rashid latif Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
rashid latif is a cricketer(sportsman) from Pakistan. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Rashid Latif
Born
October 14, 1968, Karachi, Sind
Age
55 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Legbreak
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
Playing Role
Wicketkeeper Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 37 | 166 | - | - |
Inn | 57 | 117 | - | - |
Runs | 1381 | 1709 | - | - |
Avg | 28.77 | 19.42 | - | - |
SR | 47.42 | 76.4 | - | - |
HS | 150 | 79 | - | - |
NO | 9 | 29 | - | - |
100s | 1 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 7 | 3 | - | - |
4s | 156 | 125 | - | - |
6s | 5 | 18 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 37 | 166 | - | - |
Inn | 1 | - | - | - |
Balls | 12 | - | - | - |
Runs | 10 | - | - | - |
Wkt | 0 | - | - | - |
BBI | 10 / 0 | - | - | - |
BBM | 10 / 0 | - | - | - |
Eco | 5.0 | - | - | - |
Avg | 0.0 | - | - | - |
5W | 0 | - | - | - |
10W | 0 | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Pakistan
- Allied Bank
- Karachi
- United Bank Limited
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
He made his Test and ODI debut during Pakistan's tour of England in 1992 and had a decent start. His solid 50 in the Test at the Oval marked him out as a good player. However, he struggled to achieve consistency from that point. His low point arrived during the 1995/96 tour of Zimbabwe when he announced his retirement mid-way through the tour after he was discontented with Saleem Malik's captaincy. He captained the side in the 1998 season but a string of poor performances followed and he was again left out of the squad.
He once again made a comeback to the squad in 2001 for the tour of England. However, his inconsistency continued to plague him. In 2003, following Pakistan's disastrous first round exit in the World Cup, Latif was handed over the captaincy and Pakistan enjoyed a prosperous time. He united the team and results started to go their way. However, Latif did not enjoy healthy relations with the PCB and he was sacked as captain after 2005.
Latif took up the role of a batting coach for the Afghanistan national team but quit the job citing interference. He was appointed as wicket-keeping coach for the Pakistan team but his job lasted for barely a month following remarks made by him over the spot-fixing scandal. The views were largely out of sync with the board and he was sacked. He headed back to Afghanistan as the head coach.
If one looks at Rashid Latif's career, it is unfortunate that controversies plagued him at each and every turn. Had the rub of the green gone his way, Latif could have been the answer to Pakistan's search for a steady wicketkeeper after Wasim Bari.
By Siddharth Vishwanathan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Neat as he was as a wicketkeeper and as a batsman (he was selected for his Test debut on the strength of his batting), Rashid Latif earned more fame for his controversial acts than for his cricketing deeds. He announced his retirement in the middle of Pakistan's 1994-95 tour of Zimbabwe, following some fishy goings-on in South Africa under Salim Malik's captaincy, then returned as "Mr Clean" to captain the side after he had given plenty of evidence to Judge Qayyum's inquiry. All went well at first in South Africa in 1997-98 until he found, like Rameez Raja and Aamir Sohail, that certain senior players did not want things to change. He made a surprise return to the colours for the 2001 tour of England, and got a second shot at the captaincy when Waqar Younis was sacked after Pakistan's miserable performance at the 2003 World Cup. There was more controversy to follow, though. He kept up his crusade to clean up the game, writing an open letter to the ICC, warning of the dangers of "fancy fixing". Then, he was suspended for five matches for wrongly claiming a catch during the series against Bangladesh. These incidents led to the souring of relations between him and the Pakistan board, and ultimately resulted in his stepping down from captaincy at the end of that series.
Latif's penchant for controversy continued after his retirement too. He took up a job as batting coach of Afghanistan, but quit after citing interference with his coaching role. He was then appointed wicketkeeping coach by the Pakistan Cricket Board, but lasted less than a month in that role after comments he made on spot-fixing weren't viewed favourably by the board. That made him return to Afghanistan, this time as head coach.