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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Wasim Bari<br />
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| full_name = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|03|23|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Karachi]], [[Federal Capital Territory (Pakistan)|Federal Capital Territory]], Pakistan<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| nickname = <br />
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| country = Pakistan<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm fast<br />
| role = Wicket-keeper<br />
| international = true<br />
| internationalspan = 1967–1984<br />
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| testdebutdate = 27 July<br />
| testdebutyear = 1967<br />
| testdebutagainst = England<br />
| testcap = 54<br />
| lasttestdate = 2 January<br />
| lasttestyear = 1984<br />
| lasttestagainst = Australia<br />
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| odidebutdate = 11 February<br />
| odidebutyear = 1973<br />
| odidebutagainst = New Zealand<br />
| odicap = 10<br />
| lastodidate = 30 January<br />
| lastodiyear = 1984<br />
| lastodiagainst = Australia<br />
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| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]<br />
| matches1 = 81<br />
| runs1 = 1366<br />
| bat avg1 = 15.88<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/11<br />
| top score1 = 85<br />
| deliveries1 = 8<br />
| wickets1 = 0<br />
| bowl avg1 = –<br />
| fivefor1 = –<br />
| tenfor1 = –<br />
| best bowling1 = –<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 201/27<br />
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]<br />
| matches2 = 51<br />
| runs2 = 971<br />
| bat avg2 = 17.00<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 0/5<br />
| top score2 = 88<br />
| deliveries2 = –<br />
| wickets2 = –<br />
| bowl avg2 = –<br />
| fivefor2 = –<br />
| tenfor2 = –<br />
| best bowling2 = –<br />
| catches/stumpings2 = 52/10<br />
| date = 4 February<br />
| year = 2017<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/43549.html ESPNCricinfo<br />
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'''Wasim Bari''' ({{langx|ur|{{nq|وسیم باری}}}}; born 23 March 1948) is a Pakistani former international [[cricket]]er who played in 81 [[Test cricket|Test matches]] and 51 [[One Day International]]s from 1967 to 1984. Bari was a wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman. He captained Pakistan in Test matches and one-day internationals. At the end of his 17-year career, he was the most-capped player in Pakistani Test history.<br />
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In June 2009, Bari was named as the interim chief selector of the [[Pakistan national cricket team]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/838264/pcb-appoint-wasim-bari-as-interim-chief-selector|title=PCB appoint Wasim Bari as interim chief selector|date=16 June 2009|website=DAWN.COM}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
His talent was first recognised in 1967 with members of the England under-25 team stating that he was the best keeper to come out of South Asia. It was in England where he made his Test match debut, with [[Colin Milburn]] being his first [[Dismissal (cricket)|dismissal]]. With the bat he managed 15.88 per innings in his career, including an innings of 60 not out at number 11, in which he helped score a last wicket partnership of 133 with [[Wasim Raja]].<br />
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According to [[Tony Greig]], commentator and former England captain, most people believe [[Alan Knott]] was the best wicket-keeper to have played the game in that era but Knott himself believed Bari was better than him{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}. [[Imran Khan]], who persuaded Wasim Bari from retiring earlier, believed he was as good as Knott.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/wasim-bari-43549 |title=Wasim Bari profile and biography |access-date=12 May 2022}}</ref><br />
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In 1971 at [[Headingley cricket ground|Leeds]], he equalled the then world record of 8 catches in a Test match. He was in the record books again in 1976/77 by stumping 4 batsmen in a Test, against the [[Australia cricket team|Australians]]. In 1979 against [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] he caught 7 of the first 8 batsmen, creating a world record for most dismissals in a Test innings. He finished his career with 228 Test victims, the most by a Pakistani and the most by a South Asian keeper at the time. Among [[South Asians]], only [[M S Dhoni]] has more catches and stumpings in Test cricket, although Dhoni has played nine more Tests compared to Bari.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MS Dhoni Profile - Cricket Player India {{!}} Stats, Records, Video |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/ms-dhoni-28081 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250815081752/https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/ms-dhoni-28081 |archive-date=2025-08-15 |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Wasim Bari captained Pakistan in 6 Test matches and five one-day internationals, all of them against England home and away, at a time when Pakistan was deprived of some of its best and most recognisable players, such as [[Imran Khan]], [[Zaheer Abbas]], [[Majid Khan (cricketer)|Majid Khan]] and [[Mushtaq Mohammed]], by [[Kerry Packer]]'s [[World Series Cricket]]. He was caught up in the middle of a controversy during the tour to England regarding the growing practice of short-pitched bowling at '''[[tailender]]''' batsmen after [[Iqbal Qasim]] was forced to retire hurt after being hit by [[Bob Willis]] in the first Test at [[Edgbaston cricket ground|Birmingham]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rewind-to-1978-england-v-pakistan-the-end-of-the-innocence-636540 |title=The end of innocence |access-date=12 May 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
He was educated at the [[Cantonment Public School, Karachi]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Heller |first1=Richard |last2=Oborne |first2=Peter |year=2016 |title=White on Green: A Portrait of Pakistan Cricket |publisher=Simon and Schuster |page=185 |isbn=9781471156434}}</ref><br />
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