Shozair Ali

Shozair Abbas Ali (born 28 December 1992) is an English first-class cricketer. Ali is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Birmingham, West Midlands.

Shozair Ali

Personal information
Full name	Shozair Abbas Ali
Born	(1992-12-28) 28 December 1992 (age 32) Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2013	Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 10 Batting average 5.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 8 Balls bowled 174 Wickets 2 Bowling average 51.50 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 2/76 Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 May 2013

Educated at Queensbridge School and Moseley Sixth Form College, Ali played cricket from the age of fourteen.^[1] He was quickly scouted from Warwickshire district trials, and has represented Warwickshire since under-15 level age-group.^[1][2] In January 2012, he toured Bangladesh with the England Under-19s, making his Youth One Day International (YODI) debut against Bangladesh Under-19s, with him making three further YODI appearances during the tour.^[3] He was selected later in the year in England's fifteen man squad for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Australia.^[4] Prior to the tournament, England played a warm up quadrangular series against Australia, India and New Zealand Under-19s, with Ali playing in three matches.^[3] In the World Cup that followed, he made two appearances against Nepal and Bangladesh Under-19s.^[3]

Having played Second XI cricket since 2010,^[2] Ali made his full debut for Warwickshire in their first first-class match of the 2013 season against Oxford MCCU at the University Parks,^[5] scoring 10 runs in the match and taking the wickets of Tom Fell and Charlie Ellison.^[6]