Asif Masood
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Full name | Syed Asif Masood Shah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 23 January 1946 (1946-01-23) (age 78) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 57) | 21 February 1969 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 1 January 1977 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 2) | 11 February 1973 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 16 October 1976 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNCricinfo, 4 February 2017 |
Syed Asif Masood Shah (Urdu: آصف مسعود شاہ; born 23 January 1946) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 16 Test matches and 7 One Day Internationals from 1969 to 1977.[1] He was educated at Islamia College Lahore.
His best Test was against England at Birmingham in 1971, when he took 5 for 111 and 4 for 49.[2] This performance led to his selection for the Rest of the World team in Australia in 1971–72.
He used to begin his run-up with a backward step before a loping approach to the wicket which John Arlott likened to "Groucho Marx chasing a pretty waitress".[3]
Retiring from cricket in 1977, after marrying in the UK, Asif Masood became a successful businessman, owning first a travel agency then a post office in Bury, Lancashire.[4] He currently resides in Bury with his wife and four children.
References
- ^ "Asif Masood". ESPcricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of Pakistan vs England 1st Test 1971". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Ikram Bari Cheema (11 November 2014). "A history of cricket in Pakistan". The Express Tribune. Karachi. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Stamps not stumps". Lancashire Telegraph. 22 May 1997. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
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- 2 Ackerman
- 3 Asif Masood
- 4 Bedi
- 5 Cunis
- 6 Engineer (wk)
- 7 Gavaskar
- 8 Gifford
- 9 Greig
- 10 Hutton
- 11 Intikhab Alam
- 12 Kanhai
- 13 Lloyd
- 14 PM Pollock
- 15 RG Pollock
- 16 Taylor (wk)
- 17 Zaheer Abbas
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