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	Bin Nasir's highest first-class score came in November 2011, when he made 251 not out for Karachi Whites against [[Multan cricket team\|Multan]] in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division Two at the [[National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex\|NBP Sports Complex]] in Karachi.<ref name="Dawn251">{{cite news \|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/673006/saeed-nudges-selectors-with-unbeaten-251 \|title=Saeed nudges selectors with unbeaten 251 \|work=Dawn \|date=13 November 2011}}</ref> He struck 35 fours in a 556-minute innings and shared an unbroken eighth-wicket stand of 192 with Mansoor Ahmed as Karachi Whites declared on 440 for 7.<ref name="Dawn251" /> In November 2014, he scored his 23rd first-class century, making 118 not out as United Bank Limited took control against [[Lahore Lions]] at the Marghazar Cricket Ground in [[Islamabad]].<ref name="Dawn118">{{cite news \|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1141671/adnan-s-century-gives-wapda-command-over-dolphins \|title=Adnan's century gives Wapda command over Dolphins \|work=Dawn \|date=1 November 2014}}</ref>		Bin Nasir's highest first-class score came in November 2011, when he made 251 not out for Karachi Whites against [[Multan cricket team\|Multan]] in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division Two at the [[National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex\|NBP Sports Complex]] in Karachi.<ref name="Dawn251">{{cite news \|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/673006/saeed-nudges-selectors-with-unbeaten-251 \|title=Saeed nudges selectors with unbeaten 251 \|work=Dawn \|date=13 November 2011}}</ref> He struck 35 fours in a 556-minute innings and shared an unbroken eighth-wicket stand of 192 with Mansoor Ahmed as Karachi Whites declared on 440 for 7.<ref name="Dawn251" /> In November 2014, he scored his 23rd first-class century, making 118 not out as United Bank Limited took control against [[Lahore Lions]] at the Marghazar Cricket Ground in [[Islamabad]].<ref name="Dawn118">{{cite news \|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1141671/adnan-s-century-gives-wapda-command-over-dolphins \|title=Adnan's century gives Wapda command over Dolphins \|work=Dawn \|date=1 November 2014}}</ref>

	Outside Pakistan, Bin Nasir played league cricket in England. He spent a decade with Pilsey in the [[Derbyshire County Cricket League]], scoring 10,266 league runs at an average of 98.71, including 33 centuries, and later played for Marske, Castle Eden and Darwen.<ref name="CricX">{{cite web \|url=https://www.cricx.com/news/pro-switch-darwen-sign-pakistani-legend-saeed-bin-nasir/ \|title=Pro-switch: Darwen sign Pakistani legend, Saeed Bin Nasir \|publisher=CricX \|date=2 April 2021}}</ref> In 2019–20, he returned to first-class cricket in Sri Lanka for Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club, scoring two centuries and 424 runs at an average of 42.40.<ref name="~~CricX~~" /><ref name="CA" />		Outside Pakistan, Bin Nasir played league cricket in England. He spent a decade with Pilsey in the [[Derbyshire County Cricket League]], scoring 10,266 league runs at an average of 98.71, including 33 centuries, and later played for Marske, Castle Eden and Darwen.<ref name="CricX">{{cite web \|url=https://www.cricx.com/news/pro-switch-darwen-sign-pakistani-legend-saeed-bin-nasir/ \|title=Pro-switch: Darwen sign Pakistani legend, Saeed Bin Nasir \|publisher=CricX \|date=2 April 2021}}</ref> In 2019–20, he returned to first-class cricket in Sri Lanka for Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club, scoring two centuries and 424 runs at an average of 42.40.<ref name="CA" /><ref name="CricX" />

	Across his senior career, Bin Nasir scored 11,025 runs in 191 first-class matches at an average of 39.09, including 26 centuries and 53 half-centuries, and 3,968 runs in 112 List A matches at an average of 43.60, including six centuries and 23 half-centuries.<ref name="Cricinfo" /> He was used only occasionally as a bowler and took 20 first-class wickets and four List A wickets.<ref name="Cricinfo" /><ref name="CA" />		Across his senior career, Bin Nasir scored 11,025 runs in 191 first-class matches at an average of 39.09, including 26 centuries and 53 half-centuries, and 3,968 runs in 112 List A matches at an average of 43.60, including six centuries and 23 half-centuries.<ref name="Cricinfo" /> He was used only occasionally as a bowler and took 20 first-class wickets and four List A wickets.<ref name="Cricinfo" /><ref name="CA" />

