Saeed Ahmed (cricketer)
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Full name | Saeed Ahmed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Jalandhar, Punjab Province, British India | 1 October 1937|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 20 March 2024 | (aged 86)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Younis Ahmed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 27) | 17 January 1958 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 29 December 1972 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 June 2016 |
Pride of Performance Award Recipient | |
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Date | 1962 |
Country | Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
Presented by | Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
Saeed Ahmed (Urdu: سعید احمد; 1 October 1937 – 20 March 2024) was a Pakistani cricketer who became a preacher and member of Tablighi Jamaat after retirement.
Born in 1937 at Jalandhar in what was then British Punjab, part of British India and educated at Government Islamia College in Lahore, Saeed's brother Younis Ahmed also played cricket for Pakistan.
A right-handed middle order batsman with a powerful drive and bowled off-breaks, Saeed made his Test début on 17 January 1958 against the West Indies at Bridgetown. He made 65 in the second innings, at one stage partnering with Hanif Mohammad who went on to make 337. Saeed finished the series with 508 runs.
Saeed captained his side in three drawn Tests in 1968–69 but his career ended in controversial circumstances when he declared himself unfit for the third Test against Australia in 1972 due to what he claimed was a back injury. In the previous Test, he had been involved in a heated altercation with Dennis Lillee and the Pakistan management was sceptical about his injury. In all, Saeed played in 41 Test matches between 1958 and 1972.
Personal life and death
He married renowned businesswoman Begum Salma Ahmed, a relative of Pakistani diplomat Shahryar Khan, and became involved in the business.
In 1980, he quit his cricket and business careers and joined Tablighi Jamaat as a preacher.
Saeed Ahmed died on 20 March 2024, at the age of 86.
Records
- Fastest Pakistani Cricketer to reach 1,000 test runs (20 innings).
- 1937 births
- 2024 deaths
- Pakistan Test cricketers
- Cricketers from Jalandhar
- Pakistan Test cricket captains
- International Cavaliers cricketers
- Recipients of the Pride of Performance
- Pakistani cricketers
- Pakistan Universities cricketers
- Punjab University cricketers
- Lahore cricketers
- Pakistan International Airlines cricketers
- Karachi Whites cricketers
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
- Karachi Blues cricketers
- Karachi cricketers
- Public Works Department cricketers
- Sindh cricketers
- Punjab (Pakistan) cricketers
- Central Zone (Pakistan) cricketers
- Tablighi Jamaat people
- Pakistani Sunni Muslims
- Government Islamia College alumni