The first of eight South Asian Cricket Academy graduates to get a county contract, Kashif Ali has started the season in style, says Sam Dalling
Ask a batter for their magic number, and most will tell you it is any containing three figures. But as Kashif Ali celebrated his maiden first-class century against Warwickshire last weekend, and then a second less than 48 hours later, the two digits visible on the back of his Worcestershire whites held as much significance.
“I played my first ever hardball game aged 15 for Dunstable Town in a friendly,” he tells TCP. “I was a bowler but, batting at 11…
