Geburtsdatum | Samstag, 01. Mai 1954 |
Todesdatum | Freitag, 14. März 2008 |
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Beschreibung | Taslim Arif Abbasi (1 May 1954 – 14 March 2008) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 6 Tests and 2 One Day Internationals (ODIs) in 1980. His score of 210* for Pakistan against Australia stood for more than 20 years as the highest score made by a wicket-keeper in Test cricket, until broken by Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara. Arif died in Karachi from a lung infection in 2008. He was buried at Faisal Cantonment cemetery in Karachi. He is survived by two sons and a daughter: Imran Arif, who lives in London; Ainan Arif, who is himself a cricketer who plays for the National Bank of Pakistan; and Marium Arif, who lives in the United States of America. |
