Saeed Ahmed (cricketer)

Saeed Ahmed

Cricket information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm offbreak
International information
National side	Pakistani
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 41 213 Runs scored 2991 12847 Batting average 40.41 40.02 100s/50s 5/16 34/51 Top score 172 203* Balls bowled 1980 18879 Wickets 22 332 Bowling average 36.45 24.75 5 wickets in innings – 15 10 wickets in match – 2 Best bowling 4/64 8/41 Catches/stumpings 13/- 122/-
Source: [1]

Pride of Performance Award Recipient
Date	1962
Country	Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Presented by	Islamic Republic of Pakistan
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Saeed Ahmed (Urdu: سعید احمد‎), (born October 1, 1937 in Jalandhar, British India) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 41 Tests from 1958 to 1972. He was a right-handed middle order batsman with a powerful drive and also a handy right arm offbreak bowler. He is the half brother of Younis Ahmed.

He 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 Hanif Mohammad who went on to make 337. Saeed finished the series with 508 runs. Saeed went on to captain his side in three drawn Tests in 1968–69. His career ended in controversial circumstances when he declared himself unfit for the 3rd Test against Australia 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 thus the Pakistan management was sceptical about his injury. As a result they sent him home for 'indiscipline'. He finished his career with five Test hundreds, in three of them he made over 150.

Records

• Fastest Pakistani Cricketer to reach 1000 test runs(20 innings).

External links

• Player profile: Saeed Ahmed from ESPNcricinfo

Preceded by Hanif Mohammad	Pakistan Cricket Captain 1968– 1969	Succeeded by Intikhab Alam
Preceded by Des Hoare	Nelson Cricket Club Professional 1965–1966	Succeeded by Neil Hawke