Tauseef Ahmed

Pakistan

Personal Information
Born
May 10, 1958 (55 years)
Birth Place
Karachi, Sind
Height
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Role
Batsman
Batting Style
Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm offbreak
ICC Rankings
 
Test
ODI
T20
Batting
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Bowling
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Career Information
Teams
Pakistan
A wild off-spinner whose disguise was the loop that he generated by tossing it up. A thick moustache with a poker face deceived many a batsmen. He often was overshadowed by his more distingu...
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Batting Career Summary
M Inn Runs BF HS Avg SR NO 4s 6s 50 100 200
Test 34 38 318 999 35 17.67 31.84 20 22 0 0 0 0
ODI 70 25 116 216 27 10.55 53.71 14 3 0 0 0 0
T20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IPL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bowling Career Summary
M Inn B Runs Wkts Avg Econ SR BBI BBM 5w 10w
Test 34 58 7778 2950 93 31.72 2.28 83.63 6/45 9/77 3 0
ODI 70 67 3250 2247 55 40.85 4.15 59.09 4/38 4/38 0 0
T20 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 -/- -/- 0 0
IPL 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 -/- -/- 0 0
Career Information
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A wild off-spinner whose disguise was the loop that he generated by tossing it up. A thick moustache with a poker face deceived many a batsmen. He often was overshadowed by his more distinguished and famous partner-in-crime - Abdul Qadir. But that never deterred Tauseef from bowling tirelessly on either seaming or flat wickets, having to earn every wicket.

697 wickets from 176 first-class games does talk about the rich vein of experience he garnered playing at the domestic level. But even at the international level, his numbers did shine through for Pakistan. The highlight of his career being the 9 wickets at Bengaluru in Sunil Gavaskar's swansong Test in 1987. Match figures of 9/77 against the Lankans at Kandy a year ago remained his career best.

A career spanning over 13 years from 1980-93 had him featuring in only 34 games and that was majorly due to benign wickets or the presence of Abdul Qadir. But even then Tauseef did carve a niche for himself with his flight and guile.
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