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Asif Mujtaba Urdu: آصف مجتبیٰ
Personal informatioBatting style Left-hand baBowling style Slow left-arm orthodoCareer statisticCompetition Tests ODIMatches 25 6Runs scored 928 106Batting average 24.42 26.0100s/50s -/8 1/Top score 65* 113Balls bowled 666 75Wickets 4 Bowling average 75.75 94.05 wickets in innings - 10 wickets in match - n/Best bowling 1/0 2/3Catches/stumpings 19/- 18/Source: Cricinfo.com, 4 February 200Mohammad Asif Mujtaba (born 4 November 1967, Karachi, Sindh) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 25 Tests and 66 ODIs from 1986 to 1997. He is best known for hitting a Steve Waugh full toss on the last ball in an ODI at Hobart in 1992-93 for six, when Pakistan needed 7 runs to win, thereby tying the match. He also enjoys the remarkable bating average of 214.00 from his 6 ODIs against AustraliaContent . 1 Early introductio 2 Comebac 3 ODI 4 Bowle 5 Captai 6 Reference 7 External linkEarly introductioIn Nov. 1986, Mujtaba was selected to make his Test debut against the mighty WI. With Saleem Malik injured, the selectors preferred Mujtaba, over more experienced Wasim Raja for the job. It was an unenviable job, as the WI pace battery was spearheaded by Malcolm Marshall, the fastest bowler at that time. Alongside him were Courtney Walsh and Tony Gray. Thus, the selectors showed great confidence by giving Mujtaba his debut. Unfortunately, young Mujtaba, barely 19, failed to justify the selectors confidence in him. His four innings in the series yielded a mere 32 runs, and after another failure against the English, a year later, he went into oblivion for five years.[1ComebacA string of strong batting performances in the domestic arena meant that he was recalled for the England tour during the summer of 1992. Again, the selectors showed their faith in him by putting him in the important No 3. position. The move was only partly successful. His first test fifty, 59 at Lords, helped Pakistan win the match by 2 wickets. He followed this with 57 & 40 in a high scoring affair at Old-Trafford. Also, he is known for his double hat-trick against India.
In the Spring of 1993, he batted with great courage against the might of WI, scoring 59 at St. John, & 41 at Bridgetown. Later that year, in the series against the Zimbabwe, he scored 3 fifties, but his inability to convert fifties into hundreds, meant that he remained in the periphery of the team, not at the centre.
The emergence of Inzamam-ul-Haq as a world class middle order bat, didn't help Mujtaba's cause. And, during the 1994-97 period he was in and out of the side, unable to become a permanent member of the side. His last test Match was against the Lankans in April 1997.
Asif Mujtaba Biography
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Asif Mujtaba Urdu: آصف مجتبیٰ
Personal informatioBatting style Left-hand baBowling style Slow left-arm orthodoCareer statisticCompetition Tests ODIMatches 25 6Runs scored 928 106Batting average 24.42 26.0100s/50s -/8 1/Top score 65* 113Balls bowled 666 75Wickets 4 Bowling average 75.75 94.05 wickets in innings - 10 wickets in match - n/Best bowling 1/0 2/3Catches/stumpings 19/- 18/Source: Cricinfo.com, 4 February 200Mohammad Asif Mujtaba (born 4 November 1967, Karachi, Sindh) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 25 Tests and 66 ODIs from 1986 to 1997. He is best known for hitting a Steve Waugh full toss on the last ball in an ODI at Hobart in 1992-93 for six, when Pakistan needed 7 runs to win, thereby tying the match. He also enjoys the remarkable bating average of 214.00 from his 6 ODIs against AustraliaContent . 1 Early introductio 2 Comebac 3 ODI 4 Bowle 5 Captai 6 Reference 7 External linkEarly introductioIn Nov. 1986, Mujtaba was selected to make his Test debut against the mighty WI. With Saleem Malik injured, the selectors preferred Mujtaba, over more experienced Wasim Raja for the job. It was an unenviable job, as the WI pace battery was spearheaded by Malcolm Marshall, the fastest bowler at that time. Alongside him were Courtney Walsh and Tony Gray. Thus, the selectors showed great confidence by giving Mujtaba his debut. Unfortunately, young Mujtaba, barely 19, failed to justify the selectors confidence in him. His four innings in the series yielded a mere 32 runs, and after another failure against the English, a year later, he went into oblivion for five years.[1ComebacA string of strong batting performances in the domestic arena meant that he was recalled for the England tour during the summer of 1992. Again, the selectors showed their faith in him by putting him in the important No 3. position. The move was only partly successful. His first test fifty, 59 at Lords, helped Pakistan win the match by 2 wickets. He followed this with 57 & 40 in a high scoring affair at Old-Trafford. Also, he is known for his double hat-trick against India.
In the Spring of 1993, he batted with great courage against the might of WI, scoring 59 at St. John, & 41 at Bridgetown. Later that year, in the series against the Zimbabwe, he scored 3 fifties, but his inability to convert fifties into hundreds, meant that he remained in the periphery of the team, not at the centre.
The emergence of Inzamam-ul-Haq as a world class middle order bat, didn't help Mujtaba's cause. And, during the 1994-97 period he was in and out of the side, unable to become a permanent member of the side. His last test Match was against the Lankans in April 1997.
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