Zaheer Abbas

Zaheer Abbas
ظہیر عباس

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Personal information
Full name	Syed Zaheer Abbas
Born	24 July 1947 (age 76); Sialkot, Punjab, British India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm offbreak
International information
National side	Pakistan (1969-1985);
Test debut (cap 63)	24 October 1969 v New Zealand
Last Test	27 October 1985 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 13)	31 August 1974 v England
Last ODI	3 November 1985 v Sri Lanka
Career statistics
	Source: CricketArchive, 6 November 2005

Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani

spectacles in the cricket ground. In 1982/1983, he became the first batsman to score three consecutive centuries in one-day internationals.^[1] Sometimes known as 'the Asian Bradman', Zaheer Abbas is regarded as one of the finest batsmen in the history of cricket.^[2]^[3]^[4] In August 2020, he was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.^[5]

Career

Abbas made his

hundredth first-class century; Abbas and Geoffrey Boycott are the only two batsmen to have scored their hundredth first-class century in a Test match.^[7]

Abbas had great success in

not out.^[9]

Sunil Gavaskar, the former Indian Test captain, once said while commentating that the Indian players would often say to Zaheer, "Zaheer Ab-bas karo", which means "Zaheer, stop it now" in Urdu and Hindi, referring to Abbas' free scoring.

Abbas had two stints as captain of the national team in 1981 and 1984. He retired from international cricket in 1985, and has officiated as a match referee in one Test and three ODI matches. He has also worked as the manager of the national team. Zaheer was one of the player who was famous for his title. Zaheer Abbas was called Asian Bradman. In 2018 Government of Pakistan awarded him Sitara-e-Imtiaz.

ICC president, the third cricketer after Colin Cowdrey and Clyde Walcott, to hold the post.^[11]

Zaheer Abbas held the record for scoring the most runs by any batsman in a 4 match bilateral ODI series (346 runs) from 1982 to 2015.[12] The record was broken by Hashim Amla of South Africa in 2015.^[13]

Personal life

Zaheer Abbas married Indian born Rita Luthra (now known as Samina Abbas) in 1988.^[14]

His first marriage was to Najma Bokhari with whom he has three daughters, Rudabah, Roshana and Hiba.^[15]

Autobiography

In 1983 he co-wrote his autobiography Zed with the British cricket journalist David Foot.

Awards and recognition

Pride of Performance Award in 1971 by the Government of Pakistan^[16]
Inducted in ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2020.^[17]
Inducted in PCB Hall of Fame in 2021.^[18]

References

^ Hundreds in consecutive innings espncricinfo.com Retrieved 7 July 2019
^ "Zaheer Abbas". Cricinfo.
^ Vaidya, Nishad Pai (24 July 2015). "Zaheer Abbas: 10 anecdotes about the Asian Bradman".
^ "Asian Bradman Zaheer Abbas celebrating 70th birthday today - Samaa TV". www.samaa.tv. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
^ "Jacques Kallis, Zaheer Abbas and Lisa Sthalekar enter ICC's Hall of Fame". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
^ "Test Records – Most double hundreds in a career". cricinfo.com website. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
^ "1st Test, India tour of Pakistan at Lahore, Dec 10-15 1982 - Match Summary - ESPNCricinfo". ESPNcricinfo.
^ "Most centuries in first-class cricket".
^ Lynch, Steven. "How many people have scored a double-century and a hundred in the same first-class match?". Ask Steven - Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
^ "Abbas awarded sitara e imtiaz". Geo News. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
^ Abbasi, Kamran (13 August 2015). "In praise of Zed". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
^ "HowSTAT! ODI Cricket – Most Runs in Series". www.howstat.com. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
^ "Batting records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
^ "Zaheer Abbas to visit Kanpur sasural for ODI". The Times of India.
^ "Zaheer Abbas - a flourishing talent". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ Pride of Performance Award for Zaheer Abbas in 1971 on Pakistan Sports Board website Retrieved 7 July 2019
^ "Zaheer Abbas inducted into ICC Hall of Fame". The News International. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
^ "PCB Hall of Fame | Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Official Website". www.pcb.com.pk. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

External links

Zaheer Abbas at ESPNcricinfo

Sporting positions
Preceded by Javed Miandad	Pakistan Cricket Captain 1981–1982	Succeeded by Imran Khan
Preceded by Sarfraz Nawaz	Pakistan Cricket Captain 1984–1985	Succeeded by Imran Khan
Preceded by Mustafa Kamal	President of the ICC 2015–2016	Succeeded by Position abolished

[1] Hundreds in consecutive innings espncricinfo.com Retrieved 7 July 2019

[2] "Zaheer Abbas". Cricinfo.

[3] Vaidya, Nishad Pai (24 July 2015). "Zaheer Abbas: 10 anecdotes about the Asian Bradman".

[4] "Asian Bradman Zaheer Abbas celebrating 70th birthday today - Samaa TV". www.samaa.tv. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

[5] "Jacques Kallis, Zaheer Abbas and Lisa Sthalekar enter ICC's Hall of Fame". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

[6] "Test Records – Most double hundreds in a career". cricinfo.com website. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

[7] "1st Test, India tour of Pakistan at Lahore, Dec 10-15 1982 - Match Summary - ESPNCricinfo". ESPNcricinfo.

