Asif Iqbal (cricketer)

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Asif Iqbal
Pakistan
Personal information
Full name	Asif Iqbal Razvi
Born	6 June 1943 (1943-06-06) (age 65)
	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Role	All-rounder
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm medium
International information
Test debut (cap 42)	24 October 1964: v Australia
Last Test	29 January 1980: v India
ODI debut (cap 1)	11 February 1973: v New Zealand
Last ODI	20 June 1979: v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1968 – 1982	Kent
1964 – 1980	Pakistan International Airlines
1976 – 1977	National Bank of Pakistan
1961 – 1969	Karachi
1959 – 1961	Hyderabad
Career statistics
	Tests	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	58	10	440	259
Runs scored	3575	330	23329	5989
Batting average	38.85	55.00	37.26	27.98
100s/50s	11/12	0/5	45/118	3/33
Top score	175	62	196	106
Balls bowled	3864	592	18899	5017
Wickets	53	16	291	126
Bowling average	28.33	23.62	30.30	25.96
5 wickets in innings	2	0	5	1
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	5/48	4/56	6/45	5/42
Catches/stumpings	36/–	7/–	301/–	101/–
As of 21 March 2008 Source: []

Asif Iqbal Razvi (Urdu: آصف اقبال رضوی) (born 6 June 1943) is an Pakistani cricketer who captained Pakistan and Kent CCC. He is now an ICC Match Referee.

Asif Iqbal was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was a right-handed batsman and an effective right-arm medium bowler for Pakistan, Hyderabad, Karachi, Kent, National Bank of Pakistan and Pakistan International Airlines. After learning his cricket in Hyderabad, India, he emigrated to Pakistan in 1961, where he opened the bowling with swing bowling before concentrating on batting that was noted for its footwork and cavalier cover-driving.

An innings-by-innings breakdown of Asif's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).

[edit] Notes

• Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1968

[edit] See also

• Kent County Cricket Club

[edit] External links

• Asif Iqbal at Cricinfo
• Asif Iqbal at Cricket Archive

v • d • e Pakistan squad - 1975 Cricket World Cup 1 Asif Iqbal (c) • 2 Asif Masood • 3 Imran Khan • 4 Javed Miandad • 5 Majid Khan • 6 Mushtaq Mohammad • 7 Naseer Malik • 8 Pervez Mir • 9 Sadiq Mohammad • 10 Sarfraz Nawaz • 11 Wasim Bari (wk) • 12 Wasim Raja • 13 Zaheer Abbas

v • d • e Pakistan squad - 1979 Cricket World Cup 1 Asif Iqbal (c) • 2 Haroon Rashid • 3 Imran Khan • 4 Javed Miandad • 5 Majid Khan • 6 Mudassar Nazar • 7 Sadiq Mohammad • 8 Sarfraz Nawaz • 9 Sikander Bakht • 10 Wasim Bari (wk) • 11 Wasim Raja • 12 Zaheer Abbas