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Syed Abid Ali

All-rounder · 1967 to 1975 · 34 internationals

India
Test29 matchesODI5 matches
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34Internationals
1,111Runs
0Hundreds
54Wickets
32Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR100s50s0s4s6s
Test295331,0188120.36--063-0
ODI530937031.0013270.4501061
Bowling career records by format
FormatMatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAvgEconSR4w5w10w
Test29494,1641191,980476/557/11642.122.8588.59210
ODI553361018772/222/2226.713.3348.0000-
Fielding career records by format
FormatMatInnsCtStDisDis/innsBest
Test2953320320.6033 (3ct 0st)
ODI550000.0000

Career records checked 2026-09-30. Independent of the scorecard archive.

Syed Abid Ali: Test and ODI stats

Test

29 matches · 1967-1974

47wickets
Matches
29
Average
42.12
Economy
2.85
Strike rate
88.59
Best innings
6/55
Five-fors
1

1,018 runs · batting average 20.36

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ODI

5 matches · 1974-1975

93runs
Matches
5
Average
31.00
Strike rate
70.45
Hundreds
0
Highest
70
Fifties
1
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Where the career sits

Runs by format
Test 1,018 92%ODI 93 8%
Wickets by format
Test 47 87%ODI 7 13%

Scorecard coverage

Scorecard coverage of the official career
FormatOfficial bat innsIn scorecardsOfficial bowl innsIn scorecardsFirstLatestCoverage
Test535349491967-12-231974-12-11Complete
ODI33541974-07-131975-06-14100%

Questions fans ask about Syed Abid Ali

How many Test runs has Syed Abid Ali scored?
Syed Abid Ali has 1,018 runs in 53 Test innings from 29 matches at an average of 20.36. Highest score: 81.
What is Syed Abid Ali's Test batting average?
Syed Abid Ali's Test batting average is 20.36, from 1,018 runs and 53 innings.
How many Test wickets has Syed Abid Ali taken?
Syed Abid Ali has taken 47 wickets in Test from 29 matches at a bowling average of 42.12. Best innings: 6/55.
How many ODI runs has Syed Abid Ali scored?
Syed Abid Ali has 93 runs in 3 ODI innings from 5 matches at an average of 31.00 and a strike rate of 70.45. Highest score: 70.
How many ODI wickets has Syed Abid Ali taken?
Syed Abid Ali has taken 7 wickets in ODI from 5 matches at a bowling average of 26.71. Best innings: 2/22.
Which teams has Syed Abid Ali played international cricket for?
Syed Abid Ali is recorded for India in this publication.

Explore every recorded innings

33 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters apply to this archive only.

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
DateMatchFormatResult
1975-06-14India v New ZealandODINew Zealand won by 4 wickets
1975-06-07England v IndiaODIEngland won by 202 runs
1974-12-11India v West IndiesTestWest Indies won by inns & 17 runs
1974-11-22India v West IndiesTestWest Indies won by 267 runs
1974-07-15England v IndiaODIEngland won by 6 wickets
1974-07-13England v IndiaODIEngland won by 4 wickets
1974-07-04England v IndiaTestEngland won by inns & 78 runs
1974-06-20England v IndiaTestEngland won by inns & 285 runs
1974-06-06England v IndiaTestEngland won by 113 runs
1973-02-06England v IndiaTestMatch drawn
1973-01-25England v IndiaTestMatch drawn
1972-12-30England v IndiaTestIndia won by 28 runs

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TEST CAREER · 1967 to 1974

Syed Abid Ali in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

1,018Runs
20.36Bat avg
-Strike rate
47Wickets
42.12Bowl avg
2.85Economy

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
BattingMatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Career295331,0188120.36--063-0
Official Test bowling record
BowlingMatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAvgEconSR4w5w10w
Career29494,1641191,980476/557/11642.122.8588.59210
Official Test fielding record
FieldingMatInnsCtStDisDis/InnsBest
Career2953320320.6033 (3ct 0st)

Test career in charts

Test runs, innings by innings
03006009001k runs: 1974-11-221k1,0181967196919721974
Test runs by year
0901802701967: 91 runs9119671968: 332 runs3321969: 107 runs10719691970: 0 runs1971: 169 runs16919711972: 64 runs641973: 92 runs9219731974: 163 runs1631974
Last 20 Test innings
01-4950-99100+* not out
Test innings by score
How Test innings ended
Caught32 · 60.4%
Bowled7 · 13.2%
LBW4 · 7.5%
Run out6 · 11.3%
Other dismissal1 · 1.9%
Not out3 · 5.7%
Test batting position: average and innings
114.8015 inns
238.506 inns
33.502 inns
4-0 inns
511 inns
617.002 inns
721.205 inns
817.6120 inns
940.002 inns
10-0 inns
11-0 inns
Test wickets, innings by innings
0204025 wickets: 1971-04-0125471967196919721974
Test wickets by year
04812161967: 7 wickets719671968: 7 wickets71969: 7 wickets719691970: 0 wickets1971: 16 wickets1619711972: 1 wickets11973: 2 wickets219731974: 7 wickets71974
Last 20 Test bowling innings
Test innings by wickets