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{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (born 1979)}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=October 2024}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Saeed Bin Nasir
| image =
| country = Pakistan
| full_name = Saeed Bin Nasir
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|12|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], Pakistan
| death_date =
| death_place =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[off break]]
| role = [[Batsman (cricket)|Batsman]]

| club1 = [[Karachi Whites]]
| year1 = 1997/98–2012/13
| club2 = [[Karachi Blues]]
| year2 = 1998/99–2010/11
| club3 = [[Khan Research Laboratories cricket team|Khan Research Laboratories]]
| year3 = 1999/00–2006/07
| club4 = [[Karachi cricket team|Karachi]]
| year4 = 2003/04
| club5 = [[Karachi Zebras]]
| year5 = 2004/05–2012/13
| club6 = [[Sui Southern Gas Company cricket team|Sui Southern Gas Company]]
| year6 = 2007/08–2009/10
| club7 = [[Baluchistan cricket team|Baluchistan]]
| year7 = 2007/08–2008/09
| club8 = [[Karachi Dolphins]]
| year8 = 2010/11–2012/13
| club9 = [[Sindh cricket team|Sindh]]
| year9 = 2011/12
| club10 = [[United Bank Limited cricket team|United Bank Limited]]
| year10 = 2013/14–2016/17
| club11 = [[Pakistan Television cricket team|Pakistan Television]]
| year11 = 2018/19
| club12 = [[Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club]]
| year12 = 2019/20

|columns = 3
|column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
|matches1 = 191
|runs1 = 11,025
|bat avg1 = 39.09
|100s/50s1 = 26/53
|top score1 = 251[[not out|*]]
|deliveries1 = 1,941
|wickets1 = 20
|bowl avg1 = 60.50
|fivefor1 = 0
|tenfor1 = 0
|best bowling1 = 3/17
|catches/stumpings1 = 137/–
|column2 = [[List A cricket|List A]]
|matches2 = 112
|runs2 = 3,968
|bat avg2 = 43.60
|100s/50s2 = 6/23
|top score2 = 186[[not out|*]]
|deliveries2 = 273
|wickets2 = 4
|bowl avg2 = 64.00
|fivefor2 = 0
|tenfor2 = –
|best bowling2 = 1/2
|catches/stumpings2 = 35/–
|column3 = [[Twenty20]]
|matches3 = 4
|runs3 = 62
|bat avg3 = 15.50
|100s/50s3 = 0/0
|top score3 = 27
|deliveries3 = –
|wickets3 = –
|bowl avg3 = –
|fivefor3 = –
|tenfor3 = –
|best bowling3 = –
|catches/stumpings3 = 0/–
|date = 3 May
|year = 2026
|source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/saeed-bin-nasir-42671 Cricinfo
}}

'''Saeed Bin Nasir''' (born 19 December 1979) is a Pakistani [[cricket]]er who played [[first-class cricket]] and [[List A cricket]] for several Pakistani domestic sides. A right-handed middle-order [[batsman (cricket)|batsman]] and occasional right-arm [[off break]] bowler, he was born in [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]].<ref name="Cricinfo">{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/saeed-bin-nasir-42671 |title=Saeed Bin Nasir |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref name="PCBprofile">{{cite web |url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/player-detail.php?action=view_profile&player_id=16079 |title=Saeed Bin Nasir |publisher=Pakistan Cricket Board}}</ref> He represented [[Pakistan Under-19 cricket team|Pakistan Under-19s]] and [[Pakistan A cricket team|Pakistan A]], and played senior domestic cricket for [[Karachi Whites]], [[Karachi Blues]], [[Khan Research Laboratories cricket team|Khan Research Laboratories]], [[Sui Southern Gas Company cricket team|Sui Southern Gas Company]], [[Baluchistan cricket team|Baluchistan]], [[Sindh cricket team|Sindh]], [[United Bank Limited cricket team|United Bank Limited]], [[Pakistan Television cricket team|Pakistan Television]] and [[Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club]].<ref name="CA">{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10636/10636.html |title=Saeed Bin Nasir |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>

Bin Nasir was included in the squad for a Test series against Bangladesh in 2003–04 but did not play a Test.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pro-switch: Darwen sign Pakistani legend, Saeed Bin Nasir |url=https://www.cricx.com/news/pro-switch-darwen-sign-pakistani-legend-saeed-bin-nasir/ |website=cricx.com |access-date=2 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Farooq |first1=Umar |title=Eight domestic giants who never played for their country |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/eight-domestic-giants-who-never-played-for-their-country-1225435 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2 December 2024 |language=en |quote=Saeed bin Nasir ... [has] played 21 seasons and is still going strong, but every moment of his career has come in domestic cricket. ... Bin Nasir's form earned him a call-up for the home series against Bangladesh in 2003 when Pakistan, reeling from a shock World Cup exit and several retirements, did theoretically have a place for someone of his promise. It wasn't to be.}}</ref>

==Career==
Bin Nasir began his first-class career for Karachi Whites in the 1997–98 season and made his List A debut in 1998–99.<ref name="CA" /> He also appeared for Pakistan A during the 2002–03 season; in January 2003, he scored 33 for Pakistan A against an Emirates Cricket Board XI at Dubai.<ref name="PakAvECB">{{cite web |url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/pakistan-a-in-united-arab-emirates-200203/match/9872.html |title=Emirates Cricket Board v Pakistan A |publisher=Pakistan Cricket Board}}</ref> Later in 2003, he was named in Pakistan's Test squad for the home series against Bangladesh, one of several uncapped players chosen in a rebuilding side following the [[2003 Cricket World Cup]], but he did not play a Test match.<ref name="BanglaSquad">{{cite news |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/inzamam-recalled-for-bangladesh-series-124961 |title=Inzamam recalled for Bangladesh series |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=15 August 2003}}</ref><ref name="DomesticGiants">{{cite news |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/eight-domestic-giants-who-never-played-for-their-country-1225435 |title=Eight domestic giants who never played for their country |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |first=Umar |last=Farooq |date=13 June 2020}}</ref>

