How many Test runs has Saleem Altaf scored?

Saleem Altaf has 276 runs in 31 Test innings from 21 matches at an average of 14.52. Highest score: 53*.

What is Saleem Altaf's Test batting average?

Saleem Altaf's Test batting average is 14.52, from 276 runs and 31 innings.

How many Test wickets has Saleem Altaf taken?

Saleem Altaf has taken 46 wickets in Test from 21 matches at a bowling average of 37.17. Best innings: 4/11.

How many ODI runs has Saleem Altaf scored?

Saleem Altaf has 25 runs in 2 ODI innings from 6 matches at an average of 25.00 and a strike rate of 47.16. Highest score: 21.

How many ODI wickets has Saleem Altaf taken?

Saleem Altaf has taken 5 wickets in ODI from 6 matches at a bowling average of 30.20. Best innings: 2/7.

Which teams has Saleem Altaf played international cricket for?

Saleem Altaf is recorded for Pakistan in this publication.

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Saleem Altaf

Bowler · 1967 to 1978 · 27 internationals

Pakistan

Test21 matches ODI6 matches

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27Internationals

301Runs

0Hundreds

51Wickets

4Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	21	31	12	276	53*	14.52	-	-	0	1	4	-	1
ODI	6	2	1	25	21	25.00	53	47.16	0	0	0	0	1

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	21	39	4,001	122	1,710	46	4/11	7/131	37.17	2.56	86.97	2	0	0
ODI	6	6	285	2	151	5	2/7	2/7	30.20	3.17	57.00	0	0	-

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	21	41	3	0	3	0.073	1 (1ct 0st)
ODI	6	6	1	0	1	0.166	1 (1ct 0st)

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

Saleem Altaf: Test and ODI stats

Test

21 matches · 1967-1978

46wickets

Matches: 21
Average: 37.17
Economy: 2.56
Strike rate: 86.97
Best innings: 4/11
Five-fors: 0

276 runs · batting average 14.52

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ODI

6 matches · 1973-1978

25runs

Matches: 6
Average: 25.00
Strike rate: 47.16
Hundreds: 0
Highest: 21
Fifties: 0

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Where the career sits

Scorecard coverage

Scorecard coverage of the official career
Format	Official bat inns	In scorecards	Official bowl inns	In scorecards	First	Latest	Coverage
Test	31	31	39	39	1967-07-27	1978-10-27	Complete
ODI	2	2	6	6	1973-02-11	1978-11-03	Complete

Questions fans ask about Saleem Altaf

How many Test runs has Saleem Altaf scored?: Saleem Altaf has 276 runs in 31 Test innings from 21 matches at an average of 14.52. Highest score: 53*.
What is Saleem Altaf's Test batting average?: Saleem Altaf's Test batting average is 14.52, from 276 runs and 31 innings.
How many Test wickets has Saleem Altaf taken?: Saleem Altaf has taken 46 wickets in Test from 21 matches at a bowling average of 37.17. Best innings: 4/11.
How many ODI runs has Saleem Altaf scored?: Saleem Altaf has 25 runs in 2 ODI innings from 6 matches at an average of 25.00 and a strike rate of 47.16. Highest score: 21.
How many ODI wickets has Saleem Altaf taken?: Saleem Altaf has taken 5 wickets in ODI from 6 matches at a bowling average of 30.20. Best innings: 2/7.
Which teams has Saleem Altaf played international cricket for?: Saleem Altaf is recorded for Pakistan in this publication.

Explore every recorded innings

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

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1978-11-03	India v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won
1978-10-27	India v Pakistan	Test	Pakistan won by 8 wickets
1978-10-13	India v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 8 wickets
1977-12-30	England v Pakistan	ODI	England won by 6 wickets
1977-12-23	England v Pakistan	ODI	England won by 3 wickets
1977-03-18	Pakistan v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1977-03-16	Pakistan v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 4 wickets
1977-03-04	Pakistan v West Indies	Test	West Indies won by 6 wickets
1977-02-18	Pakistan v West Indies	Test	Match drawn
1977-01-01	Australia v Pakistan	Test	Australia won by 348 runs
1976-12-24	Australia v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn
1973-03-24	England v Pakistan	Test	Match drawn

