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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Asif Iqbal<br />
| image =<br />
| country = Pakistan<br />
| fullname = Asif Iqbal Razvi<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|6|6|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[Hyderabad State]], [[British India]]<br />(now in [[Telangana]], India)<br />
| height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm medium<br />
| role = [[All-rounder]]<br />
| family = [[Shammi Iqbal]] (son)<br />
| international = true<br />
| internationalspan = 1964-1980<br />
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| testdebutdate = 24 October<br />
| testdebutyear = 1964<br />
| testdebutagainst = Australia<br />
| testcap = 42<br />
| lasttestdate = 29 January<br />
| lasttestyear = 1980<br />
| lasttestagainst = India<br />
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| odidebutdate = 11 February<br />
| odidebutyear = 1973<br />
| odidebutagainst = New Zealand<br />
| odicap = 1<br />
| lastodidate = 20 June<br />
| lastodiyear = 1979<br />
| lastodiagainst = West Indies<br />
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| club1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]<br />
| year1 = {{nowrap|1959–1961}}<br />
| club2 = [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]<br />
| year2 = {{nowrap|1961–1969}}<br />
| club3 = [[Pakistan International Airlines cricket team|Pakistan International Airlines]]<br />
| year3 = {{nowrap|1964–1980}}<br />
| club4 = [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]]<br />
| year4 = {{nowrap|1968–1982}}<br />
| club5 = [[National Bank of Pakistan cricket team|National Bank of Pakistan]]<br />
| year5 = {{nowrap|1976–1977}}<br />
| columns = 4<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]<br />
| matches1 = 58<br />
| runs1 = 3,575<br />
| bat avg1 = 38.85<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 11/12<br />
| top score1 = 175<br />
| deliveries1 = 3,864<br />
| wickets1 = 53<br />
| bowl avg1 = 28.33<br />
| fivefor1 = 2<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 5/48<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 36/–<br />
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]<br />
| matches2 = 10<br />
| runs2 = 330<br />
| bat avg2 = 55.00<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 0/5<br />
| top score2 = 62<br />
| deliveries2 = 592<br />
| wickets2 = 16<br />
| bowl avg2 = 23.62<br />
| fivefor2 = 0<br />
| tenfor2 = 0<br />
| best bowling2 = 4/56<br />
| catches/stumpings2 = 7/–<br />
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| matches3 = 440<br />
| runs3 = 23,329<br />
| bat avg3 = 37.26<br />
| 100s/50s3 = 45/118<br />
| top score3 = 196<br />
| deliveries3 = 18,899<br />
| wickets3 = 291<br />
| bowl avg3 = 30.30<br />
| fivefor3 = 5<br />
| tenfor3 = 0<br />
| best bowling3 = 6/45<br />
| catches/stumpings3 = 301/–<br />
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]<br />
| matches4 = 259<br />
| runs4 = 5,989<br />
| bat avg4 = 27.98<br />
| 100s/50s4 = 3/33<br />
| top score4 = 106<br />
| deliveries4 = 5,017<br />
| wickets4 = 126<br />
| bowl avg4 = 25.96<br />
| fivefor4 = 1<br />
| tenfor4 = 0<br />
| best bowling4 = 5/42<br />
| catches/stumpings4 = 101/–<br />
| date = 8 March<br />
| year = 2013<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/39010.html CricInfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Asif Iqbal Razvi''' ([[Urdu]]: '''آصف اقبال رضوی''', born 6 June 1943) is a former Pakistani professional cricketer who captained the [[Pakistan national cricket team]] and [[Kent County Cricket Club]]. He went on to become a match referee.<br />
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Born in [[Hyderabad]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149228.html |title=501 not out |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=6 June 2018}}</ref> Asif Iqbal is related to former [[India national cricket team|India]] captain [[Ghulam Ahmed (cricketer)|Ghulam Ahmed]] and Indian tennis star [[Sania Mirza]].<ref>[http://www.mid-day.com/sports/2010/apr/030410-Cricket-Pakistan-captain-Shoaib-Malik-Sania-Mirza.htm Sania and the great cricket connection]</ref> He played as an [[all-rounder]] who batted right-handed [[batsman]] and bowled right-arm medium pace deliveries.<br />
