Former first-class Pakistan cricketer Aamer Bashir dies of cancer
Former leading player of First-class cricket in Pakistan, Aamer Bashir died on Monday December 20th, 2010 due to cancer at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Young-c41367 age of 38. He had been a prolific run-scorer in the domestic cricket of Pakistan for a number of years but was unfortunate
not to represent the national side. However, he was part of Pakistan team’s tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 for a one-off ODI at the Eden Gardens, Calcutta in 2005.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aamer-Bashir-c41383 was born on 1st May 1972 in Multan and started playing cricket from his childhood as his father Bashir Malik was also a First-class cricketer. So cricket was in his blood and he was known to be a passionate cricketer in the cricketing
ranks yet a thorough professional. He made his First-class debut in 1989-90 and regularly played domestic cricket till 2008-09. He was a middle order batsman and played 201 First-class matches representing a number of teams in the domestic cricket and scored
9006 runs at an average of 30.84 which included 16 centuries. He played his last First-class match in February 2009 against PIA in which he scored 38 runs in the only innings. After that he was diagnosed as a cancer patient and could not carry on playing cricket
which he had been doing ever since he was able to stand on his feet.
He started his career playing from his native city Multan but represented a number of regions and departments in a long career including Multan, United Bank of Pakistan, Rawalpindi, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-Customs-c830, Pakistan Telecommunication Company
Limited and Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited.
He was not just a good batsman; in fact he was a role model for a number of young and upcoming players in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Multan-c819 region and never hesitated to give them a helping hand. This was the reason why he captained Multan and other teams for a number of years
in the domestic cricket and was considered to be an instrumental leader.
He played league cricket in England for a number of years and had a good reputation in overseas as a professional cricketer. He was unlucky to be playing in an era when Pakistani team was full of great middle order batsmen like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Salim-c88143 Malik,
Ijaz Ahmed and later on Inzamam ul Haq, Muhammad Yousaf and Younis Khan. He was on the verge of getting a Test cap many times but maybe he was not destined to play for Pakistan.
He had given his life to cricket and now it is the job of Pakistan Cricket Board and his employers to look after his family as he was a true gentleman and a great ambassador of the sport.
It is about time that Pakistani cricketers make an organization or a players association that takes care of the current and retired cricketers and in Bashir’s case, fight for his family’s financial situation. There are a number of players like Aamer Bashir
who are struggling because domestic cricket in Pakistan does not offer a proper career to the players unlike India, England, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757.
Pakistan’s domestic cricket is definitely going to miss Aamer Bashir. May his soul rest in peace.
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