Saeed Ahmed (cricketer, born 1937)
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| Full name | Saeed Ahmed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 October 1937 Jalandhar, Punjab, British India (now India) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 27) | 17 January 1958 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 29 December 1972 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 1962 |
| Country | Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
| Presented by | Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
Saeed Ahmed (Urdu: سعید احمد), (born 1 October 1937 in Jalandhar, British India) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 41 Tests from 1958 to 1972. He was educated at Islamia College Lahore. He was a right-handed middle order batsman with a powerful drive and also a handy right arm offbreak bowler. He is the brother of Younis Ahmed.
He made his Test début on 17 January 1958 against the West Indies at Bridgetown. He made 65 in the second innings, at one stage partnering Hanif Mohammad who went on to make 337. Saeed finished the series with 508 runs. Saeed went on to captain his side in three drawn Tests in 1968–69. His career ended in controversial circumstances when he declared himself unfit for the 3rd Test against Australia due to what he claimed was a back injury. In the previous Test he had been involved in a heated altercation with Dennis Lillee and thus the Pakistan management was sceptical about his injury. As a result, they sent him home for 'indiscipline'. He finished his career with five Test hundreds, in three of them he made over 150.
Records
- Fastest Pakistani Cricketer to reach 1000 test runs(20 innings).[1]
References
- ↑ "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Fastest to 1000 runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
External links
| Preceded by Hanif Mohammad |
Pakistan Cricket Captain 1968– 1969 |
Succeeded by Intikhab Alam |
| Preceded by Des Hoare |
Nelson Cricket Club Professional 1965–1966 |
Succeeded by Neil Hawke |