{"id":2381,"date":"2020-04-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=2381"},"modified":"2020-06-12T15:02:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T15:02:48","slug":"zafar-sarfraz-cricketer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=2381","title":{"rendered":"Zafar Sarfraz, cricketer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Zafar Sarfraz a Pakistani cricketer who played in fifteen first-class and six List A matches between 1988 and 1992 for Peshawar cricket team On April 13 2020, Sarfaz died from COVID-19 complications.\r\n\r\nHe retired from playing competitive cricket in 1994. Following his retirement, he became a coach and was involved with the Peshawar Under-19 cricket team. He also worked for the National Bank of Pakistan.\r\n\r\nIn April 2020, Sarfaz died from COVID-19 complications. He was the first professional cricketer known to have died from coronavirus during the pandemic in Pakistan.\r\n<\/p>

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Zafar Sarfraz a Pakistani cricketer who played in fifteen first-class and six List A matches between 1988 and 1992 for Peshawar cricket team On April 13 2020, Sarfaz died from COVID-19 complications. He retired from playing competitive cricket in 1994. 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