Taslim Arif
Pakistan
INTL CAREER: 1980 - 1980
Full Name
Taslim Arif Abbasi
Born
May 01, 1954, Karachi, Sind
Died
March 13, 2008, Karachi, Sind, (aged 53y 317d)
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
RELATIONS
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Other
Referee
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
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