{"id":1857,"date":"2013-12-03T11:04:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T11:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/rs\/en\/muslim-cricketer-named-aussie-sportsman\/"},"modified":"2013-12-03T11:04:39","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T11:04:39","slug":"muslim-cricketer-named-aussie-sportsman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/r-islam.com\/en\/muslim-cricketer-named-aussie-sportsman\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim Cricketer Named Aussie Sportsman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1856\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/rs\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/crickter.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"431\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/r-islam.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/crickter.jpg 431w, https:\/\/r-islam.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/crickter-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">An Australian cricketer of Pakistani origin has been named as &#8216;Australia Muslim Sportsperson&#8217; of 2013 at the eighth annual Australian Muslim Achievement awards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">I am extremely humbled to be named the Australian Muslim Sportsperson of the Year,<\/span>&#8221; Fawad Ahmed was quoted by IANS news agency on Monday, December 2.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">I am fortunate that Cricket Australia, Cricket Victoria and Melbourne University Cricket Club have helped me fulfill my dream in Australia and have embraced my history, tradition and religion,<\/span>&#8221; jubilant Ahmed added.<\/p>\n<p>Competing with Roosters NRL player Sonny Bill Williams and Richmond AFL player Bachar Houli, Ahmed gained the prestigious award.<\/p>\n<p>The nomination was announced during a celebration ceremony in Sydney on Sunday which was organized by Mission of Hope.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope my story inspires other young people to achieve success on and off the field,&#8221; the Muslim cricketer added.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, the Mission has praised the iconic role of the Muslim community in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Through 2013, Ahmed\u2019s success stories put him on top of the award candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the spinner represented Australia in One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals against England.<\/p>\n<p>The Muslim Cricketer took three wickets in three One Day International (ODIs), and three more in two T20 International with best figures of three for twenty-five.<\/p>\n<p>During Australia&#8217;s \u2018A Tour of Africa\u2019 in July and August, Ahmed gained fifteen wickets in three matches at 22.66, and in 8 Bupa Sheffield matches for the commonwealth Bank Bushrangers.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed recorded thirty wickets at 31.03 in 2013, so far.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Proud<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Receiving the news of Ahmed&#8217;s award, Cricket Australia officials have expressed pride for Ahmed &#8216;s success.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It shows that Fawad has achieved outstanding things both on and away from the cricket pitch, and we are very proud of him,&#8221; said James Sutherland, CA Chief Executive Officer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To see the strength of candidates in the field shows the immense impact Ahmed has had on the many Muslim communities across Australia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last July, Ahmed became an Australian citizen after Cricket Australia (CA) backed him.<\/p>\n<p>Cricket Australia have agreed to allow Ahmed to compete without wearing the logo of a beer sponsor on his playing shirt, last September, due to his Muslim faith.<\/p>\n<p>Muslims, who have been in Australia for more than 200 years, make up 1.7 percent of its 20-million population.<\/p>\n<p>Islam is the country&#8217;s second largest religion after Christianity.<\/p>\n<p>On Islam<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Australian cricketer of Pakistani origin has been named as &#8216;Australia Muslim Sportsperson&#8217; of 2013 at the eighth annual Australian Muslim Achievement awards. &#8220;I am extremely humbled to be named&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-muslims-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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