Taslim Arif

Pakistan

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

Relation 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	148		311	212	7	4/46		30.28	4.09	44.4		0	0
List A	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Taslim Arif

Pakistan

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