PLAYER BIO

Tauseef Ahmed

Matches
457
Runs
3012
Wickets
1030

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

Nickname	Tauseef Ahmed
DOB	10 May 1958

Pakistan's Tauseef Ahmed tended to be overshadowed by his more illustrious colleagues, Abdul Qadir and Iqbal Qasim, but he was a skilled and cunning offspinner, even if his afro and moustache did make him look like Lionel Richie. He took seven wickets on his debut, after being plucked from nowhere to play against Australia in 1979-80. And it was his destiny to play a huge role in Pakistan's famous 16-run victory over India at Bangalore in 1986-87, when he and Iqbal took nine wickets each, and Sunil Gavaskar wound up his Test career with a masterful 96. Two years later, against Australia at Karachi, Tauseef had match figures of 47.4-28-44-3, par for the course for this thrifty performer, whose average was superior to the great Qadir's.

BATTING AVERAGES

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s
Test	34	38	20	318	35**	17.66	0		0	0
ODI	70	25	14	116	27**	10.54	216	53.70	0	3
F-C	176	198	63	1944	77*	14.40	0		1	0
List A	177	84	30	634	49**	11.74	0		0	0

BOWLING AVERAGES

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Test	34	58	7778	2950	93	6/45	9/77	31.72	2.27	83.6	3	3	0
ODI	70	67	3250	2247	55	4/38	4/38	40.85	4.14	59.0	1	0	0
F-C	176	0	39875	15349	697	8/52	-	22.02	2.30	57.2	0	45	7
List A	177	0	8492	5311	185	4/22	4/22	28.70	3.75	45.9	3	0	0

CAREER STATISTICS

Test debut	Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, Feb 27-Mar 2, 1980
Last Test	Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Karachi, Dec 1-6, 1993
ODI debut	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Mar 31, 1982
Last ODI	Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, Feb 23, 1990
T20I debut	-
Last T20I	-
First-Class debut	1978/79
Last First-Class	1997/98
List A debut	1980/81
Last List A	1997/98