Basit Ali Explained

Basit Ali
Birth Date:13 December 1970
Birth Place:Karachi,Pakistan
Country:Pakistan
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm offbreak
International:true
Testdebutdate:16 April
Testdebutyear:1993
Testdebutagainst:West Indies
Testcap:126
Lasttestdate:8 December
Lasttestyear:1995
Lasttestagainst:New Zealand
Odidebutdate:23 March
Odidebutyear:1993
Odidebutagainst:West Indies
Odicap:89
Lastodidate:16 April
Lastodiyear:1996
Lastodiagainst:South Africa
Columns:2
Matches1:19
Runs1:858
Bat Avg1:26.81
100S/50S1:1/5
Top Score1:103
Deliveries1:6
Wickets1:0
Bowl Avg1:
Fivefor1:
Tenfor1:
Best Bowling1:
Catches/Stumpings1:6/–
Matches2:50
Runs2:1,265
Bat Avg2:34.18
100S/50S2:1/9
Top Score2:127*
Deliveries2:30
Wickets2:1
Bowl Avg2:21.00
Fivefor2:0
Tenfor2:0
Best Bowling2:1/17
Catches/Stumpings2:15/–
Date:4 February
Year:2017
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/39954.html ESPNcricinfo
Internationalspan:1993–1996

Basit Ali (Urdu: باسط علی, born 13 December 1970) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played in 19 Test matches and 50 One Day Internationals from 1993 to 1996.

A right-hander, he has the relatively uncommon statistic of having a higher ODI than Test batting average. Strong through the covers and point, Ali was also exceptionally good at playing hook and pull shots against the fast bowlers.

Cricket career

Domestic career

Ali was a successful junior cricketer, at one time holding the record for most hundreds in a Karachi zonal league season.[1]

International career

He debuted for Pakistan aged 22 in March 1993, playing both ODI and Test cricket in a tour of the Caribbean. For similarities and batting styles and temperament, he was initially seen as the one who'd take the mantle of Javed Miandad. He went on to play in 19 Tests but made just the one Test century, against New Zealand in 1993–94.

An aggressive risk-taker, he was a regular in the Pakistani ODI side for a while in the mid-1990s. On 5 November 1993 he scored the then second-fastest One Day International century in history, with a 67 ball effort against the West Indies at Sharjah. He took 5 more balls as compared to the record of Mohammad Azharuddin who took 62 balls. Basit Ali finished on 127 not out. Waqar Younis was acting captain in that match.[2]

Coaching career

He has served as the head coach of the Pakistan A team.[3]

He also served as the head coach of the Pakistan women team and the Under-19 team, being the chief selector of the Under-19 squad as well, but had to resign from these positions in December 2016, after he slapped former international cricketer Mahmood Hamid during a domestic tournament.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Return of the prodigal.
  2. Web site: 7th fastest ODI hundred. https://web.archive.org/web/20070703210018/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/08/03/stories/07030288.htm. dead. 2007-07-03. The Hindu. 2001-08-03.
  3. Web site: Ali . Haider . 28 July 2016 . Pakistan A has had a promising year so far, says coach Basit Ali . Daily Pakistan.
  4. Web site: 30 December 2016 . Basit Ali decides to resign as coach of women’s and U-19 teams . The News International.