Abbas Ali Baig

Abbas Ali Baig
Personal information
Full name Abbas Ali Baig
Born 19 March 1939
Hyderabad, India
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Leg break
International information
National side
  • India
Test debut (cap 93) 23 July 1959 v England
Last Test 31 December 1966 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1954–1976 Hyderabad
1959–1962 Oxford University
1960–1962 Somerset
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 10 235
Runs scored 428 12367
Batting average 23.77 34.16
100s/50s 1/2 21/64
Top score 112 224*
Balls bowled 18 660
Wickets – 9
Bowling average – 48.00
5 wickets in innings – 0
10 wickets in match – 0
Best bowling – 2/26
Catches/stumpings 6/– 154/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 November 2012

Abbas Ali Baig  pronunciation  (born 19 March 1939, Hyderabad) is a former Indian cricketer who played in 10 Tests from 1959 to 1966.

He was named one of Indian Cricket 's five Cricketers of the Year for 1959/60.[1]

He holds the record for the most runs scored in a first-class match for Oxford University: playing against Free Foresters at The University Parks in 1959, he scored 221 not out in the first innings and 87 in the second for a total of 308.[2]

His brothers Mazhar Baig and Murtuza Baig both played first-class cricket for Hyderabad.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Indian Cricket Cricketers of the Year". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
  2. ↑ "Most Runs in a Match for Oxford University". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2009.

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