Zaheer Abbas

Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani (Urdu: سید ظہیر عباس کرمانی) (born 24 July 1947) is a former Pakistani cricketer regarded as one of the finest batsmen produced by that country. Zaheer played his first Test in 1969, and in his very second Test he scored 274 against England, still the fourth ever highest score by a Pakistani batsman. This was the first of four double-centuries Abbas made; only six men have scored more.[1] Abbas, fondly called the 'Run Machine', also had great success in first-class cricket, and is the only Asian batsman to have scored one hundred first class centuries. [2]. He also had a long stint with Gloucestershire; joining the county in 1972, he remained there for thirteen years. During that time he scored over a thousand runs in the majority of his thirteen seasons. He also made over two thousand runs in a single season on two occasions for the club (1976 and 1981). During those thirteen years at Gloucestershire he played 206 First Class games, scoring over 16,000 runs. He averaged 49.79, hitting 49 100s and 76 50s. Sunil Gavaskar, the former Indian Test captain, has said while commentating that the Indian players would often say to Zaheer, \"Zaheer Ab-bas karo\", which means \"Zaheer, stop it now\" in Urdu and Hindi, referring to Abbas' free scoring. He remains the second highest on the all-time ICC ODI batting rankings[1]. Zaheer retired from international cricket in 1985, and has officiated as a match referee in one Test and three ODI matches. Zaheer is known in Pakistan as the \"Asian Bradman\", a reference to former Australian great Sir Donald Bradman

Personal information
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling style	Right-arm offbreak
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs
Matches	78	62
Runs scored	5062	2572
Batting average	44.79	47.62
100s/50s	12/20	7/13
Top score	274	123
Balls bowled	61.4	46.4
Wickets	3	7
Bowling average	44.00	31.85
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	2/21	2/26
Catches/stumpings	34/-	16/-
Source: Cricinfo, November 6 2005

Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani (Urdu: سید ظہیر عباس کرمانی) (born 24 July 1947) is a former Pakistani cricketer regarded as one of the finest batsmen produced by that country.

Zaheer played his first Test in 1969, and in his very second Test he scored 274 against England, still the fourth ever highest score by a Pakistani batsman. This was the first of four double-centuries Abbas made; only six men have scored more.[1] Abbas, fondly called the 'Run Machine', also had great success in first-class cricket, and is the only Asian batsman to have scored one hundred first class centuries. [2]. He also had a long stint with Gloucestershire; joining the county in 1972, he remained there for thirteen years. During that time he scored over a thousand runs in the majority of his thirteen seasons. He also made over two thousand runs in a single season on two occasions for the club (1976 and 1981). During those thirteen years at Gloucestershire he played 206 First Class games, scoring over 16,000 runs. He averaged 49.79, hitting 49 100s and 76 50s. Sunil Gavaskar, the former Indian Test captain, has said while commentating that the Indian players would often say to Zaheer, "Zaheer Ab-bas karo", which means "Zaheer, stop it now" in Urdu and Hindi, referring to Abbas' free scoring. He remains the second highest on the all-time ICC ODI batting rankings^[1].

Zaheer retired from international cricket in 1985, and has officiated as a match referee in one Test and three ODI matches.

Zaheer is known in Pakistan as the "Asian Bradman", a reference to former Australian great Sir Donald Bradman

Contents [hide] 1 Test Centuries 2 One Day International Centuries 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Test Centuries

Zaheer Abbas's Test Centuries
	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
[1]	274	2	England	Birmingham, England	Edgbaston Cricket Ground	1971
[2]	240	15	England	London, England	The Oval	1974
[3]	101	21	Australia	Adelaide, Australia	Adelaide Oval	1976
[4]	176	27	India	Faislabad, Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	1978
[5]	235*	28	India	Lahore, Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1978
[6]	135	31	New Zealand	Auckland, New Zealand	Eden Park	1979
[7]	134	46	Sri Lanka	Lahore, Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1982
[8]	126	51	Australia	Faislabad, Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	1982
[9]	215	53	India	Lahore, Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1982
[10]	186	54	India	Karachi, Pakistan	National Stadium	1982
[11]	168	55	India	Faislabad, Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	1983
[12]	168*	70	India	Lahore, Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1984

[edit] One Day International Centuries

Zaheer Abbas's One Day International Centuries
	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
[1]	108	20	Australia	Sydney, Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1981
[2]	123	26	Sri Lanka	Lahore, Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1982
[3]	109	31	Australia	Lahore, Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1982
[4]	118	34	India	Multan, Pakistan	Multan Cricket Stadium	1982
[5]	105	35	India	Lahore, Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1982
[6]	113	36	India	Karachi, Pakistan	National Stadium	1983
[7]	103*	42	New Zealand	Nottingham, England	Trent Bridge	1983