Tauseef Ahmed was born on 10 May 1958 and is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 34 Test matches and 70 One Day Internationals between 1980 and 1993.
13 Facts About Tauseef Ahmed
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Tauseef Ahmed made his first-class debut in early 1979 for Public Works Department against Pakistan International Airlines that was to remain his only first-class game for just over a year until his neighbor, Javed Sadiq, managed to get him a chance to bowl at the Pakistani tail-enders before the 1980 Karachi test against Australia.
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Tauseef Ahmed did not even know the names of the opposing Australian players when he made his debut.
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Tauseef Ahmed was to offer control when playing with Abdul Qadir or Iqbal Qasim.
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Imran won the toss and batted and Tauseef Ahmed's glorious run began; he scored a crucial unbeaten 15 in the first innings enabling Pakistan to cross 100 and then sparked the fightback by bowling Krish Srikkanth and Sunil Gavaskar through the gate that very day.
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That day would end with Tauseef Ahmed firing out Dilip Vengsarkar and Kiran More.
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The next day, Pakistan, hunting for the remaining six wickets, got four through Iqbal Qasim, including that of the threatening Sunil Gavaskar, before Tauseef Ahmed's sharp-spinning off break went through Shivlal Yadav's defences.
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Roger Binny hit back with a massive six of Tauseef Ahmed who was surprised when Imran handed the ball to him to have another go.
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Tauseef Ahmed did and so did Binny and could only manage an inside edge to Saleem Yousuf who gobbled it up to give Pakistan their first-ever test series win in India.
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Tauseef Ahmed would remain a vital cog in Pakistani teams until the emergence of Waqar Younis and Mushtaq Ahmed in 1989 which enabled the aging Imran Khan to surrender the new ball and groom Mushtaq as the future spinner for Pakistan.
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Nevertheless, Tauseef Ahmed kept making occasional returns, putting up admirable shows in Australia in 1990.
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Tauseef Ahmed disappeared from the international scene as Pakistan increasingly went for a three pacemen-one spinner combo and Mushtaq Ahmed developed rapidly.
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Tauseef Ahmed was thrifty as his economy rate of under 2.3 in Test Matches and 4.15 in One Day Internationals would testify and valued his wicket dearly and was a brilliant fielder.