Cricket Club v West Indians at Durham, Jun 1-3, 2007 scorecard
Profile
Zoheb Sharif, a lefthanded batsman and occasional leg-break bowler,
promised much when he made his first-class debut for Essex in 2001.
But he represented Essex in only four Championship matches - and was
completely overlooked for the county's National League side - before
being released in 2004. However, in that year he was named second XI Player of the Year (for all counties, not just Essex).
Essex let him go because they had too many promising young talents
coming through; the presence of Cook, Bopara, Pettini, Chopra meant
the 1st XI opportunities he merited were non-existent. From then on, he's not been able to gel at any county, with no offers coming through. He's been at Derbyshire and Sussex among others, but as yet he has not received a contract.
Six years after his first-class debut, however, there's now another
chance for him to showcase his talents after being named in a strong
MCC side to face county champions Sussex in the traditional
season-opener at Lord's. His inclusion came on the back of some strong performances for the universities.
