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{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (1954–2008)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Taslim Arif
| image =
| country = Pakistan
| full_name = Taslim Arif Abbasi
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1954|5|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[PIB Colony]], [[Karachi]], Pakistan
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|3|14|1954|5|1|df=yes}}
| death_place = Karachi, Pakistan
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium]]
| role = [[Wicket-keeper]]
| international = true
| internationalspan = 1980

| testdebutdate = 29 January
| testdebutyear = 1980
| testdebutagainst = India
| testcap = 82
| lasttestdate = 8 December
| lasttestyear = 1980
| lasttestagainst = West Indies

| odidebutdate = 21 November
| odidebutyear = 1980
| odidebutagainst = West Indies
| odicap = 31
| lastodidate = 19 December
| lastodiyear = 1980
| lastodiagainst = West Indies
| odishirt =

| club1 = [[Karachi cricket team|Karachi]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1967/68–1989/90}}
| club2 = [[National Bank of Pakistan cricket team|NBP]]
| year2 = 1967/68–1989/90
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 6
| runs1 = 501
| bat avg1 = 62.62
| 100s/50s1 = 1/2
| top score1 = 210[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 30
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 28.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/28
| catches/stumpings1 = 6/3
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 2
| runs2 = 28
| bat avg2 = 14.00
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 24
| deliveries2 = –
| wickets2 = –
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2 = 1/1
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 148
| runs3 = 7,568
| bat avg3 = 33.63
| 100s/50s3 = 13/40
| top score3 = 210[[not out|*]]
| deliveries3 = 311
| wickets3 = 7
| bowl avg3 = 30.28
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 4/46
| catches/stumpings3 = 312/56
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 40
| runs4 = 853
| bat avg4 = 25.84
| 100s/50s4 = 1/4
| top score4 = 113[[not out|*]]
| deliveries4 = –
| wickets4 = –
| bowl avg4 = –
| fivefor4 = –
| tenfor4 = –
| best bowling4 = –
| catches/stumpings4 = 45/14
|date=6 January
| year = 2008
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/43275.html ESPNcricinfo.com
}}

'''Taslim Arif Abbasi''' (1 May 1954 – 14 March 2008) was a Pakistani [[cricket]]er who played in six [[Test cricket|Test matches]] and 2 [[One Day International]]s (ODIs) in 1980. His score of 210*<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153599.html |title=WISDEN – Second Test Match – PAKISTAN v AUSTRALIA 1979–80 |publisher=[[ESPNCricinfo]] |date=13 March 2008 |accessdate=22 April 2012}}</ref> for [[Pakistan cricket team|Pakistan]] against [[Australia cricket team|Australia]] stood for more than 20 years as the highest score made by a [[wicket-keeper]] in Test cricket, until broken by [[Zimbabwe cricket team|Zimbabwean]] [[Andy Flower]] in 2000.<ref>{{citation|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282898.html |title=Records / Test matches / Batting records / Most runs in an innings by a wicketkeeper |publisher=[[ESPNCricinfo]] |date=13 March 2008}}</ref> Arif died in Karachi from a lung infection in 2008. He was buried at [[Faisal Cantonment]] cemetery in [[Karachi]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/342394.html |title=Former Pakistan keeper Taslim Arif dies |publisher=[[ESPNCricinfo]] |date=13 March 2008 |accessdate=22 April 2012}}</ref>

He went to a local government school in P.I.B colony Karachi. After finishing his matriculation he was admitted to National College Karachi on the basis of his cricket record. He continued to play for the college team in intercollegiate matches. His mentor Professor Mukarram Ali Khan Shirwani played a major role in introducing him to several selectors as an outstanding and budding wicketkeeper batsman. During his days in the college he had several team members who gained national duties. One of his teammates was Mohsin Hassan Khan who played for Pakistan as an opener and later became a national coach. Along with most of his teammates he was against political parties involvement in students politics. He actively supported Fasahat Ali Khan against Hussain Haqani of Islami Jamiate Talaba by bringing in the entire sports teams to vote which resulted in Fasahat winning the students union elections.

==Record==
In September 1978, playing for National Bank against [[Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|Punjab]] in [[Lahore]], before he had made his international debut, Arif became the first Pakistani wicket keeper to effect ten dismissals in a first-class match.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149374.html | title =Taslim Arif on 10 September, 1978| work = ESPN Cricinfo| access-date = 10 September 2016}}</ref> His record was later broken by [[Wasim Yousoufi]] in 1997.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ESPNcricinfo |id= 43275 }}

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[[Category:1954 births]]
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[[Category:Cricketers from Karachi]]
[[Category:Pakistan Test cricketers]]
[[Category:Pakistan One Day International cricketers]]
[[Category:Karachi cricketers]]
[[Category:Sindh cricketers]]
[[Category:National Bank of Pakistan cricketers]]
[[Category:Infectious disease deaths in Sindh]]
[[Category:World Series Cricket players]]
[[Category:Pakistani cricketers]]
[[Category:Karachi Blues cricketers]]
[[Category:Karachi Whites cricketers]]
[[Category:Wicket-keepers]]

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