Tauseef Ahmed
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Tauseef Ahmed is a former Pakistan
i cricket
er who played in 34 Tests
and 70 ODIs from 1980 to 1993.
He sported a trademark afro and moustache for most of his career.
Tauseef Ahmed made his debut as a Test player in an unusual manner. He was recommended by a friend to the then Pakistani cricket captain Javed Miandad
who invited him to bowl at the nets before the Pakistan-Australia Test match at Karachi in 1980. After Tauseef Ahmed beat Miandad's bat in the nets he was drafted into the test squad eventually leading to his debut.. Tauseef later admitted that he did not even know the names of the opposing Australian players when he made his debut.
A right arm offbreak bowler, he formed an effective partnership with Iqbal Qasim
early in his career. When Ahmed made his Test debut, against Australia at Karachi, the two spinners took 18 of the 20 wickets in a 7 wicket win. Ahmed finished with 4/64 and 3/62.
His career best figures of 6 for 45 in the 2nd innings against Sri Lanka at Asgiriya Stadium in 1986. The performance won he the man of the match award.
In 1986-87 he played a large role in his sides 16 runs victory over India at Bangalore, taking 9 wickets. He was also hit by a security guard while he was running to the pavilion amidst a crowd invasion.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played in 34 Tests
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
and 70 ODIs from 1980 to 1993.
He sported a trademark afro and moustache for most of his career.
Tauseef Ahmed made his debut as a Test player in an unusual manner. He was recommended by a friend to the then Pakistani cricket captain Javed Miandad
Javed Miandad
Mohammad Javed Miandad Khan , popularly known as Javed Miandad , is a former Pakistani cricketer who played between 1975 and 1996. He is Pakistan's leading run scorer in Test cricket. He has served as a captain of the Pakistan national cricket team...
who invited him to bowl at the nets before the Pakistan-Australia Test match at Karachi in 1980. After Tauseef Ahmed beat Miandad's bat in the nets he was drafted into the test squad eventually leading to his debut.. Tauseef later admitted that he did not even know the names of the opposing Australian players when he made his debut.
A right arm offbreak bowler, he formed an effective partnership with Iqbal Qasim
Iqbal Qasim
Mohammad Iqbal Qasim is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 50 Tests and 15 ODIs from 1976 to 1988.Qasim ended his career with 171 wickets in his 50 Test matches, at approximately 3.5 wickets a match. His accurate bowling saw his economy rate at a low 2.21...
early in his career. When Ahmed made his Test debut, against Australia at Karachi, the two spinners took 18 of the 20 wickets in a 7 wicket win. Ahmed finished with 4/64 and 3/62.
His career best figures of 6 for 45 in the 2nd innings against Sri Lanka at Asgiriya Stadium in 1986. The performance won he the man of the match award.
In 1986-87 he played a large role in his sides 16 runs victory over India at Bangalore, taking 9 wickets. He was also hit by a security guard while he was running to the pavilion amidst a crowd invasion.