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Full name Taslim Arif Abbasi
Born May 1, 1954, Karachi, Sind
Died March 13, 2008, Karachi, Sind (aged 53 years 317 days)
Major teams Pakistan,Karachi,National Bank of Pakistan,Sind
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Other Referee
Relations Nephew - Wasim Arif,Nephew - Mohammad Ali
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
6
10
2
501
210*
62.62
1042
48.08
1
2
44
0
6
3
ODIs
2
2
0
28
24
14.00
58
48.27
0
0
1
1
First-class
148
251
26
7568
210*
33.63
13
40
312
56
List A
40
39
6
853
113*
25.84
1
4
45
14
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
6
1
30
28
1
1/28
1/28
28.00
5.60
30.0
0
0
0
ODIs
2
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First-class
148
311
212
7
4/46
30.28
4.09
44.4
0
0
List A
40
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Career statistics
Test debut
India v Pakistan at Kolkata, Jan 29-Feb 3, 1980 scorecard
Last Test
Pakistan v West Indies at Faisalabad, Dec 8-12, 1980 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v West Indies at Karachi, Nov 21, 1980 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v West Indies at Lahore, Dec 19, 1980 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1967/68 - 1988/89
List A span
1974/75 - 1989/90
Profile
Taslim Arif made his Pakistan debut as a batsman - when he ground out 90 and 46 against India at Calcutta in 1979-80 - but had the gloves for the rest of his Test career. In his third Test, against Australia the same winter, Taslim made a mighty seven-hour 210 not out, the highest score by a wicketkeeper in a Test Andy Flower made 232 not out in 2000-01. But with Wasim Bari a vastly superior gloveman, Taslim only played six Tests; he ended with a batting average of 62.62. He was a surprising signing for World Series Cricket's second season - uncapped and hardly a household name. Taslim died aged 53 from a lung infection.
Rob Smyth
