Top 5 England cricketers of Pakistani origin

#4 Usman Afzaal

One of the least remembered English batsmen of Pakistani origin to have briefly played for the country is Usman Afzaal. Born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Afzaal went on to play three Test matches for England in 2001.

He started his first-class career with Nottinghamshire and then switched to Northamptonshire in 2003. He had a stellar first-class career where he scored 14,055 runs from the 235 matches he played in.

Afzaal was picked to represent England in the three Tests against Australia in 2001. He failed to make an impact in the first two Tests coming away with total scores of 6 and 18 from both the innings.

But in the Oval Test, he scored his first international half-century and was dismissed for 54 in the first innings. However, he was never picked by the English selectors again and the Oval Test turned out to be his last international match for England.