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings
163runs
16.30average
-strike rate
150s
0100s
Last 10 bowling innings
10wickets
53.90average
3.35economy
96.30strike rate
3/79best

Test record by situation

complete career
Syed Abid Ali: Test batting by opposition
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
England101813077118.0559251.85022350
New Zealand71402266316.14--011-0
West Indies711218150*20.11--010-0
Australia51003048130.40--020250
All295331,0188120.36--063-0
Syed Abid Ali: Test bowling by opposition
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
England10161,44741671144/6447.922.78103.3510
West Indies7131,19031683123/7056.913.4499.1600
New Zealand61181739258134/2619.841.8962.8410
Australia59710836886/5546.003.1088.7501
All29494,1641191,980476/5542.122.8588.5921
Syed Abid Ali: Test batting by home and away
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Home101903256317.10--022380
Away193436938122.35--041-0
All295331,0188120.36--063-0
Syed Abid Ali: Test bowling by home and away
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Home10171,14140502113/4745.632.63103.7200
Away18323,023791,478366/5541.052.9383.9721
All29494,1641191,980476/5542.122.8588.5921
Syed Abid Ali: Test batting by match innings
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
1st innings of the match121201585813.16--010-0
2nd innings of the match171714647829.00--041-0
3rd innings of the match121201403611.66--001-0
4th innings of the match121222568125.60--011-0
All295331,0188120.36--063-0
Syed Abid Ali: Test bowling by match innings
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
1st innings of the match17171,77049818286/5529.212.7763.2121
2nd innings of the match11111,0242651141/23127.752.99256.0000
3rd innings of the match15151,16038532103/4753.202.75116.0000
4th innings of the match66210611953/7323.803.4042.0000
All29494,1641191,980476/5542.122.8588.5921
Syed Abid Ali: Test batting by batting position
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
No. 181502226314.80--011-0
No. 23602318138.50--020-0
No. 3220743.501741.1700000
No. 51112121*N/A--000-0
No. 6220343317.00--00040
No. 74501063621.20--000-0
No. 8142023175817.61--022-0
No. 9220807140.00--010-0
All295331,0188120.36--063-0
Syed Abid Ali: Test batting by match result
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Won71422083617.33--000-0
Lost132606118123.50--052-0
Drawn913119950*16.58--011-0
All295331,0188120.36--063-0
Syed Abid Ali: Test bowling by match result
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Won6116422922884/2628.502.1380.2510
Lost13221,73339890196/5546.843.0891.2101
Drawn9161,78951862204/6443.102.8989.4510
All29494,1641191,980476/5542.122.8588.5921
Syed Abid Ali: Test batting by year
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
1967240913322.75--000100
196861203328127.66--020-0
19694801076313.37--011100
1971812316950*18.77--011-0
1972240645816.0013946.0401190
1973230924130.6618250.54000120
197451001637116.30--010160
All295331,0188120.36--063-0
Syed Abid Ali: Test bowling by year
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
196723424422276/5531.713.1460.5701
1968595382021274/2630.282.3676.8510
1969485652319273/4727.422.0380.7100
19718161,57243792164/6449.503.0298.2510
197224150103511/1235.001.40150.0000
197322222511521/5557.503.10111.0000
1974576931441273/7958.853.5699.0000
All29494,1641191,980476/5542.122.8588.5921
Syed Abid Ali: Test batting by ground
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Brabourne Stadium350502710.00--00040
Arun Jaitley Stadium240705817.50--011100
Lord's24037149.257946.8300010
Queen's Park Oval2415421*18.00--000-0
Old Trafford230757125.0011764.1001180
All295331,0188120.36--063-0
Syed Abid Ali: Test bowling by ground
MatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIAvgEconSR4w5w
Brabourne Stadium35294715021/2375.003.06147.0000
Old Trafford246011526984/6433.622.6875.1210
Queen's Park Oval244261418863/7331.332.6471.0000
Arun Jaitley Stadium2312076600/6N/A3.30N/A00
Lord's23276613732/7945.662.9792.0000
All29494,1641191,980476/5542.122.8588.5921

