Kadeer Ali

Abdul-Kadeer Ali (Urdu: عبد قادر علی; born 7 March 1983) is an English first-class cricketer who is currently Assistant Head Coach at Worcestershire, where he started his first class playing career.

[3] Ali stated he wanted to fulfil his dream of opening the batting with his childhood hero and cricketing mentor Haseeb Bajwa.

After several Second XI games in 1999, Ali made his first-class debut for Worcestershire in early May 2000, when he appeared against Cambridge University at Fenner's, scoring 3 in his only innings.

[6] At international Under-19 level, however, he enjoyed some success: he hit 155 against West Indies Under-19s at Trent Bridge in August 2001,[7] while a year later he made 97 and 111 versus India Under-19s at Northampton.

2006 was to prove a much better season for Ali: he averaged close to 40 in first-class cricket, and at last hit a century when he struck 145 at Northampton in August, putting on 254 for the third wicket with Hamish Marshall.

[15] When he did return to Gloucestershire's ranks, he enjoyed a fair degree of success with the bat, making three first-class hundreds including a career-best 161 against Northamptonshire in August.