Ali Zia

Ali Zia (born March 20, 1957 in Lahore) is a former Pakistani first class cricketer who played from 1974/75 until 1992/93. In 165 games he made 8579 runs at 33.90 and scored 13 hundreds with a best of 229 not out. With the ball he managed 241 wickets at 28.39, once taking 8 for 60 in an innings.

Ali, along with Mohsin Kamal, coached Bangladesh in the 2003 World Cup.

Bangladesh squad – 2003 Cricket World Cup
  • Khaled Mashud (w)
  • Al Sahariar
  • Alok Kapali
  • Akram Khan
  • Habibul Bashar
  • Hannan Sarkar
  • Ehsanul Haque
  • Sanwar Hossain
  • Khaled Mahmud
  • Manjural Islam
  • Mashrafe Mortaza
  • Mohammad Ashraful
  • Mohammad Rafique
  • Talha Jubair
  • Tapash Baisya
  • Tushar Imran
  • Mohsin Kamal & Ali Zia

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    That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came, he saw, and if he didn’t entirely conquer—he came as close as anybody we are likely to see in the lifetime of this doomed generation.
    Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939)