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TEST CAREER · 1967 to 1978

Saleem Altaf in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

46Wickets

37.17Average

2.56Economy

86.97Strike rate

4/11Best

0Five-fors

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	21	31	12	276	53*	14.52	-	-	0	1	4	-	1

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	21	39	4,001	122	1,710	46	4/11	7/131	37.17	2.56	86.97	2	0	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	21	41	3	0	3	0.073	1 (1ct 0st)

Test career in charts

Test wickets, innings by innings

Test wickets by year

Last 20 Test bowling innings

Test innings by wickets

Test runs, innings by innings

Test runs by year

Last 20 Test innings

01-4950-99100+* not out

Test innings by score

1-9

10-24

25-49

50-99

100+

How Test innings ended

Caught11 · 35.5%

Bowled4 · 12.9%

LBW4 · 12.9%

Not out12 · 38.7%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

2-0 inns

3-0 inns

4-0 inns

511.001 inns

66.001 inns

7-0 inns

811.207 inns

917.6015 inns

1018.002 inns

119.005 inns

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

65runs

8.12average

-strike rate

050s

0100s

Last 10 bowling innings

9wickets

62.44average

2.96economy

126.44strike rate

3/33best

Test record by situation

complete career

Saleem Altaf: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Australia	5	10	3	98	21	14.00	-	-	0	3	6	0
England	7	9	5	65	22	16.25	-	-	0	0	5	1
New Zealand	3	6	2	85	53*	21.25	-	-	1	1	-	0
West Indies	3	6	2	28	19	7.00	-	-	0	0	-	0
All	21	31	12	276	53*	14.52	-	-	1	4	-	1

Saleem Altaf: Test bowling by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w
England	7	14	1,393	61	551	16	4/11	34.43	2.37	87.06	1
New Zealand	5	10	753	20	284	10	3/15	28.40	2.26	75.30	0
Australia	5	8	1,021	12	529	11	4/60	48.09	3.10	92.81	1
West Indies	3	5	660	22	276	8	3/33	34.50	2.50	82.50	0
India	1	2	174	7	70	1	1/34	70.00	2.41	174.00	0
All	21	39	4,001	122	1,710	46	4/11	37.17	2.56	86.97	2

Saleem Altaf: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Home	3	4	1	25	13	8.33	-	-	0	1	1	1
Away	14	26	11	249	53*	16.60	-	-	1	3	-	0
Neutral	1	1	0	2	2	2.00	-	-	0	0	0	0
All	21	31	12	276	53*	14.52	-	-	1	4	-	1

Saleem Altaf: Test bowling by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w
Home	4	8	654	19	273	8	3/33	34.12	2.50	81.75	0
Away	15	27	2,930	82	1,289	34	4/11	37.91	2.63	86.17	2
Neutral	2	4	417	21	148	4	2/27	37.00	2.12	104.25	0
All	21	39	4,001	122	1,710	46	4/11	37.17	2.56	86.97	2

Saleem Altaf: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	9	9	4	128	53*	25.60	-	-	1	0	-	0
2nd innings of the match	8	8	3	62	22	12.40	-	-	0	1	4	0
3rd innings of the match	10	10	4	68	21	11.33	-	-	0	1	-	1
4th innings of the match	4	4	1	18	10	6.00	103	17.47	0	2	2	0
All	21	31	12	276	53*	14.52	-	-	1	4	-	1

Saleem Altaf: Test bowling by match innings
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w
1st innings of the match	10	10	1,351	42	603	14	3/71	43.07	2.67	96.50	0
2nd innings of the match	11	11	1,492	37	655	13	3/33	50.38	2.63	114.76	0
3rd innings of the match	11	11	760	30	293	12	4/11	24.41	2.31	63.33	2
4th innings of the match	7	7	398	13	159	7	3/15	22.71	2.39	56.85	0
All	21	39	4,001	122	1,710	46	4/11	37.17	2.56	86.97	2

