Rashuid Latif Biography

Full name Rashid Latif
Born October 14, 1968, Karachi, Sind
Current age 43 years 156 days
Major teams Pakistan, Allied Bank, Karachi,United Bank Limited
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Batting and fielding averagesMat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St

Rashuid LatifTests 37 57 9 1381 150 28.77 2912 47.42 1 7 156 5 119 11

ODIs 166 117 29 1709 79 19.42 2237 76.39 0 3 125 18 182 38

First-class 156 219 39 5094 150 28.30 3 30 429 53

List A 249 185 43 3108 100 21.88 1 11 256 63

Bowling averages

Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10

Tests 37 1 12 10 0 - - - 5.00 - 0 0 0

ODIs 166 - - - - - - - - - - - -

First-class 156 244 171 6 2/17 28.50 4.20 40.6 0 0

List A 249 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Career statistics

Test debut England v Pakistan at The Oval, Aug 6-9, 1992 scorecard

Last Test Pakistan v Bangladesh at Multan, Sep 3-6, 2003 scorecard

Test statistics

ODI debut England v Pakistan at Nottingham, Aug 20, 1992 scorecard

Last ODI Pakistan v South Africa at Rawalpindi, Oct 12, 2003 scorecard

ODI statistics

First-class debut 1986/87

Last First-class Allied Bank v Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited at Karachi, Feb 27-Mar 2, 2005 scorecard

List A debut 1989/90

Last List A Karachi Region v Peshawar Region at Karachi, Apr 11, 2004 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard

7 Lashings XI v Staffs Wellington 10 Jul 2008 Other T20

1c/1s Lashings XI v Shropshire Wellington 10 Jul 2008 Other T20

4 Lashings XI v Sth Northumb Gosforth 2 Jul 2008 Other OD

47, 0c/0s Lashings XI v Ireland Wicklow 22 Jun 2008 Other T20

1 Lashings XI v Ireland Wicklow 22 Jun 2008 Other T20

47, 1c/0s Lashings XI v Cambridge U Cambridge 12 Jun 2008 Other OD

6, 1c/0s Lashings XI v Kent Academy XI Canterbury 10 Aug 2007 Other OD

0, 0c/0s Lashings XI v Cheshire Telford 12 Jul 2007 Other OD

29*, 0c/2s Lashings XI v Celebrasians Uxbridge 28 Jun 2007 Other OD

Profile

Neat as he was as a wicketkeeper and as a batsman (he was selected for his Test debut on the strength of his batting), Rashid Latif earned more fame for his controversial acts than for his cricketing deeds. He announced his retirement in the middle of Pakistan's 1994-95 tour of Zimbabwe, following some fishy goings-on in South Africa under Salim Malik's captaincy, then returned as "Mr Clean" to captain the side after he had given plenty of evidence to Judge Qayyum's inquiry. All went well at first in South Africa in 1997-98 until he found, like Rameez Raja and Aamir Sohail, that certain senior players did not want things to change. He made a surprise return to the colours for the 2001 tour of England, and got a second shot at the captaincy when Waqar Younis was sacked after Pakistan's miserable performance at the 2003 World Cup. There was more controversy to follow, though. He kept up his crusade to clean up the game, writing an open letter to the ICC, warning of the dangers of "fancy fixing". Then, he was suspended for five matches for wrongly claiming a catch during the series against Bangladesh. These incidents led to the souring of relations between him and the Pakistan board, and ultimately resulted in his stepping down from captaincy at the end of that series.

Rashuid Latif