[8] "Most centuries in first-class cricket".

[9] Lynch, Steven. "How many people have scored a double-century and a hundred in the same first-class match?". Ask Steven - Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

[10] "Abbas awarded sitara e imtiaz". Geo News. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

[Zed-11] Abbasi, Kamran (13 August 2015). "In praise of Zed". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

[12] "HowSTAT! ODI Cricket – Most Runs in Series". www.howstat.com. Retrieved 9 March 2017.

[13] "Batting records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

[14] "Zaheer Abbas to visit Kanpur sasural for ODI". The Times of India.

[15] "Zaheer Abbas - a flourishing talent". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

[16] Pride of Performance Award for Zaheer Abbas in 1971 on Pakistan Sports Board website Retrieved 7 July 2019

[17] "Zaheer Abbas inducted into ICC Hall of Fame". The News International. Retrieved 26 August 2020.

[18] "PCB Hall of Fame | Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Official Website". www.pcb.com.pk. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

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v t e Presidents and Chairmen of ICC
Presidents	Colin Cowdrey (1989–1993) Clyde Walcott (1993–1997) Jagmohan Dalmiya (1997–2000) Malcolm Gray (2000–2003) Ehsan Mani (2003–2006) Percy Sonn (2006–2007) Ray Mali (2007–2008) David Morgan (2008–2010) Sharad Pawar (2010–2012) Alan Isaac (2012–2014) Mustafa Kamal (2014–2015) Zaheer Abbas (2015–2016) discontinued
Chairmen	N. Srinivasan (2014–2015) Shashank Manohar (2015–2020) Greg Barclay (2020–present)

v t e Pride of Performance for Sports
1950s	(1958) (1958) (1958) (1958) Subedar Muhammad Iqbal (1959) (1959)
1960s	(1960) (1960) (1960) (1960) Khawaja Iftikhar Ahmed (1960) (1960) Captain Raja Javed Akhtar Khan (1961) (1961) (1962) (1962) Hafiz Rashid (1962) (1962) Brigadier M.A. Baig (1962) Abbas Mirza (1963) (1963) (1963) Dafadar Mubarak Shah (1963) Khundker Nasim Ahmed (1964) Jamadar Ghulam Raziq (1964) Subedar Muhammad Nawaz (1966) (1966) (1966) (1967) (1968) (1968) Khalid Mahmood Hussain (1968) (1968) (1969) (1969) Mohammad Akhtar (1969)
1970s	(1970) Ahmed Riazuddin (1970) Jehangir Ahmed Butt (1970) (1970) (1970) Major Mohammad Aslam Khan (1970) Fazal Rehman (1971) (1971) Riaz Ahmed (1971) Nabi Ahmed Kalat (1971) Zaheer Abbas (1971)
1980s	(1982) (1982) (1982) (1982) (1982) (1983) (1983) (1983) (1984) (1984) (1984) (1984) (1984) Major Mohammad Sher Khan (1985) (1986) Zaheer Abbas (1986) Captain Abdul Jabbar Bhatti (1986) Mohammad Ali (1986) Abdul Majeed Maruwala (1987) Shah Jehan (1988) (1988) (1988) (1988) (1988) (1989)
1990s	Honorary Lieutenant Mohammad Younis (1990) Arif Khan (1990) (1990) Nazo Anwar Miandad (1990) (1990) (1992) (1992) Ghulam Abbas (1992) Taimur Hasan (1992) (1992) Qazi Muhibur Rehman (1993) Rajab Shah (1993) (1994) (1994) Khwaja Mohammad Junaid (1994) (1994) Muhammad Saeed Khan (1994) (1994) Ahmed Alam (1994) (1994) (1994) Muhammad Shafqat (1994) Irfan Mehmood (1994) Naveed Alam (1994) (1994) Muhammad Danish Kaleem (1994) Muhammad Usman (1994) (1994) Rahim Khan (1994) Rana Mujahid Ali (1994) Waseem Feroze (1994) Aliya Rasheed (1995) Fareed Sehrai (1995) (1995) Ali Nawaz Baloch (1995) Mohammad Sarwar (1995) (1996) Sardar Azmarai Javaid Hissam el-Effendi (1996) (1997)
2000s	(2000) (2003) Rozi Ali (2003) Mohammad Irfan Islam (2003) Grand Master Muhammad Ashraf Tai (2004) Zakir Hussain Syed (2004) (2004) (2005) (2008) Zubair Ahmed Hundal (2008) Shahid Rehman (2008) Umer Khan Achakzai (2009)
2010s	Atta Muhammad Kakar (2010) (2010) (2010) (2010) (2010) (2011) (2011) (2011) Shahid Pervaiz Butt (2011) (2011) (2012) (2013) (2014) (2014) (2014) (2015) (2015) (2015) (2017) Alamgir Anwar Shaikh (2017)