Yasir Arafat

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yasir Arafat
Occupation	Cricketer
Date Of Birth	Mar 12, 1982(1982-03-12)
Age	42
Birthplace	Rawalpindi
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Rawalpindi
Horoscope	Pisces

Yasir Arafat Biography

Yasir Arafat is one of the most popular and richest Cricketer who was born on March 12, 1982 in Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi, New Zealand. Yasir Arafat Satti (born 12 March 1982) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer. He bats right-handed and bowls right-arm fast.

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.

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

It had been reported (2 August 2008, Hindustan Times, Karachi) that he has signed with the Kolkata Knight Riders to play in the second season of the Indian Premier League 20/20 tournament in 2009 although as Pakistanis were not allowed to play in the tournament, no deal was reached.

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.

Yasir Arafat Net Worth

Yasir Arafat is one of the richest Cricketer from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yasir Arafat 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Having previously represented his country at Under-15 level, he 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.

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.

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.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Facts & Trivia

Yasir Ranked on the list of most popular Cricketer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Yasir Arafat celebrates birthday on March 12 of every year.

What is Yasir Arafat known for?

Arafat, the founder of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), originally employed guerilla warfare and terrorism against Israel in his struggle for an independent Palestinian state.

Why did Yasser Arafat win the Nobel Peace Prize?

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1994, in alphabetical order, to Yasir Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin, for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East.

Who was the Yasser Arafat?

Arafat was one of seven children of a well-to-do merchant and was related, by his father and by his mother, to the prominent al-Ḥusaynī family, which played a major role in Palestinian history (among its members was the grand mufti of Jerusalem, Amīn al-Ḥusaynī, a key figure of the opposition to Zionism during the …

Is Arafat still alive?

November 11, 2004

Which best explains how Yasir Arafat strengthened the case for Palestine?

Which best explains how Yasir Arafat strengthened the case for Palestinian independence? He lessened anti-Israeli violence and persuaded the Israeli government to help his people.