PLAYER BIO

Basit Ali

Matches
203
Runs
10253
Wickets
7

Role	Batsman
Batting Style	Right-hand bat
Bowling Style	Right-arm offbreak
Nationality	Pakistan

Nickname	Basit Ali
DOB	13 December 1970

Basit Ali was compared with Javed Miandad when he first burst onto the international scene at the age of 22. He was a natural timer of the ball through the covers and point, a dashing, daring hooker and puller against the quicks, and possessed a seemingly nerveless temperament, But some of the gloss was taken off a fine maiden series in the Caribbean by allegations of involvement in match-fixing, and Basit's career quickly nosedived after he smashed the West Indies all over Sharjah and then hit his only Test century, in New Zealand, both in 1993-94. His risk-taking tendencies made him a regular in the Pakistan one-day side for three years. Subscribed to the Inzamam-ul-Haq school of dieting.

BATTING AVERAGES

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s
Test	19	33	1	858	103*	26.81	1803	47.58	1	5	91	7
ODI	50	43	6	1265	127**	34.18	1669	75.79	1	9	81	18
F-C	133	219	14	8130	157*	39.65	0		21	43	0	0
List A	1	0	0	0	*		0		0	0	0	0

BOWLING AVERAGES

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w
Test	19	1	6	6	0	-	-	0.00	6	-	0
ODI	50	2	30	21	1	1/17	1/17	21.00	4.2	30	30
F-C	133	0	779	424	6	2/16	-	70.66	3.26	129.8	130
List A	1	1	12	5	0	-	-	0.00	2.50		0

CAREER STATISTICS

Test debut	West Indies v Pakistan at Port of Spain, Apr 16-18, 1993
Last Test	New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, Dec 8-12, 1995
ODI debut	West Indies v Pakistan at Kingston, Mar 23, 1993
Last ODI	Pakistan v South Africa at Sharjah, Apr 16, 1996
T20I debut	-
Last T20I	-
First-Class debut	1985/86
Last First-Class	1997/98
List A debut	1985/86
Last List A	1997/98