Basit Ali
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
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| Bowling type | Right-arm offbreak | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 19 | 50 |
| Runs scored | 858 | 1265 |
| Batting average | 26.81 | 34.18 |
| 100s/50s | 1/5 | 1/9 |
| Top score | 103 | 127* |
| Balls bowled | 6 | 30 |
| Wickets | - | 1 |
| Bowling average | - | 21.00 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a |
| Best bowling | - | 1/17 |
| Catches/stumpings | 6/- | 15/- |
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As of 4 February 2006 |
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Basit Ali (Urdu: باسط علی) (born December 13, 1970, Karachi, Sind) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 19 Tests and 50 ODIs from 1993 to 1996. He was recognized by many to have a similar batting style as Javed Miandad. A right hander, he has the relatively uncommon statistic of having a higher ODI than Test batting average. Strong through the covers and point, Ali was also a nerveless hooker and puller against the fast bowlers.
Ali was a successful junior cricketer, at one time holding the record for most hundreds in a Karchi zonal league season[1]. He debuted for Pakistan aged 22 in March 1993, playing both ODI and Test cricket in a tour of the Caribbean. He went on to play in 19 Tests but made just the one Test century, against New Zealand in 1993-94.
An aggressive risk taker, he was a regular in the Pakistani ODI side for a while in the mid 90's. In November 1993 he scored the then second fastest One Day International century in history, with a 67 ball effort against the West Indies at Sharjah. He was 5 runs short of the record of Mohammad Azharuddin and finished on 127 not out[2].
He became involved in the Pakistani match fixing scandal which ended the career of Saleem Malik. Ali and Rashid Latif accused Pakistani players of match-fixing aswell as facing allegations against themselves[3]. He was forced into a premature retirement.