- not recorded in the scorecards · N/A no dismissals or balls to divide by

Test milestones

Five-wicket innings 1

  1. 6/55v AustraliaAdelaide Oval · 1967-12-23

Best Test performances

Syed Abid Ali: highest Test scores
ScoreBFSR4s6sOpponentGroundDate
8116549.0930AustraliaSydney Cricket Ground1968-01-26
7812363.4150AustraliaSydney Cricket Ground1968-01-26
719376.3470EnglandOld Trafford1974-06-06
63--80New ZealandVidarbha Cricket Association Ground1969-10-03
5810356.3190EnglandArun Jaitley Stadium1972-12-20
50*---0West IndiesBourda1971-03-19
49--60West IndiesM Chinnaswamy Stadium1974-11-22
47--70AustraliaBrisbane Cricket Ground1968-01-19
417653.9440EnglandGreen Park1973-01-25
36--70New ZealandBasin Reserve1968-02-29
Syed Abid Ali: best Test bowling
FiguresBallsMdnsEconOpponentGroundDate
6/5513622.42AustraliaAdelaide Oval1967-12-23
4/269061.73New ZealandUniversity Oval, Dunedin1968-02-15
4/6419651.95EnglandOld Trafford1971-08-05
3/4716271.74New ZealandHyderabad (Deccan)1969-10-15
3/7012633.33West IndiesKensington Oval1971-04-01
3/739014.86West IndiesQueen's Park Oval1971-04-13
3/7918362.59EnglandOld Trafford1974-06-06
2/5412042.70West IndiesQueen's Park Oval1971-03-06
2/7913223.59EnglandLord's1974-06-20
2/12718614.09West IndiesKensington Oval1971-04-01

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
DateOpponentBatBowlGroundResult
1974-12-11West Indies8 & 40/47Arun Jaitley StadiumWest Indies won by inns & 17 runs
1974-11-22West Indies49 & 10/21 & 1/92M Chinnaswamy StadiumWest Indies won by 267 runs
1974-07-04England6 & 30/63EdgbastonEngland won by inns & 78 runs
1974-06-20England14 & 32/79Lord'sEngland won by inns & 285 runs
1974-06-06England71 & 43/79 & 1/31Old TraffordEngland won by 113 runs
1973-02-06England151/60Brabourne StadiumMatch drawn
1973-01-25England41 & 361/55Green ParkMatch drawn
1972-12-30England3 & 30/4 & 1/12Eden GardensIndia won by 28 runs
1972-12-20England58 & 00/13 & 0/6Arun Jaitley StadiumEngland won by 6 wickets
1971-08-19England26 & 4*0/47 & 0/5Kennington OvalIndia won by 4 wickets

ODI CAREER · 1974 to 1975

Syed Abid Ali in ODIs

Scorecards for 3 of 3 official batting innings

93Runs
31.00Average
70.45Strike rate
0Hundreds
1Fifties
70Highest

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
BattingMatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Career530937031.0013270.4501061
Official ODI bowling record
BowlingMatInnsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAvgEconSR4w5w10w
Career553361018772/222/2226.713.3348.0000-

ODI career in charts

ODI runs by year
02040601974: 23 runs2319741975: 70 runs701975
Last 20 ODI innings
01-4950-99100+* not out
ODI runs from boundaries
Fours24 · 25.8%
Sixes6 · 6.5%
Other runs63 · 67.7%

Recent ODI form

Last 3 batting innings
93runs
31.00average
70.45strike rate
150s
0100s

ODI record by situation

complete career
Syed Abid Ali: ODI batting by opposition
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
England220231711.503467.6400010
New Zealand110707070.009871.4201051
All430937031.0013270.4501061
Syed Abid Ali: ODI batting by home and away
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Away220231711.503467.6400010
Neutral110707070.009871.4201051
All430937031.0013270.4501061
Syed Abid Ali: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Batting first330937031.0013270.4501061
All430937031.0013270.4501061
Syed Abid Ali: ODI batting by batting position
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
No. 7110707070.009871.4201051
No. 8110171717.002470.8300010
No. 10110666.001060.0000000
All430937031.0013270.4501061
Syed Abid Ali: ODI batting by match result
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
Lost330937031.0013270.4501061
All430937031.0013270.4501061
Syed Abid Ali: ODI batting by year
MatInnsNORunsHSAvgBFSR1005004s6s
1974220231711.503467.6400010
1975110707070.009871.4201051
All430937031.0013270.4501061

- not recorded in the scorecards · N/A no dismissals or balls to divide by

Best ODI performances

Syed Abid Ali: highest ODI scores
ScoreBFSR4s6sOpponentGroundDate
709871.4251New ZealandOld Trafford1975-06-14
172470.8310EnglandHeadingley1974-07-13
61060.0000EnglandKennington Oval1974-07-15

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
DateOpponentBatBowlGroundResult
1975-06-14New Zealand702/35Old TraffordNew Zealand won by 4 wickets
1975-06-07Englanddid not bat2/58Lord'sEngland won by 202 runs
1974-07-15England61/21Kennington OvalEngland won by 6 wickets
1974-07-13England170/51HeadingleyEngland won by 4 wickets