Wednesday 4 January 2012

PAKISTANI CRICKTERS

Zaheer Abbas

Zaheer Abbas
ظہیر عباس
Personal information
Full name Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani
Born 24 July 1947 (1947-07-24) (age 64)
SIALKOT, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
Batting style Right-handed batsman
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Test debut (cap 63) October 24 1969 v NEW ZEALAND
ODI debut (cap 13) August 31 1974 v ENGLAND
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI fc
Matches 78 62 459
Runs scored 5062 2572 34843
batting averege 44.79 47.62 51.54
100s/50s 12/20 7/13 108/158
Top score 274 123 274
Balls bowled 370 280 2582
Wickets 3 7 30
bowling averege 44.00 31.85 38.20
5 wickets in innings - - 1
10 wickets in match - - -
Best bowling 2/21 2/26 5/15
Catches/stumping 34/- 16/- 278/-

Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani (urdu: سید ظہیر عباس کرمانی) (born 24 July 1947, sialkot), popularly known as Zaheer Abbas, is a former pakistani crickter, regarded as one of the finest batsmen produced by that country. He is widely known as the "Asian Bradman"a reference to former Australian great sir donald . He is among few professional cricketers who used to wear specticles