Taslim Arif Abbasi (1 May 1954 – 14 March 2008) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 6 Tests and 2 One Day Internationals (ODIs) in 1980. His score of 210* for Pakistan against Australia stood for more than 20 years as the highest score made by a wicket-keeper in Test cricket, until broken by Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara. Arif died in Karachi from a lung infection in 2008. He was buried at Faisal Cantonment cemetery, in Karachi He have 2 sons elder Imran Arif living in london and working as an education counsellor and younger Ainan Arif himself a cricketer and playing for National bank of Pakistan and a daughter Marium Arif living in USA.
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Taslim Arif Abbasi 1 May 1954 PIB Colony, Karachi, Sindh
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Died |
14 March 2008 (aged 53) Karachi, Pakistan
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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