Haroon Rasheed
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25 March 1953 (age 62) Karachi, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Haroon Rasheed Dar (born 25 March 1953) is a retired Pakistani cricketer who played in 23 Tests and 12 ODIs from 1977 to 1983. He also became the manager of the Pakistan Cricket team and has been credited with the discovery of Waqar Younis and Shahid Khan Afridi.
Early life
As a child he attended the Church Mission School (CMS) in Karachi.[1]
Career
Product of the Muslim Gymkhana in Karachi, he was picked up for the squad but in 1978 he was exposed of the moving ball. But Rasheed showed grit in the Jamaica Test of 1976–77 where most of the top order feared the mighty West Indian attack.
Is from one of the only two families in the world, apart from the Fosters of Worcestershire, to have seven siblings play first-class cricket
Coaching role
In 1984, Haroon quit First Class cricket and joined United Bank. In 1988 he coached United Bank U19s, went on to be national U19s selector and coach and selected Shahid Afridi who lived near him. Later he was asked to send replacements for the injury hit Pakistan side in Kenya where Afridi was sent & he made historical 102(37).[2]
Incidents
Harood Rasheed escaped a hit and run attack for not selecting a player advised on a phone in 1995.
Harood was pulled out of the car near a Karachi Shopping Centre by youngsters for his slow batting in the 1979 Semi Final.
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- ↑ Sharif, Azizullah. "KARACHI: Restoration of Church Mission School ordered" (Archive). Dawn. 20 February 2010. Retrieved on 26 May 2014.
- ↑ Chaudhry, Ijaz (1 November 2013) I can take credit for the discovery of Afridi. espncricinfo.com
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