Rashid Latif

Rashid Latif Biography

Rashid Latif (born October 14, 1968 in Karachi) was a Pakistani cricketer. He started playing for the Pakistani national team in 1992 after the World Cup. He impressed the selectors by hitting a fine 50 in his Test debut. This however did not cement his place in the national squad as he was through out his career in competition with another Pakistani wicketkeeper named Moin Khan. This led to ongoing changes of wicket-keepers for the next decade. In 1996, he announced retirement after differences with some team players and the team management. He came back shortly and became the captain of Pakistani cricket team in 1998. Soon however, again due to differences, he was dropped from the team and again replaced by Moin.
Latif remained out of the national squad until 2001 when after a string of poor performances, the Pakistani team replaced Moin Khan (who was the captain) with Rashid . After coming back into the squad, he somewhat cemented his place in the squad by keeping the wicket and giving a string of good batting performances. The highlight of his career came when after the 2003 Cricket World Cup, he was announced the captain of the Pakistani team. Under him, Pakistan successfully experimented with several new players and the team gave positive results. He was also involved with uniting the players through his captaincy skills both on and off the field. However, differences between Latif and the team management again surfaced in 2003-2004 which saw him the captaincy to Inzamam-ul-Haq. He was omitted from the squad and since has been out of the team despite his attempts to get back into squad during 2003-2005.
As of April 2006, Rashid Latif have retired from first class cricket as he toured with Pakistani senior players to play against Indian senior players in April of 2006. This series is played between players who have retired from the sport. Also, according to statistics available on cricinfo's website, it can be seen that Rashid Latif has not participated in first class cricket since 2005. His last international outing was in 2006 when he played for England's Lashings cricket club.

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Aamir Sohail

Aamir Sohail Biography

Full name        Mohammad Aamer Sohail Ali

Born                September 14, 1966, Lahore, Punjab

Current age    45 years 80 days

Major teams  Pakistan, Allied Bank, Habib Bank Limited, Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Somerset

Batting style   Left-hand bat

Bowling style  Slow left-arm orthodox

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Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	47	83	3	2823	205	35.28	5103	55.32	5	13	383	8	36	0
ODIs	156	155	5	4780	134	31.86	7297	65.50	5	31			49	0
First-class	195	331	17	12213	205	38.89			29	50			153	0
List A	261	256	10	7852	134	31.91			9	50			92	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	47	46	2383	1049	25	4/54	4/44	41.96	2.64	95.3	1	0	0
ODIs	156	125	4836	3703	85	4/22	4/22	43.56	4.59	56.8	1	0	0
First-class	195		12063	5983	157	7/53		38.10	2.97	76.8		2	1
List A	261		7840	5969	179	4/11	4/11	33.34	4.56	43.7	7	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	England v Pakistan at Birmingham, Jun 4-8, 1992
Last Test	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Peshawar, Mar 5-9, 2000
ODI debut	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Dec 21, 1990
Last ODI	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Lahore, Feb 19, 2000
First-class span	1983-2001
List A span	1983-2000

Profile

A combative left-hand opener, Aamer Sohail was a predominantly back-foot player whose forte was improvisation. He loved to attack, and almost found it impossible to control his aggression. He showed no fear, epitomised by his baiting of Venkatesh Prasad in a 1996 World Cup quarter-final in front of a hostile Bangalore crowd. He was an effective left-arm spinner, more a one-day bowler than a Test wicket-taker. Aamir played a big part in Pakistan's World Cup triumph in 1992, and famously told Ian Botham that he might want to send his mother-in-law in to bat after Botham was controversially given out for 0 in the final. He captained Pakistan at the height of the match-fixing controversy, and was one of the whistle-blowers. His career suffered as a result, and he left the international scene early to work in broadcasting, where he might have tried harder to suppress his personal prejudices.

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Saeed Anwer

Saeed Anwer Biography

Full Name                          :              Saeed Anwar

Country                             :               Pakistan

Date Of Birth                     :              1968-09-06

Place Of Birth                    :                              

Batting Style                      :               LHB

Bowling Style                    :               LAB, FS

Performance in Matches
TESTs	ODIs
55	247

Batting Performance	TESTs	ODIs
Innings	91	244
Not Out’s	2	19
Runs	4052	8823
Hundreds	11	20
Fifties	25	43
Nineties	14	4
Ducks	8	15
Average	45.53	39.21
Highest Score	188	194
Strike Rate	0	80.69

Bowling Performance	TESTs	ODIs
Overs	8 Overs & 0 Ball	40 Overs & 2 Balls
Overs	8 .0	40 .2
Maidens	3	3
Runs	23	191
Wickets	0	6
Average	0.00	31.83
Five Wickets Hauls	0	0
Run Per Over	2.88	4.74
Best Bowling	0-0	2-9
Strike Rate	0.00	40.33

Fielding Performance	TESTs	ODIs
Catches	18	42
Stumpings	0	0

Saeed’s Biography (1968- ) Born in Karachi on September 6th 1968, the Pakistan Captain Saeed Anwar

has become one of the best batsmen in the world through hard work, dedication combined with his exceptional talent. He has a tremendous eye, excellent timing, and makes use of his wrists better that any other batsmen in the game. He can find the gaps at will, and more often that not, a little push from Saeed simply races away to the boundry. Strong on all sides of the wicket, Saeed’s favorite shot is the cut shot, which he plays better than any other Pakistani batsmen. Very strong on the off side, Saeed has the ability to play some glorious cover drives that are an absolute delight to watch. His off side shots are so good, that he is considered to be the best off side player, among left handed batsmen in the world. The reason for his immaculate off side play is because of his sound technique. He is solid in defence, yet can destroy any bowling attack in the world in a matter of minutes. His strength in timing and the ability to play on the rise, combined with excellent execution, makes him the best opener to ever come from Pakistan…far ahead of the likes of Soahil,Raja,and the Mohammad brothers.

As a first class cricketer, Saeed used to bat in the middle order however once he made his ODI debut in Australia, he was thrust into the opener’s role. He began opening the innings in domestic cricket, and made his way back into the ODI side as a specialist opener. Despite, having lost out on precious years due to politics in the PCB, Saeed never lost hope. He made most of the limited opportunity’s that Imran Khan gave him, yet he was over looked for the likes of Shoaib Mohammad and Ramiz Raja…players who

never performed outside of Pakistan. In 1993, Saeed created a new world record..he hit three back

to back ODI hundreds in Sharjah, a feat never before achieved by any Pakistani player. He was now finally a permanant member of the ODI side, under Wasim Akram. However, he was still not considered

for a test spot..once again a huge error by the selectors. In 1994 however, Saeed finally got a chance to show his worth as a test match plater. He hit a mammoth 169 in New Zealand and combined it with some important half centuries in the rest of the series. He had now proven his credentials as a solid test match

player with the temperment and ability to succeed at the level. Since 1994, Saeed has played another 40 odd test matches, scored over 3500 runs and averages 47.20. He is simply a brilliant player.

He is also the Captain of the Pakistan team. He has the ability to lead from the front and become an excellent Captain, as time will tell.

Saeed is an excellent team man and gets along extremely well with his team mates, who have nothing but praise for him..as well as fans and press alike. Saeed is also a Computer Engineer, and his wife Lubna, is a doctor who takes care of him when he gets his regular dose of flu:)

Pakistan’s best batsman..is a great asset to the game..and Inshallah will continue to play for Pakistan…for years to come.

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