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Asif played domestically for [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]], [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]], [[Kent CCC|Kent]], [[National Bank of Pakistan cricket team|National Bank of Pakistan]] and [[Pakistan International Airlines cricket team|Pakistan International Airlines]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/profile/asif-iqbal/|title=Asif Iqbal|website=Kent County Cricket Club|language=en|access-date=2019-09-07}}</ref> After learning his cricket in Hyderabad, India, he emigrated to Pakistan in 1961, where he opened the bowling with swing bowling before concentrating on batting that was noted for its footwork and cavalier cover-driving.<ref>[http://www.dawn.com/news/1246504/when-eden-gave-standing-ovation-to-pakistani-great-asif-iqbal When Eden gave standing ovation to Pakistani great Asif Iqbal]</ref> In 1977, he played in [[World Series Cricket]] competition for the World XI side.<br />
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Asif's [[Test cricket|Test match]] debut was against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] in Karachi in the 1964-1965 series during a match in which he batted at number 10.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/asif-iqbal-15-facts-about-the-former-pakistan-skipper-504691|title=Asif Iqbal: 15 facts about the former Pakistan skipper|last=Mustafi|first=Suvajit|date=6 June 2015|website=Cricket Country|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-07}}</ref> After developing back problems, Asif began to focus on his batting and gradually worked his way up Pakistan's batting order.<br />
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In the series against [[England cricket team|England]] in 1967, Asif scored his maiden Test century, making 146 runs batting at number 9 at [[The Oval]], sharing in a then [[Test cricket|Test]] record partnership for the ninth wicket with [[Intikhab Alam]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/asif-iqbal-15-facts-about-the-former-pakistan-skipper-504691|title=Asif Iqbal: 15 facts about the former Pakistan skipper|last=Mustafi|first=Suvajit|date=6 June 2015|website=Cricket Country|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-07}}</ref> This was also the then highest score by a number 9 batsman in Test matches in England (until exceded by [[Stuart Broad]] in 2010). According to ''Wisden'', when he reached his hundred: "An amazing scene followed. Hundreds of Pakistanis raced to the wicket and hoisted Asif shoulder high. The game was held up for five minutes and when a squad of police rescued him, the poor fellow was bruised and battered".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/england-v-pakistan-152391|title=England v Pakistan|website=ESPNCricinfo|language=en|access-date=2019-09-08}}</ref> In 1968 he was named one of the [[Wisden Cricketers of the Year]] and captained Pakistan at the [[1975 Cricket World Cup|1975]] and [[1979 Cricket World Cup]]s, leading the team to the semi-finals in 1979. At Test level, he captained Pakistan team in a six Test series against India in 1979/80 before retiring from Test cricket after 58 matches.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1246504|title=When Eden gave standing ovation to Pakistani great Asif Iqbal|last=Basu|first=Anik|date=19 March 2016|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=2019-09-08}}</ref><br />
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With Kent he was part of a successful side which won both the [[County Championship]] and the [[Benson and Hedges Cup]] in 1978, and the Benson and Hedges Cup in 1973 and 1976, Asif winning the [[man of the match]] award for an all-round performance in the 1973 final.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/benson-hedges-cup-1973-479100/kent-vs-worcestershire-final-479150/full-scorecard|title=Full Scorecard of Kent vs Worcestershire Final|website=ESPNCricinfo|language=en|access-date=2019-09-08}}</ref> He was also [[man of the match]], although appearing on the losing side, in the [[Gillette Cup (England)|Gillette Cup]] final of 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/gillette-cup-england-1971-368807/kent-vs-lancashire-final-368808/full-scorecard |title=Full Scorecard of Lancashire vs Kent Final|website=ESPNCricinfo|language=en|access-date=2019-09-08}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=39010}}<br />
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before= [[Intikhab Alam]]<br />[[Majid Khan (cricketer, born 1946)|Majid Khan]]<br />[[Wasim Bari]]|<br />
title= [[Pakistani national cricket captains|Pakistani national cricket captain]]|<br />
years= 1975<br />1975–1976<br />1978–1979|<br />
after= [[Majid Khan (cricketer, born 1946)|Majid Khan]]<br />[[Mushtaq Mohammad]]<br />[[Javed Miandad]]<br />
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before=[[Mike Denness]]<br />[[Alan Ealham]]<br />
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years=1977<br />1981–1982|<br />
after=[[Alan Ealham]]<br />[[Chris Tavaré]]<br />
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