Saleem Altaf: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
No. 5	1	1	0	11	11	11.00	-	-	0	0	-	0
No. 6	1	1	0	6	6	6.00	-	-	0	0	-	0
No. 8	5	7	2	56	21	11.20	-	-	0	2	-	0
No. 9	10	15	5	176	53*	17.60	-	-	1	2	-	1
No. 10	2	2	1	18	17*	18.00	-	-	0	0	1	0
No. 11	4	5	4	9	7*	9.00	-	-	0	0	0	0
All	21	31	12	276	53*	14.52	-	-	1	4	-	1

Saleem Altaf: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Lost	8	16	7	100	22	11.11	-	-	0	4	6	0
Drawn	10	15	5	176	53*	17.60	-	-	1	0	-	1
All	21	31	12	276	53*	14.52	-	-	1	4	-	1

Saleem Altaf: Test bowling by match result
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w
Won	2	4	246	9	104	1	1/34	104.00	2.53	246.00	0
Lost	8	15	1,721	49	764	22	4/11	34.72	2.66	78.22	2
Drawn	11	20	2,034	64	842	23	3/15	36.60	2.48	88.43	0
All	21	39	4,001	122	1,710	46	4/11	37.17	2.56	86.97	2

Saleem Altaf: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
1967	2	3	2	9	7*	9.00	48	18.75	0	0	0	0
1969	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	-	-	0	1	0	0
1971	2	3	2	30	22	30.00	191	15.70	0	0	4	0
1972	2	4	3	49	17*	49.00	-	-	0	0	2	0
1973	6	9	3	122	53*	20.33	-	-	1	1	-	1
1976	1	2	0	37	21	18.50	155	23.87	0	0	4	0
1977	4	8	2	28	19	4.66	-	-	0	2	-	0
All	21	31	12	276	53*	14.52	-	-	1	4	-	1

Saleem Altaf: Test bowling by year
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w
1967	2	4	453	21	180	4	3/74	45.00	2.38	113.25	0
1969	2	4	309	13	90	5	3/33	18.00	1.74	61.80	0
1971	2	4	352	20	110	6	4/11	18.33	1.87	58.66	1
1972	2	3	384	1	182	4	2/50	45.50	2.84	96.00	0
1973	7	14	1,365	35	586	18	4/60	32.55	2.57	75.83	1
1976	1	1	120	0	71	0	0/71	N/A	3.55	N/A	0
1977	4	7	844	25	421	8	3/33	52.62	2.99	105.50	0
1978	1	2	174	7	70	1	1/34	70.00	2.41	174.00	0
All	21	39	4,001	122	1,710	46	4/11	37.17	2.56	86.97	2

Saleem Altaf: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Adelaide Oval	2	4	2	63	21	31.50	-	-	0	0	5	0
Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	4	1	23	13*	7.66	97	23.71	0	2	1	0
Gaddafi Stadium	2	3	1	12	11*	6.00	-	-	0	1	1	0
All	21	31	12	276	53*	14.52	-	-	1	4	-	1

Saleem Altaf: Test bowling by ground
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w
Gaddafi Stadium	3	6	534	15	219	7	3/33	31.28	2.46	76.28	0
Lord's	2	4	345	13	131	4	3/74	32.75	2.27	86.25	0
Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	4	368	3	244	2	2/50	122.00	3.97	184.00	0
All	21	39	4,001	122	1,710	46	4/11	37.17	2.56	86.97	2

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

Best Test performances

Saleem Altaf: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
53*	-	-	5	0	New Zealand	Eden Park	1973-02-16
22	161	13.66	3	0	England	Headingley	1971-07-08
21	65	32.30	4	0	Australia	Adelaide Oval	1976-12-24
19	-	-	-	0	West Indies	Kensington Oval	1977-02-18
17*	-	-	1	0	Australia	Adelaide Oval	1972-12-22
16	90	17.77	0	0	Australia	Adelaide Oval	1976-12-24
14	-	-	-	0	New Zealand	Basin Reserve	1973-02-02
13*	28	46.42	0	0	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1972-12-29
13	-	-	0	1	England	National Stadium, Karachi	1973-03-24
12	43	27.90	0	0	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1973-01-06

