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Full name Rashid Latif
Born October 14, 1968, Karachi, Sind
Current age 39 years 278 days
Major teams Pakistan, Allied Bank, Karachi, United Bank Limited
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

1381

150

28.77

2912

47.42

156

119

ODIs

166

117

1709

19.42

2237

76.39

125

182

First-class

156

219

5094

150

28.30

429

List A

249

185

3108

100

21.88

256

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

5.00

ODIs

166

First-class

156

244

171

2/17

28.50

4.20

40.6

List A

249

Career statistics

Test debut

England v Pakistan at The Oval, Aug 6-9, 1992 scorecard

Last Test

Pakistan v Bangladesh at Multan, Sep 3-6, 2003 scorecard

Test statistics

ODI debut

England v Pakistan at Nottingham, Aug 20, 1992 scorecard

Last ODI

Pakistan v South Africa at Rawalpindi, Oct 12, 2003 scorecard

ODI statistics

First-class span

1986/87 - 2004/05

List A span

1989/90 - 2003/04

Wisden overview
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.

In June 2008 the board appointed Latif as wicketkeeping coach to train young keepers in the country.

Apr 5, 2004

Rashid Latif headshot © Getty Images

Sep 24, 2003

Rashid Latif at a press conference © AFP

Sep 6, 2003

Rashid Latif congratulating Shabbir Ahmed and Umar Gul as Inzamam-ul-Haq looks on © AFP

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