Career
He was awarded the player of the tournament award in the 2015 He has played first-class cricket for Islamabad Cricket Association in Pakistan and for Sussex County Cricket Club in England and has represented the Pakistan A cricket team at international level He holds a British passport and as a result can play as a Kolpak registered player in England. He appeared 88 times for the team between 1999 and 2010 and made appearances for other teams in Pakistan during this period.
During the period between 2010 and 2013 he played club cricket in England for Accrington Cricket Club as well as appearing for Gazi Tank in the Dhaka Premier League in Bangladesh.
Following the season he signed a two-year contract with the club Overton received a two match ban as a result of the incident.
After making 19 first-class appearances for the county he was released by Sussex at the end of the 2015 season before signing a one-year contract with Essex in January 2016.