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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Saeed Ahmed<br />
| image = <br />
| fullname = Saeed Ahmed<br />
| nickname = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|10|1|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Jalandhar]], [[British Punjab|Punjab]], [[British India]]<br />
| heightft =<br />
| heightinch =<br />
| heightm =<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm offbreak<br />
|family = [[Younis Ahmed]] (brother)<br />
| international = true<br />
| country = Pakistan<br />
| testdebutagainst = West Indies<br />
| testdebutdate = 17 January<br />
| testdebutyear = 1958<br />
| lasttestagainst = Australia<br />
| lasttestdate = 29 December<br />
| lasttestyear = 1972<br />
| testcap = 27<br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Tests]]<br />
| matches1 = 41<br />
| runs1 = 2,991<br />
| bat avg1 = 40.41<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 5/16<br />
| top score1 = 172<br />
| deliveries1 = 1,980<br />
| wickets1 = 22<br />
| bowl avg1 = 36.45<br />
| fivefor1 = 0<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 4/64<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 13/–<br />
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches2 = 213 <br />
| runs2 = 12,847<br />
| bat avg2 = 40.02<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 34/51<br />
| top score2 = 203[[not out|*]]<br />
| deliveries2 = 18,879<br />
| wickets2 = 332<br />
| bowl avg2 = 24.75<br />
| fivefor2 = 15<br />
| tenfor2 = 2<br />
| best bowling2 = 8/41<br />
| catches/stumpings2= 122/–<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/42603.html Cricinfo <br />
| date = 13 June<br />
| year = 2016<br />
}}<br />
{{Infobox award<br />
| name = Pride of Performance Award Recipient<br />
| image =<br />
| imagesize = 100px<br />
| caption = Saeed Ahmed was recipient of the [[Pride of Performance]] Award in 1962<ref>[[Pride of Performance Awards (1960–1969)#1962|Saeed Ahmed gets Pride of Performance award]]</ref><br />
| country = Islamic Republic of Pakistan<br />
| date = 1962<br />
| presenter = [[Islamic Republic of Pakistan]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Saeed Ahmed''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|سعید احمد}}}}; born 1 October 1937) is a [[Pakistani]] preacher and former [[cricket]]er who is the member of [[Tablighi Jamaat]] after retirement. <br />
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He played in 41 [[Test cricket|Test matches]] between 1958 and 1972. He was born in 1937 at [[Jalandhar]] in what was then [[British Punjab]], part of [[British India]] and educated at [[Government Islamia College]] in [[Lahore]]. He played as a right-handed middle order batsman with a powerful drive and bowled [[off-break]]s. He is the brother of another cricketer [[Younis Ahmed]].<ref name="auto"/><br />
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Saeed made his Test début on 17 January 1958 against the [[West Indies cricket team|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. He went on to captain 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.<ref name="auto"/><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
He married renowned businesswoman Begum Salma Ahmed, a relative of Pakistani diplomat [[Shahryar Khan]], and became involved in the business.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/668924-the-twenty-two-families-of-pakistan-test-cricket-part-iii|title=The Twenty Two Families of Pakistan Test Cricket – Part III |author=Salman Faridi|date=7 June 2020|newspaper=The News International (newspaper)|access-date=18 October 2021}}</ref> <br />
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In 1980, he quit his cricket and business careers and joined [[Tablighi Jamaat]] as a preacher.<ref name="auto"/> His sister, Shagufta, married Pakistani cricketer [[Sarfaraz Nawaz]] for a brief time.<ref name="auto"/><br />
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==Records==<br />
* Fastest Pakistani Cricketer to reach 1,000 test runs (20 innings).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283173.html |title=Records / Test matches / Batting records / Fastest to 1000 runs | publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=18 October 2021}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cricinfo|id=42603}}<br />
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before= [[Hanif Mohammad]]|<br />
title= [[Pakistani national cricket captains|Pakistan Cricket Captain]]|<br />
years= 1968–1969|<br />
after= [[Intikhab Alam]]<br />
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{{succession box| before = [[Des Hoare]] | title = [[Nelson Cricket Club]]<br>Professional | after = [[Neil Hawke]] | years = 1965–1966}}<br />
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{{Pakistan Test Cricket Captains}}<br />
{{Pride of Performance for Sports}}<br />
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