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Full name Syed Abid Ali
Born September 9, 1941, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Current age 68 years 60 days
Major teams India, Hyderabad (India)
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 29 | 53 | 3 | 1018 | 81 | 20.36 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| ODIs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 93 | 70 | 31.00 | 132 | 70.45 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 212 | 333 | 35 | 8732 | 173* | 29.30 | 13 | 41 | 190 | 5 | ||||
| List A | 12 | 8 | 2 | 169 | 70 | 28.16 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 29 | 49 | 4164 | 1980 | 47 | 6/55 | 7/116 | 42.12 | 2.85 | 88.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| ODIs | 5 | 5 | 336 | 187 | 7 | 2/22 | 2/22 | 26.71 | 3.33 | 48.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 212 | 25749 | 11336 | 397 | 6/23 | 28.55 | 2.64 | 64.8 | 14 | 0 | |||
| List A | 12 | 783 | 367 | 19 | 3/20 | 3/20 | 19.31 | 2.81 | 41.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | Australia v India at Adelaide, Dec 23-28, 1967 scorecard |
| Last Test | India v West Indies at Delhi, Dec 11-15, 1974 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | England v India at Leeds, Jul 13, 1974 scorecard |
| Last ODI | India v New Zealand at Manchester, Jun 14, 1975 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class span | 1959/60 - 1978/79 |
| List A span | 1973/74 - 1975 |
Abid Ali had the feet of a sprinter, the energy of a marathon runner and the will of a decathlete, but his misfortune was that he was born 20 years too early. His game was made to order for one-day cricket: he bowled brisk medium-pace, fielded outstandingly, and was a busy lower-order batsman who ran between the wickets as if on invisible skates. On his Test debut against Australia at Brisbane in 1967-68, he took a memorable 6 for 55, but Abid Ali was forever destined to play choirboy to India's famous spin quartet. In the same series, he scored 78 and 81 at Sydney, a performance that earned high praise from Jack Fingleton, the noted Australian cricketer-turned-journalist. His career ended abruptly when he was at his peak, after he had top-scored with 70 from No. 7 and taken 2 for 35 against New Zealand in the 1975 World Cup. A bizarre postscript to this premature curtailment came when Abid Ali had the dubious pleasure of reading his own obituary after Farokh Engineer mistakenly announced his death on the air.
H Natarajan
- MSK Prasad to lead Andhra (Oct 29, 2007)
- India's tour from hell (Jul 21, 2007)
- Dawn of the Demon (Sep 9, 2003)
- Abid Ali was an original, a genuine character among cricketers (Aug 19, 2001)
Jul 27, 1971
John Price is caught by Abid Ali off Srinivas Venkataraghavan for a duck
© Getty Images
Mar 10, 1971
Garry Sobers congratulates Syed Abid Ali and Sunil Gavaskar
© Cricinfo Ltd
1971
The 1971 Indian touring squad
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