Saeed Ahmed (cricketer)
Saeed Ahmed (Urdu: سعید احمد; born 1 October 1937) is a Pakistani preacher and former cricketer who is the member of Tablighi Jamaat after retirement.
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| Full name | Saeed Ahmed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 October 1937 Jalandhar, Punjab, British India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Younis Ahmed Shagufta Siddique Farkhanda Ahmed Naveed Ahmed Anwar Ahmed Nadeem Ahmed Naseer Ahmed Shamim Ahmed Inayatullah Ahmed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 27) | 17 January 1958 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 29 December 1972 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 1962 |
| Country | Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
| Presented by | Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
He played in 41 Test matches between 1958 and 1972. He was born in 1937 at Jalandhar in what was then British Punjab, part of British India and educated at Government Islamia College in Lahore. He played as a right-handed middle order batsman with a powerful drive and bowled off-breaks. He is the brother of another cricketer Younis Ahmed.[1]
Saeed made his Test début on 17 January 1958 against the West Indies at Bridgetown. He made 65 in the second innings, at one stage partnering with Hanif Mohammad who went on to make 337. Saeed finished the series with 508 runs. He went on to captain his side in three drawn Tests in 1968–69 but his career ended in controversial circumstances when he declared himself unfit for the third Test against Australia in 1972 due to what he claimed was a back injury. In the previous Test, he had been involved in a heated altercation with Dennis Lillee and the Pakistan management was sceptical about his injury.[1]
Personal life
He married renowned businesswoman Begum Salma Ahmed, a relative of Pakistani diplomat Shahryar Khan, and became involved in the business.[1]
In 1980, he quit his cricket and business careers and joined Tablighi Jamaat as a preacher.[1]
Records
- Fastest Pakistani Cricketer to reach 1,000 test runs (20 innings).[2]
References
- Salman Faridi (7 June 2020). "The Twenty Two Families of Pakistan Test Cricket – Part III". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Fastest to 1000 runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2021.