Saeed Ahmed (cricketer)

Pride of Performance Award Recipient
Pride of Performance Award Recipient
Date	1962
Country	Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Presented by	Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Saeed Ahmed
Personal information
Full name	Saeed Ahmed
Born	1 October 1937 (age 86); Jalandhar, Punjab, British India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm offbreak
Relations	Younis Ahmed (brother)
International information
National side	Pakistan;
Test debut (cap 27)	17 January 1958 v West Indies
Last Test	29 December 1972 v Australia
Career statistics
	Source: Cricinfo, 13 June 2016

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Saeed Ahmed (Urdu: سعید احمد‎; born 1 October 1937) is a Pakistani preacher and former cricketer who is the member of Tablighi Jamaat after retirement.

He played in 41 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-breaks. He is the brother of another cricketer Younis Ahmed.^[2]

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. 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.^[2]

Personal life[edit]

He married renowned businesswoman Begum Salma Ahmed, a relative of Pakistani diplomat Shahryar Khan, and became involved in the business.^[2]

In 1980, he quit his cricket and business careers and joined Tablighi Jamaat as a preacher.^[2] His sister, Shagufta, married Pakistani cricketer Sarfaraz Nawaz for a brief time.^[2]

Records[edit]

Fastest Pakistani Cricketer to reach 1,000 test runs (20 innings).^[3]

References[edit]

↑ Saeed Ahmed gets Pride of Performance award
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Salman Faridi (7 June 2020). "The Twenty Two Families of Pakistan Test Cricket – Part III". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 18 October 2021.
↑ "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Fastest to 1000 runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2021.

External links[edit]

Saeed Ahmed at ESPNcricinfo

Preceded by Hanif Mohammad	Pakistan Cricket Captain 1968–1969	Succeeded by Intikhab Alam
Preceded by Des Hoare	Nelson Cricket Club Professional 1965–1966	Succeeded by Neil Hawke

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[1] Saeed Ahmed gets Pride of Performance award

[auto-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Salman Faridi (7 June 2020). "The Twenty Two Families of Pakistan Test Cricket – Part III". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 18 October 2021.

[3] "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Fastest to 1000 runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2021.

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