I am an international cricketer from the sub-continent with an amazing world record. Who am I and whats the record?
- -Is he Sri Lankan ? .....................................NO
- -Is it a bowling record ? ...............................NO
- -Test record ? ............................................NO
- -Indian ? ....................................................NO
- -Is the world record cricket related? ..............YES (of course)
- -Is it Saeed Anwar, highest ODI score, 194*.. NO
- -Is it Batting Record ? ..................................NO
- -Am i a wicket keeper ..................................NO
Hint Number 1 : I am a Pakistani international.
Q9 Is the record time-related? ie:youngest/oldest/earliest/longevity related etc?..
NO
Q10 is it related to runouts ???..................
NO
Q11 Is the record off the field of play ?.......
NO
Hint # 2 : Some dark side (not seen in good light) of my career stats have a strange similarity (not identical) to that mouthful Mbangwa Mpumelelo from Zimbabwe
Q12. some thing to do with lowest avg.....NO
Q13. Fielding/wicketkeeping record ?........YES
Q14. Anything to do with substitutes ?....No
Q15. Let us seperate this out. Wicket-keeping ?....NO
Q16. is it any way related not taking any ctach in ODI career,,,,YES
Q17. Is it a Pakistani Cricketer ?...YES
Q18. Did he play in the 80s ?...NO
Q19. Did he play in the 70s ?...NO
Q20. Is he Playing Currently ?....NO
I am sorry Gentlemen, Time's up. He did not play in the 70's or 80's or the current decade - he played in the decade that is missing here - the 90's !!
He played for Pakistan in the first half of the 90's
He was a right arm fast medium bowler (classification by howstatdotcom).
Played over 40 international games and barely managed to score a 100 runs IN AGGREGATE in all these games. Averaging well and truly in single digits in either. Not your Sachin, Lara or Ponting....or Inzy for that matter.
He once took four wickets in a match in a test match and once three in a one day game. Not your Wasim, Waqar or Pollock one would say.
He managed to take two catches in more than a dozen test matches he played. But it was in the ODI's that he left his mark as a cricketer.
In thirty games from 1992 to 1996, he managed a record number of catches which no one comes close to beating in as many games.
His name Ata-ur-Rahman. The number of carches...ZILCH.
No cricketer has taken that many catches and taken '
JUST' 30 games to do so.