Zafar Sarfraz Explained

Zafar Sarfraz
Country:Pakistan
Birth Date:30 October 1969
Birth Place:Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
Death Place:Peshawar, Pakistan
Family:Akhtar Sarfraz (brother)[1]
Batting:Left-handed
Role:Middle-order batsman
Club1:Peshawar
Year1:1988–1992
Date:13 April 2020
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/43720.html Cricinfo

Zafar Sarfraz (30 October 1969  - 13 April 2020) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 15 first-class and six List A matches between 1988 and 1992 for Peshawar cricket team.[2] [3]

He retired from playing competitive cricket in 1994.[4] Following his retirement, he became a coach and was involved with the Peshawar Under-19 cricket team.[4] He also worked for the National Bank of Pakistan.[5]

In April 2020, Sarfaz died from COVID-19 complications in Peshawar, Pakistan.[6] [7] He was the first professional cricketer known to have died from coronavirus during the pandemic in Pakistan.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Pakistan First-class Cricketer Zafar Sarfraz Dies of Coronavirus . Network18 Media and Investments Ltd . 14 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Zafar Sarfraz . 13 April 2020 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  3. Web site: Former Pakistan first-class cricketer Zafar Sarfaraz dies due to coronavirus in Peshawar . India Today . 14 April 2020.
  4. Web site: Pakistan first-class cricketer Zafar Sarfraz dies after contracting COVID-19. 14 April 2020. Cricingif. 14 April 2020. 22 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200622091735/https://www.cricingif.com/news/70250/Pakistan-firstclass-cricketer-Zafar-Sarfraz-dies-after-contracting-COVID19. dead.
  5. Web site: First-class cricketer Zafar dies of corona. www.thenews.com.pk.
  6. Book: Booth, Lawrence . 2021 . Wisden Cricketers' Almanack . 300 . Bloomsbury USA . 9781472975478.
  7. Web site: Covid-19: Remembering the ones we have lost . ESPN Cricinfo . 11 May 2021.
  8. Web site: Covid-19 claims Pakistan first-class cricketer Zafar Sarfraz . ESPN Cricinfo . 13 April 2020.