Asif Iqbal (cricketer, born 1943)

For the cricketer who plays for the UAE, see Asif Iqbal (cricketer, born 1984).

Asif Iqbal

Personal information
Full name	Asif Iqbal Razvi
Born	(1943-06-06) 6 June 1943 Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, British India (now in Telangana, India)
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm medium
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Shammi Iqbal (son)
International information
National side	Pakistan
Test debut (cap 42)	24 October 1964 v Australia
Last Test	29 January 1980 v India
ODI debut (cap 1)	11 February 1973 v New Zealand
Last ODI	20 June 1979 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1968–1982	Kent
1964–1980	Pakistan International Airlines
1976–1977	National Bank of Pakistan
1961–1969	Karachi
1959–1961	Hyderabad
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA Matches 58 10 440 259 Runs scored 3575 330 23329 5989 Batting average 38.85 55.00 37.26 27.98 100s/50s 11/12 0/5 45/118 3/33 Top score 175 62 196 106 Balls bowled 3864 592 18899 5017 Wickets 53 16 291 126 Bowling average 28.33 23.62 30.30 25.96 5 wickets in innings 2 0 5 1 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 5/48 4/56 6/45 5/42 Catches/stumpings 36/– 7/– 301/– 101/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 March 2013

Asif Iqbal Razvi (Urdu: آصف اقبال رضوی, born 6 June 1943) is a Pakistani cricketer who captained Pakistan and Kent CCC. He is now an ICC Match Referee.

Asif Iqbal was born in the city of Hyderabad, British colonial India, and is related to former India captain Ghulam Ahmed and Indian tennis star Sania Mirza. He was a right-handed batsman and an effective right-arm medium bowler for Pakistan, Hyderabad, Karachi, Kent, National Bank of Pakistan and Pakistan International Airlines. After learning his cricket in Hyderabad, India, he emigrated to Pakistan in 1961, where he opened the bowling with swing bowling before concentrating on batting that was noted for its footwork and cavalier cover-driving. Asif Iqbal was also the captain of Pakistan at the inaugural Cricket World Cup in 1975 and 1979 being the first person to lead Pakistan to the semi-finals of the world cup in 1979.

File:Asif Iqbal graph.png

An innings-by-innings breakdown of Asif's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).

See also

• Kent County Cricket Club

External links

• Player profile: Asif Iqbal from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Asif Iqbal from CricketArchive

Sporting positions
Preceded by Intikhab Alam Majid Khan Wasim Bari	Pakistani national cricket captain 1975 1975–1976 1978–1979	Succeeded by Majid Khan Mushtaq Mohammad Javed Miandad
Preceded by Mike Denness Alan Ealham	Kent County Cricket Club captain 1977 1981–1982	Succeeded by Alan Ealham Chris Tavaré