Yasir Arafat (cricketer)

Not to be confused with Yasir Arafat (cricketer, born 1984).

Yasir Arafat
Yasir Arafat playing for Sussex in 2009
Personal information
Full name
Yasir Arafat Satti
Born (1982-03-12) 12 March 1982 (age 42)
Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
NicknameYas
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 189)8 December 2007 v India
Last Test1 March 2009 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 130)13 February 2000 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI3 May 2009 v Australia
ODI shirt no.27
T20I debut (cap 19)2 September 2007 v Bangladesh
Last T20I30 September 2012 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1997/98–2016/17Rawalpindi
2000/01–2014/15Khan Research Laboratories
2004–2005Scotland
2005/06National Bank of Pakistan
2006, 2009–2010, 2014Sussex
2007–2008Kent
2009/10Otago
2011Surrey
2012Lancashire
2011/12Canterbury
2013Somerset
2013/14–2014/15Perth Scorchers
2015Hampshire
2016→ Somerset (on loan)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 3 11 207 256
Runs scored 94 74 7,110 2,922
Batting average 47.00 14.80 27.55 21.96
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 5/38 1/10
Top score 50* 27 170 110*
Balls bowled 627 414 33,357 12,045
Wickets 9 4 790 404
Bowling average 48.66 93.25 24.08 24.90
5 wickets in innings 1 0 44 8
10 wickets in match 0 0 5 0
Best bowling 5/161 1/28 9/35 6/24
Catches/stumpings 0/– 2/– 56/– 59/–
Source: CricInfo, 9 November 2019

Yasir Arafat Satti (born 12 March 1982) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former international cricketer, an all-rounder who batted right-handed and bowled right-arm fast.

Cricket career

International career

Having previously represented his country at the under-15 level, Arafat made his ODI debut for Pakistan in 2000 when he was 17 years old against Sri Lanka in Karachi and took his first wicket in this match. He played just one more match the following year before being dropped. He was given a second chance at international cricket in the last ODI against England in December 2005 and was retained for the series against India in February 2006, but was left out of the ODI squad for the subsequent tour in England. His next chance at international cricket came in the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy when he was one of the players called up to the Pakistan squad for the Champions Trophy to replace Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif who had both failed drug tests.[2]

In March 2007, he and Mohammad Sami were called up as replacements in Pakistan's squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup after Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were ruled out through injury.[3]

On 8 December 2007, Arafat made his Test match debut for Pakistan against India in Bangalore in the third and final Test of the series. He displayed his all-round abilities by taking 7 wickets in the match including a 5-wicket haul, and scoring 44 in the first innings.[4]

He was part of Pakistan squad for 2009 ICC World Twenty20 but was later replaced due to hamstring injury.[5][6][7]

Domestic and T20 franchise career

In English domestic cricket, he was signed as an overseas player for Scotland as a replacement for Rahul Dravid, and played for them in the 2004 and 2005 seasons. He was signed as an overseas player for Sussex for the 2006 season to line up alongside fellow countrymen Mushtaq Ahmed and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, and helped the team to win the double of the County Championship and the C&G Trophy as well as mount a serious challenge in the Pro40 League. He was signed up to play for Kent in the 2007 season.

In 2004, Arafat performed the extremely rare feat of taking five wickets in six balls for Rawalpindi against the national champions Faisalabad in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. This had only been achieved three times previously in the entire history of first-class cricket: by Bill Copson in 1937, William Henderson in 1938 and Pat Pocock in 1972. Arafat was the only bowler to take the wickets spread over two innings.[8]

In August 2008, it was reported that he was signed by Kolkata Knight Riders to play in the second season of the Indian Premier League tournament but the deal wasn't finalized due to tense atmosphere between India Pakistan after the 2008 Mumbai attacks.[9][10][11][12][13]

Following the 2008 season, Arafat signed once more for Sussex as their overseas player for 2009,[14] signing to return again for another season in 2010.[15] In 2011 he signed for Surrey County Cricket Club. He joined Lancashire as an overseas player for the 2012 Friends Life t20.[16]

In November 2011, he was signed by Canterbury to play in the 2011–12 HRV Cup.[17]

Arafat was signed to play in Big Bash League franchise Perth Scorchers in December 2013.[18] In 2016, he was signed by Somerset from Hampshire on a season-long loan deal as a non-overseas player.[19][20]

Coaching career

Moving to England after his retirement, where he took permanent residence, he coached teams at junior level while in 2023 he became the first former Test cricketer from Pakistan to complete the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) level 4 coaching course.[21]

He coached Surrey CCC as a bowling consultant in 2011 and later in 2022.[22]

On 25 December 2023 Pakistan cricket board appointed Arafat as the Pakistan men team high performance coach for new Zealand t20 series

See also

References

  1. ^ "Yasir Arafat's profile on CREX".
  2. ^ "Asif and Akhtar to return home". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Shoaib and Asif out of the World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  4. ^ "3rd Test: India v Pakistan at Bangalore, 8–12 December 2012". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Former ICL player Razzaq to join Pakistan World T20 squad | Cricket News". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. ^ "ICC approves Razzaq as Arafat's replacement". India Today. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Pakistan turn to Abdul Razzaq after injury to Yasir Arafat". The Guardian. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Yasir Arafat equals world record". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  9. ^ "Yasir Arafat joins KKR". Dawn. Pakistan. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Arafat joins Kolkata Knight Riders". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  11. ^ "No Pakistan players in IPL 2009". Cricbuzz. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  12. ^ "No Pakistani players in IPL 2009? | Cricket News". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Cricket: Pakistan pulls its 11 players out of the IPL because of security fears". The Guardian. 2 February 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  14. ^ "Paceman Arafat returns to Sussex". BBC Sport. 29 October 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
  15. ^ "Yasir Arafat To Remain With Sussex in 2010". Cricket World. 21 October 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
  16. ^ "Lancashire sign all-rounder Yasir Arafat for T20 competition". BBC Sport. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  17. ^ "Canterbury sign Yasir Arafat for HRV Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  18. ^ "Perth Scorchers sign on Yasir Arafat". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. 24 December 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  19. ^ "Somerset: All-rounder Yasir Arafat re-signs on loan from Hampshire". BBC Sport.
  20. ^ "Somerset sign Yasir Arafat on loan from Hampshire for 2016 season".
  21. ^ "Yasir Arafat achieves a milestone". Geo Super. 18 January 2023.
  22. ^ Friend, Nick (27 July 2022). "Yasir Arafat joins Surrey as bowling coach for Royal London Cup". The Cricketer.