Frasat Ali
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Frasat Ali Mughal was an all-rounder
representing the East African cricket team
. He played in East Africa
's inaugural international One Day International against New Zealand
in their first match of the 1975 World Cup
. In that match, he made a score of 45, the highest ever by anybody from the East African cricket team. He never took a wicket with his medium pacers. He is one of the well known players of the team and currently resides in Great Britain, In London, where he is also coaching a small youth team.
All-rounder
An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a few batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are considered specialists...
representing the East African cricket team
East African cricket team
The East African cricket team was a cricket team representing Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. Their first game was against a South African Non-European team in 1958. East Africa appeared in the 1975 World Cup- represented by players from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia; and the 1979, 1982...
. He played in East Africa
East Africa
East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...
's inaugural international One Day International against New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
in their first match of the 1975 World Cup
1975 Cricket World Cup
-Group B:-Knockout stage:-Semifinals:In the best World Cup performance to date by a bowler, Gary Gilmour took six wickets as England were bowled all out for 93 , after falling to 37/7...
. In that match, he made a score of 45, the highest ever by anybody from the East African cricket team. He never took a wicket with his medium pacers. He is one of the well known players of the team and currently resides in Great Britain, In London, where he is also coaching a small youth team.