Taslim Arif

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Taslim Arif Urdu:تسلیم عارف
Personal information
Full nameTaslim Arif Abbasi
Born(1954-05-01)1 May 1954
PIB Colony, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Died14 March 2008(2008-03-14) (aged 53)
Karachi, Pakistan
BattingRight-hand
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 82)29 January 1980 v India
Last Test8 December 1980 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 31)21 November 1980 v West Indies
Last ODI19 December 1980 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1967/68–1989/90Karachi
1967/68–1989/90NBP
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC List A
Matches 6 2 148 40
Runs scored 501 28 7,568 853
Batting average 62.62 14.00 33.63 25.84
100s/50s 1/2 – 13/40 1/4
Top score 210* 24 210* 113*
Balls bowled 30 – 311 –
Wickets 1 – 7 –
Bowling average 28.00 – 30.28 –
5 wickets in innings – – – –
10 wickets in match – – – –
Best bowling 1/28 – 4/46 –
Catches/stumpings 6/3 1/1 312/56 45/14
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, 6 January 2008

Taslim Arif Abbasi (1 May 1954 – 14 March 2008) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 6 Tests and 2 One Day Internationals (ODIs) in 1980. His score of 210*[1] for Pakistan against Australia stood for more than 20 years as the highest score made by a wicket-keeper in Test cricket, until broken by Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara.[2] Arif died in Karachi from a lung infection in 2008. He was buried at Faisal Cantonment cemetery, in Karachi He have 2 sons elder Imran Arif living in london and younger Ainan Arif himself a cricketer and playing for National bank of Pakistan and a daughter Marium Arif living in USA.[3]

Record[]

In September 1978, playing for National Bank against Punjab in Lahore, before he had made his international debut, Arif became the first Pakistani wicket keeper to effect ten dismissals in a first-class match.[4] His record was later broken by in 1997.

References[]

  1. ^ WISDEN – Second Test Match – PAKISTAN v AUSTRALIA 1979–80, ESPNCricinfo, 13 March 2008, retrieved 22 April 2012
  2. ^ Records / Test matches / Batting records / Most runs in an innings by a wicketkeeper, ESPNCricinfo, 13 March 2008
  3. ^ Former Pakistan keeper Taslim Arif dies, ESPNCricinfo, 13 March 2008, retrieved 22 April 2012
  4. ^ "Taslim Arif on 10 September, 1978". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2016.

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