{{Short description|Emirati cricketer (born 1976)}} {{Other people|Ali Asad}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Ali Asad Abbas | image = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|6 December 1976}} | birth_place = Lahore, Pakistan | country = UAE | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | columns = 3 | column1 = ODI | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 21 | bat avg1 = 21.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 12 | deliveries1 = 120 | wickets1 = 2 | bowl avg1 = 36.50 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 2/35 | catches/stumpings1 = 0/0 | column2 = FC | matches2 = 7 | runs2 = 123 | bat avg2 = 13.66 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 29 | deliveries2 = 1,506 | wickets2 = 38 | bowl avg2 = 20.36 | fivefor2 = 2 | tenfor2 = 1 | best bowling2 = 9/74 | catches/stumpings2 = 5/0 | column3 = LA | matches3 = 19 | runs3 = 113 | bat avg3 = 12.55 | 100s/50s3 = 0/0 | top score3 = 28 | deliveries3 = 927 | wickets3 = 26 | bowl avg3 = 21.76 | fivefor3 = 0 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 3/30 | catches/stumpings3 = 2/0 | date = 13 March | year = 2019 | source = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/other/content/player/39881.html Cricinfo |height=6 ft 5 in<ref name="GulfNews">{{cite news |last=Nayar |first=K. R. |title=Former UAE pacer Asad on mission to unearth fast bowlers |url=https://gulfnews.com/sport/former-uae-pacer-asad-on-mission-to-unearth-fast-bowlers-1.2253140 |work=Gulf News |date=5 November 2018 |access-date=24 September 2025 }}</ref>}}
'''Ali Asad Abbas''' ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|علی اسد عباس}}}}), (born 6 December 1976) is a Pakistani-born former cricketer who played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team in 2 One Day Internationals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ali Asad |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/ali-asad-39881 |access-date=16 September 2025 |website=www.espncricinfo.com}}</ref>
== Cricket career == In Pakistan, he represented Pakistan A team in 1995-96 but couldn't break into the national team. As a UAE bowler, he produced the country’s best international figures with 9 wickets vs Nepal (May 2004) and once trapped Sanath Jayasuriya lbw at the Asia Cup 2004.<ref name="GulfNew">{{cite news |last=Nayar |first=K. R. |date=5 November 2018 |title=Former UAE pacer Asad on mission to unearth fast bowlers |url=https://gulfnews.com/sport/former-uae-pacer-asad-on-mission-to-unearth-fast-bowlers-1.2253140 |access-date=24 September 2025 |work=Gulf News}}</ref>
== Coaching career == In 2018, he launched a “Speed Hunt” talent-ID programme in Ajman (July 20, 4pm), backed by Mohammad Tauqir (then UAE selector), offering a Dh500 prize and a trophy for the fastest bowler, no age limit, and follow-on fast-bowler camps via his Ali Cricket Training Centre (ACTC).<ref name="GulfNew" />
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== External links == *{{cricinfo|id=39881}}
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