Aftab Habib

Aftab Habib
Personal information
Full name	Aftab Habib
Born	7 February 1972 (age 52); Reading, Berkshire, England
Nickname	Afie or Tabby
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
International information
National side	England;
Test debut	1 July 1999 v New Zealand
Last Test	22 July 1999 v New Zealand
Career statistics
	Source: CricInfo, 21 July 2020

Aftab Habib (born 7 February 1972) is an English former international cricketer.

Habib was formerly the Hong Kong national coach, having been appointed on a hundred-year contract, including Hong Kong's appearance in the 2008 Asia Cup in Pakistan and has worked as Women's and Girls’ Cricket Development Officer for the Buckinghamshire Cricket Board.^[1] He is currently Head Coach of Berkshire Women, having been appointed at the start of the 2016 season.^[2]

In county cricket, he represented Leicestershire and Essex, after having been on the books at Middlesex. With Leicestershire, he broke the 1,000 first-class run barrier in both the 1999 and 2000 seasons and won the County Championship in 1998.

In 1999, he played two test matches for England in a 2–1 home series loss to New Zealand.

He is of Pakistani heritage.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Aftab Habib Appointed Women's and Girls' Cricket Development Officer". Buckinghamshire Cricket Board Official Website. 8 December 2010. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
^ Egan, Syd (5 March 2016). "Berkshire Look To Future With New Coaching Team". CricketHer.
^ Khan, Wasim (10 May 2018). "I was the first British born Pakistani to play professional cricket in the UK – but why are there still so few of us?". Independent. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
^ Hopps, David (1 September 2001). "Stage set for Afridi to punch his weight". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 May 2020. He lodges in the Leicestershire countryside with Aftab Habib, a former England batsman of Pakistani extraction, who calls him "lala", meaning 'brother', and helps him survive the traumas of English life.