deliveries columns catches/stumpings year birth_date tenfor bowling country fivefor batting name fullname birth_place column source date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
balls 3038 402 2 5 / - 1 / - 2006 january 23 , 1946 -- n/a right-arm medium-fast pakistan 1 -- right-hand bat asif masood آصف مسعود syed asif masood shah lahore , punjab , pakistan tests odis http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/39012.html january 23 , 1946 93 10 38 5 - / - - / - 16 7 asif masood

asif masood

syed asif masood shah -lrb- ; born january 23 , 1946 , in lahore , punjab -rrb- is a former pakistani cricketer who played in 16 tests and 7 odis from 1969 to 1977 .
he was educated at islamia college lahore his best test was against england at birmingham in 1971 , when he took 5 for 111 and 4 for 49 .
this performance led to his selection for the rest of the world team in australia in 1971 -- 72 .
he used to begin his run-up with a backward step before a loping approach to the wicket which john arlott likened to `` groucho marx chasing a pretty waitress '' .
retiring from cricket in 1977 , after marrying in the uk , asif masood became a successful businessman , owning first a travel agency then a post office in bury , lancashire .
he currently resides in bury with his wife and four children .
