Saleem Elahi

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Saleem Elahi

Pakistan
Personal information
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Career statistics
Tests ODIs
Matches 13 48
Runs scored 436 1579
Batting average 18.95 36.72
100s/50s -/1 4/9
Top score 72 135
Balls bowled - 6
Wickets - -
Bowling average - -
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - n/a
Best bowling - -
Catches/stumpings 10/1 10/-

As of 4 February 2006
Source: [1]

Saleem Elahi (Urdu: سلیم الہی) (born November 21, 1976, Sahiwal, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 13 Tests and 48 ODIs from 1995 to 2004.

Despite not having played in a single first-class match, he scored an unbeaten 102 on ODI debut, against Sri Lanka at Gujranwala in 1995-96. His most successful tour was to Zimbabwe and South Africa in 2002-03 in four matches he scored 3 hundreds.

He averages over 50 in List A cricket and holds the second highest average of all time for players with over 5000 runs, after Michael Bevan.