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Rashid Latif      

Full name Rashid Latif

Born October 14, 1968, Karachi, Sind

Current age 41 years 39 days

Major teams Pakistan, Allied Bank, Karachi, United Bank Limited

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak

Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Rashid Latif
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 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 span 1986/87 - 2004/05
List A span 1989/90 - 2003/04
Profile

Wisden overview
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.

In June 2008 the board appointed Latif as wicketkeeping coach to train young keepers in the country.

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Apr 5, 2004

Rashid Latif headshot

Rashid Latif headshot

© Getty Images

Sep 24, 2003

Rashid Latif at a press conference ahead of the home series against Bangladesh in 2003

Rashid Latif at a press conference

© AFP

Sep 6, 2003

Rashid Latif with the trophy, Pakistan v Bangladesh, 3rd Test, Multan, September 5, 2003.

Rashid Latif with the trophy

© AFP

Country Fixtures Country Results
Group A: Habib Bank v PIA at Islamabad - Nov 21-24
PIA 224 Habib Bank 295/7
Group B: Hyd (Pakstn) v Faisalabad at Hyderabad (Sind) - Nov 21-24
Hyd (Pakstn) 301 Faisalabad 326/4
Group B: Islamabad v Abbottabad at Islamabad - Nov 21-24
Islamabad 182 & 319/5 Abbottabad 100
Group A: Karachi W v Sui Gas at Karachi - Nov 21-24
Karachi W 404 Sui Gas 199
Group B: Lahore Ravi v Rawalpindi at Lahore - Nov 21-24
Rawalpindi 271 Lahore Ravi 94/2
Group B: Multan v Quetta at Okara - Nov 21-24
Quetta 305 & 0/0 Multan 178
Group A: National Bnk v Pak Customs at Islamabad - Nov 21-24
Pak Customs 157 & 45/1 National Bnk 376/7d
Group B: Sialkot v Peshawar at Sialkot - Nov 21-24
Peshawar 295 Sialkot 183/1
Group A: Sui Sthn Gas v Zarai TBL at Lahore - Nov 21-24
Sui Sthn Gas 264 Zarai TBL 180/2
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