Mohammed Afzal ‘Alf’ Masood was 30 when he played the first of his 40 matches for Ireland, ten years after his career in Pakistan fizzled out – he scored two centuries in a U19 match against an England side including Bob Willis – and he emigrated to Northampton, then Dublin. He made quite a bang on the Leinster scene when he joined Phoenix, setting several records. He made almost 10,000 runs in club cricket at a career average of 51.22.

From 1982-88 he made four centuries for Ireland, including the first against a county side. In all he scored 1,940 runs, at an average of  38.80, second only to Ed Joyce.