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Full name Basit Ali
Born December 13, 1970, Karachi, Sind
Current age 37 years 306 days
Major teams Pakistan,Karachi,United Bank Limited
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
19
33
1
858
103
26.81
1803
47.58
1
5
91
7
6
0
ODIs
50
43
6
1265
127*
34.18
1669
75.79
1
9
81
18
15
0
First-class
133
219
14
8130
157
39.65
21
43
72
0
List A
154
145
15
4471
127*
34.39
6
30
53
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
19
1
6
6
0
-
-
-
6.00
-
0
0
0
ODIs
50
2
30
21
1
1/17
1/17
21.00
4.20
30.0
0
0
0
First-class
133
779
424
6
2/16
70.66
3.26
129.8
0
0
List A
154
171
166
5
1/3
1/3
33.20
5.82
34.2
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
West Indies v Pakistan at Port of Spain, Apr 16-18, 1993 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, Dec 8-12, 1995 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
West Indies v Pakistan at Kingston, Mar 23, 1993 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v South Africa at Sharjah, Apr 16, 1996 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1985/86 - 1997/98
List A span
1985/86 - 1997/98
Profile
Basit Ali was compared with Javed Miandad when he first burst onto the international scene at the age of 22. He was a natural timer of the ball through the covers and point, a dashing, daring hooker and puller against the quicks, and possessed a seemingly nerveless temperament, But some of the gloss was taken off a fine maiden series in the Caribbean by allegations of involvement in match-fixing, and Basit's career quickly nosedived after he smashed the West Indies all over Sharjah and then hit his only Test century, in New Zealand, both in 1993-94. His risk-taking tendencies made him a regular in the Pakistan one-day side for three years. Subscribed to the Inzamam-ul-Haq school of dieting.
Lawrence Booth