Saleem Altaf: best Test bowling
Figures	Balls	Mdns	Econ	Opponent	Ground	Date
4/11	87	9	0.75	England	Headingley	1971-07-08
4/60	160	5	2.25	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1973-01-06
3/15	48	1	1.87	New Zealand	Basin Reserve	1973-02-02
3/33	102	3	1.94	New Zealand	Gaddafi Stadium	1969-10-30
3/33	126	7	1.57	West Indies	Kensington Oval	1977-02-18
3/71	173	3	2.46	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1973-01-06
3/74	198	6	2.24	England	Lord's	1967-07-27
2/27	117	6	1.38	New Zealand	Bangabandhu National Stadium	1969-11-08
2/44	108	3	2.44	West Indies	Queen's Park Oval	1977-03-04
2/50	112	0	2.67	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1972-12-29

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1978-10-27	India	did not bat	1/34 & 0/36	Gaddafi Stadium	Pakistan won by 8 wickets
1977-03-18	West Indies	0* & 6	1/71	Bourda	Match drawn
1977-03-04	West Indies	1 & 0*	2/44 & 0/58	Queen's Park Oval	West Indies won by 6 wickets
1977-02-18	West Indies	19 & 2	2/70 & 3/33	Kensington Oval	Match drawn
1977-01-01	Australia	0 & 0	0/117 & 0/28	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia won by 348 runs
1976-12-24	Australia	16 & 21	0/71	Adelaide Oval	Match drawn
1973-03-24	England	13	0/38 & 1/16	National Stadium, Karachi	Match drawn
1973-03-16	England	2	1/63 & 1/40	Hyderabad (Sind)	Match drawn
1973-03-02	England	11*	2/80 & 1/24	Gaddafi Stadium	Match drawn
1973-02-16	New Zealand	53* & 11	0/58 & 0/17	Eden Park	Match drawn

ODI CAREER · 1973 to 1978

Saleem Altaf in ODIs

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

25Runs

25.00Average

47.16Strike rate

0Hundreds

0Fifties

21Highest

Official ODI record

Official ODI batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	6	2	1	25	21	25.00	53	47.16	0	0	0	0	1

Official ODI bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	6	6	285	2	151	5	2/7	2/7	30.20	3.17	57.00	0	0	-

Official ODI fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	6	6	1	0	1	0.166	1 (1ct 0st)

ODI career in charts

ODI runs from boundaries

Sixes6 · 24.0%

Other runs19 · 76.0%

ODI record by situation

complete career

Saleem Altaf: ODI batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	6s
England	1	1	1	4	4*	N/A	8	50.00	0
New Zealand	1	1	0	21	21	21.00	45	46.66	1
All	6	2	1	25	21	25.00	53	47.16	1

Saleem Altaf: ODI batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	6s
Home	1	1	1	4	4*	N/A	8	50.00	0
Away	1	1	0	21	21	21.00	45	46.66	1
All	6	2	1	25	21	25.00	53	47.16	1

Saleem Altaf: ODI batting by batting first or chasing
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	6s
Batting first	1	1	1	4	4*	N/A	8	50.00	0
Chasing	1	1	0	21	21	21.00	45	46.66	1
All	6	2	1	25	21	25.00	53	47.16	1

Saleem Altaf: ODI batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
No. 9	2	2	1	25	21	25.00	53	47.16	0	0	0	0	1
All	6	2	1	25	21	25.00	53	47.16	0	0	0	0	1

Saleem Altaf: ODI batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Lost	2	2	1	25	21	25.00	53	47.16	0	0	0	0	1
All	6	2	1	25	21	25.00	53	47.16	0	0	0	0	1

Saleem Altaf: ODI batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	6s
1973	1	1	0	21	21	21.00	45	46.66	1
1977	1	1	1	4	4*	N/A	8	50.00	0
All	6	2	1	25	21	25.00	53	47.16	1

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

Latest ODI matches

Latest ODI matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1978-11-03	India	did not bat	0/41	Sahiwal	Pakistan won
1978-10-13	India	did not bat	2/7	Sialkot	Pakistan won by 8 wickets
1977-12-30	England	4*	0/20	Sialkot	England won by 6 wickets
1977-12-23	England	did not bat	1/34	Sahiwal	England won by 3 wickets
1977-03-16	West Indies	did not bat	0/27	Albion	West Indies won by 4 wickets
1973-02-11	New Zealand	21	2/22	Lancaster Park	New Zealand won by 22 runs