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Ian Chadband

Aussie pilot Naqvi flying high in cricket's 300 club

Belgian-born Australian Antum Naqvi has made cricket history in Zimbabwe with his triple ton. (Michael Dodge/AAP PHOTOS)

A high-flying Australian club cricketer who once dreamed of wearing the baggy green is now targeting a Test debut for Zimbabwe after scoring the first-ever, first-class triple century for a domestic team there.

Antum Naqvi, a Belgian-born and Sydney-raised airline pilot, has become the talk of cricket in Zimbabwe after taking a gamble on going to the African nation to play cricket and spending a run-laden year playing there for Mid West Rhinos.

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