Asota Sharif and Sports

Our villagers are sport loving people. In past times "mukha"[arrow throwing] was the popular game in Asota Sharif. But due to quarrels this game was abandoned. Now days there are three major games played in our village .

1-Cricket Cricket is played in Asota with very enthusiasm. In early days it was played with hard ball .there were many talented players in Asota Sharif .

Jamaludin: jamaluddin was the founder of cricket in Asota Sharif.He had introduced cricket in different villages of district Swabi.

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Noorul Amin: Noorul Amin was one of the best bowlers of his age. He was popular for ball deviation and perfect Yorker. It was very difficult for a batsman to face him. His best performance was 6/20 against "Taja" in 1985. He has left the cricket and nowadays busies with his electronic workshop.

Laiq Zaman>:Laiq Zaman is also very fast boweler of our village he once broke the leg of a batsman ,he was a good batsman also ,he is now working in sharja.{UAE}

Zahir shah: He was one of the best batsmen of hard ball cricket. He was popular for stay on wicket .He has the ability to play shots around the ground. It was very hard for the bowlers to get him out easily. Once he hit six sixes in an over. His best performance was 102/not out and bat-carry against Shera Ghund. He is now lecturer in Urdu at G.C Swabi.

Iqbal Muhammad: He remained caption of Asota Sharif for many years. Asota won many tournaments under his captaincy. Now Iqbal Muhammad is living in Switzerland. Hard ball cricket is, now, not played in Asota Sharif. However many boys play tennis- ball cricket. But there is no playground in Asota Sharif. And boys played cricket in stream and graveyard.

2-Football: Football is regularly played in Asota Sharif .Our village recently won a big tournament in kalukhan. Some players of our village are one of the best players of district Swabi. Pakistan army selected two football players from our village; Arifulah,and Ashfaq. Koussar Ali is the organizer of our village football game.

3- Volleyball: Now days there are no volleyball team in our village. But there are great players of volleyball living in our village.

Noorjamal: Noorjamal lala was the organizer of volleyball in Asota Sharif .he was the captain of our village team. He was the best player of volleyball. Under his captaincy Asota Sharif won many cups. He has been working in Saudi Arabia.

Zahir shah s/o mir hasham: Zahir shah was also a best player of volleyball .His pass was perfect and dangerous one. Many matches were won due to hie efforts.

Zahir shah: Zahir shah [poet] was one of the best serviceman in district Swabi .He introduced a unique style in service. And it was very difficult for opposite players to stop his service.

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