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Peshawar
The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed the life of former Pakistan first-class cricketer Zafar Sarfraz. The 50-year old is the first professional cricket player from Pakistan to succumb to the coronavirus, after testing positive last Tuesday (April 7). Sarfraz had been on ventilator support in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) of the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar for three days before passing away in the late hours of Monday.
Sarfraz, a left-hand middle-order batsman, made 616 runs from 15 first-class games for Peshawar. He also had 96 runs from six one-day games before retiring in 1994 and moving on to coaching both the senior and the Under-19 Peshawar teams in the mid-2000s.
A prominent figure in the region’s cricket, Zafar was the brother of Pakistan international Akhtar Sarfraz, who went on to play four ODIs between December 1997 and October 1998, scoring 66 runs in four innings. He died 10 months ago in same city after a battle with colon cancer. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) expressed grief over the passing of former first-class cricketer Zafar Sarfaraz from Peshawar due to coronavirus on Monday. It has also offered its sympathies to Zafar’s family and friends.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the province whose capital city is Peshawar, has been one of the most affected COVID-19 regions in the country, with 744 active cases out of a total of 5500 nation-wide. The current death toll due to the virus in Pakistan stands at approximately one hundred.
Peshawar
The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed the life of former Pakistan first-class cricketer Zafar Sarfraz. The 50-year old is the first professional cricket player from Pakistan to succumb to the coronavirus, after testing positive last Tuesday (April 7). Sarfraz had been on ventilator support in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) of the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar for three days before passing away in the late hours of Monday.
Sarfraz, a left-hand middle-order batsman, made 616 runs from 15 first-class games for Peshawar. He also had 96 runs from six one-day games before retiring in 1994 and moving on to coaching both the senior and the Under-19 Peshawar teams in the mid-2000s.
A prominent figure in the region’s cricket, Zafar was the brother of Pakistan international Akhtar Sarfraz, who went on to play four ODIs between December 1997 and October 1998, scoring 66 runs in four innings. He died 10 months ago in same city after a battle with colon cancer. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) expressed grief over the passing of former first-class cricketer Zafar Sarfaraz from Peshawar due to coronavirus on Monday. It has also offered its sympathies to Zafar’s family and friends.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the province whose capital city is Peshawar, has been one of the most affected COVID-19 regions in the country, with 744 active cases out of a total of 5500 nation-wide. The current death toll due to the virus in Pakistan stands at approximately one hundred.