Pakistani's journey from graveyard to Baggy Green
- Published: 11 Mar 2013 at 19.49
- Online news: Sports
Fawad Ahmed's cricketing journey began in a graveyard in his village in northwest Pakistan but could yet culminate in an Ashes Test for Australia at the home of cricket, Lord's.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard chats to Fawad Ahmed on January 29, 2013. Pakistani asylum-seeker Ahmed, who was granted a permanent Australia visa in November, wants to play in the Ashes against England, and his state coach believes he is good enough.
Friends and former team-mates of the 31-year-old, who fled to Australia in 2010 claiming he was targeted by extremists and now wants to play for his adopted land against England, said his talent was obvious at an early age but he never got the chance to shine in Pakistan.
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