One of Bin Nasir's early first-class centuries came in February 2002, when he made 105 for Karachi Whites against [[Hyderabad cricket team (Pakistan)|Hyderabad]] in the [[Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]] at the [[Niaz Stadium]], his second century of that championship.<ref name="Dawn105">{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/19946/saeed-slams-century |title=Saeed slams century |work=Dawn |date=9 February 2002}}</ref> In March 2003, playing for Khan Research Laboratories against [[Sialkot cricket team|Sialkot]] in the NBP One-day Patron's Cup at the Saga Ground, Sialkot, he made an unbeaten 186 from 130 balls, hitting 25 fours and six sixes and sharing a 248-run third-wicket partnership with [[Misbah-ul-Haq]].<ref name="Dawn186">{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/89087/rawalpindi-ruin-peshawar-s-qualifying-aspirations |title=Rawalpindi ruin Peshawar's Qualifying aspirations |work=Dawn |date=23 March 2003}}</ref><ref name="CricinfoPatronsSummary">{{cite news |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/npb-patron-s-cup-results-summary-130602 |title=NBP Patron's Cup: Results Summary |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=23 March 2003}}</ref> The innings remained his highest score in List A cricket.<ref name="Cricinfo" />

In March 2008, Bin Nasir scored centuries in both innings for Baluchistan against [[North West Frontier Province cricket team|NWFP]] in the [[Pentangular Cup]] at the [[Arbab Niaz Stadium]], making 149 not out in the first innings and 118 not out in the second.<ref name="DawnTwinTons">{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/293660/saeed-slams-century-in-each-innings |title=Saeed slams century in each innings |work=Dawn |date=14 March 2008}}</ref> Later that year, in another Pentangular Cup match against [[Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|Punjab]] at the [[Gaddafi Stadium]], he made 119 in Baluchistan's second innings after they had followed on, helping the side save the match.<ref name="UrduPoint119">{{cite news |url=https://www.urdupoint.com/daily/livenews/2008-11-15/news-83000.html |title=پینٹگولر کپ ،پنجاب اور بلوچستان کا میچ ڈرا،سعید بن ناصر کی شاندار سنچری |work=UrduPoint |date=15 November 2008 |language=ur}}</ref><ref name="DawnLeading">{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/331191/saeed-jr-century-guides-balochistan-into-final |title=Saeed Jr century guides Balochistan into final |work=Dawn |date=22 November 2008}}</ref>

Bin Nasir's highest first-class score came in November 2011, when he made 251 not out for Karachi Whites against [[Multan cricket team|Multan]] in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division Two at the [[National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex|NBP Sports Complex]] in Karachi.<ref name="Dawn251">{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/673006/saeed-nudges-selectors-with-unbeaten-251 |title=Saeed nudges selectors with unbeaten 251 |work=Dawn |date=13 November 2011}}</ref> He struck 35 fours in a 556-minute innings and shared an unbroken eighth-wicket stand of 192 with Mansoor Ahmed as Karachi Whites declared on 440 for 7.<ref name="Dawn251" /> In November 2014, he scored his 23rd first-class century, making 118 not out as United Bank Limited took control against [[Lahore Lions]] at the Marghazar Cricket Ground in [[Islamabad]].<ref name="Dawn118">{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1141671/adnan-s-century-gives-wapda-command-over-dolphins |title=Adnan's century gives Wapda command over Dolphins |work=Dawn |date=1 November 2014}}</ref>

Outside Pakistan, Bin Nasir played league cricket in England. He spent a decade with Pilsey in the [[Derbyshire County Cricket League]], scoring 10,266 league runs at an average of 98.71, including 33 centuries, and later played for Marske, Castle Eden and Darwen.<ref name="CricX">{{cite web |url=https://www.cricx.com/news/pro-switch-darwen-sign-pakistani-legend-saeed-bin-nasir/ |title=Pro-switch: Darwen sign Pakistani legend, Saeed Bin Nasir |publisher=CricX |date=2 April 2021}}</ref> In 2019–20, he returned to first-class cricket in Sri Lanka for Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club, scoring two centuries and 424 runs at an average of 42.40.<ref name="CricX" /><ref name="CA" />

Across his senior career, Bin Nasir scored 11,025 runs in 191 first-class matches at an average of 39.09, including 26 centuries and 53 half-centuries, and 3,968 runs in 112 List A matches at an average of 43.60, including six centuries and 23 half-centuries.<ref name="Cricinfo" /> He was used only occasionally as a bowler and took 20 first-class wickets and four List A wickets.<ref name="Cricinfo" /><ref name="CA" />

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=42671}}

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