Former Pakistan first-class cricketer Zafar Sarfraz died of COVID-19. Zafar succumbed to the novel coronavirus at the Lady Reading Hospital. . The 50-year was the first professional cricket player from Pakistan to succumb to the coronavirus, after testing positive. Zafar, a left-handed batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler, played first-class cricket from 1988 to 1994 and List A cricket from 1990 to 1992. He made 616 runs from 15 first-class games for Peshawar and also had 96 runs from six one-day games before retiring in 1994