Talat Ali

Pakistan

Full name Talat Ali Malik

Born May 29, 1950, Lahore, Punjab

Current age 70 years 236 days

Major teams Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan International Airlines, Punjab University, United Bank Limited

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Other Referee

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	6s	Ct
Tests	10	18	2	370	61	23.12	0	2	1	4
First-class	115	205	15	7296	258	38.40	15	32		43
List A	16	15	1	389	110*	27.78	1	1		2

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w
Tests	10	2	20	7	0	-	-	-	2.10	-	0
First-class	115		411	247	2	1/32		123.50	3.60	205.5
List A	16		6	0	0	-	-	-	0.00	-	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v Pakistan at Adelaide, Dec 22-27, 1972 scorecard
Last Test	New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, Feb 23-28, 1979 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span	1967/68 - 1978/79
List A span	1972/73 - 1978/79

ICC match referee statistics

Test debut	West Indies v Sri Lanka at St John's, Jun 13-15, 1997 scorecard
Last Test	England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 23-27, 2001 scorecard
Test matches	10
Test statistics
ODI debut	West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Jun 6, 1997 scorecard
Last ODI	South Africa v New Zealand at Cape Town, Nov 4, 2000 scorecard
ODI matches	26
ODI statistics

Profile

Talat was a dogged opener who got his Test career off to a traumatic start when he fractured his thumb on debut, facing Dennis Lillee at Adelaide in 1972-73. Pakistan won only one of his 10 matches, when he made 40 and a Test-best 61 at Christchurch in 1978-79. After retiring he became an ICC match referee.
Wisden Cricinfo staff

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