Asif Mohammad

{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (born 1965)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Asif Mohammad

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| country = Pakistan

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|12|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

| death_date =

| death_place =

| family = Raees Mohammad (father)

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off-spin

| club1 = PIA

| year1 = 1978-79 to 1996-97

| columns = 2

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 115

| runs1 = 5085

| bat avg1 = 31.19

| 100s/50s1 = 7/27

| top score1 = 183

| deliveries1 = 3825

| wickets1 = 57

| bowl avg1 = 29.80

| fivefor1 = 2

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 5/54

| catches/stumpings1 = 90/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 110

| runs2 = 1699

| bat avg2 = 23.27

| 100s/50s2 = 0/5

| top score2 = 73*

| deliveries2 = 2932

| wickets2 = 72

| bowl avg2 = 27.44

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = n/a

| best bowling2 = 4/10

| catches/stumpings2 = 44/–

| date = 19 February

| year = 2022

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/asif-mohammad-39244 Cricinfo

}}

Asif Mohammad (born 21 December 1965) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played 115 matches of first-class cricket in Pakistan, mostly for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), from 1979 to 2000.{{cite web |title= Asif Mohammad| url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/18/18886/18886.html|website=CricketArchive |access-date=19 February 2022}} His father was the cricketer Raees Mohammad, and his uncles Wazir, Hanif, Mushtaq and Sadiq all played Test cricket for Pakistan.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/502404.html|title=Sadiq Mohammad – 'Self-belief was my best attribute'|first=Ijaz |last=Chaudhry|publisher=Cricinfo|date=22 February 2011|access-date=19 February 2022}}

Asif toured Zimbabwe with PIA in 1981–82, playing in both first-class matches against Zimbabwe, and scored a century in the second match.{{cite web |title=Zimbabwe v Pakistan International Airlines 1981-82 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1981-82/OTHERS+ICC/PIA_IN_ZIM/PIA_ZIM_19-22MAR1982.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=21 February 2022}} When the Sri Lanka Under-23 side toured Pakistan in 1983–84, he played in two of the three matches for Pakistan Under-23 against the tourists.{{cite web |title=Sri Lanka Under-23s in Pakistan 1983/84|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/2/Sri_Lanka_Under-23s_in_Pakistan_1983-84.html|website=CricketArchive |access-date=21 February 2022}} His highest first-class score was 183 for PIA against Agriculture Development Bank in the semi-final of the Patron's Trophy in 1993–94, when he batted for ten and a half hours.{{cite web |title=Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan v PIA 1993-94|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/58/58252.html|website=CricketArchive |access-date=21 February 2022}} He was a member of PIA's title-winning teams in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1987–88{{cite web |title=PIA v United Bank, 1987-88 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/49/49779.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=8 December 2024}} and 1989–90.{{cite web |title=PIA v United Bank, 1989-90 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/52/52537.html|website=CricketArchive |access-date=8 December 2024}}