CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Saleem Altaf
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
SA
27Internationals
301Career runs
0Centuries
51Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 21
- Innings
- 31
- Runs
- 276
- Average
- 14.52
- Strike rate
- —
- Highest score
- 53*
- Not outs
- 12
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 1
- Ducks
- 4
- 4s
- —
- 6s
- 1
- Balls faced
- —
Bowling
- Matches
- 21
- Innings
- 39
- Balls
- 4,001
- Maidens
- 122
- Runs conceded
- 1,710
- Wickets
- 46
- Average
- 37.17
- Economy
- 2.56
- Strike rate
- 86.97
- Best innings
- 4/11
- Best match
- 7/131
- 4 wickets
- 2
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 21
- Innings
- 41
- Catches
- 3
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 3
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 3
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.073
- Best innings
- 1 (1ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 6
- Innings
- 2
- Runs
- 25
- Average
- 25.00
- Strike rate
- 47.16
- Highest score
- 21
- Not outs
- 1
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 0
- 4s
- 0
- 6s
- 1
- Balls faced
- 53
Bowling
- Matches
- 6
- Innings
- 6
- Balls
- 285
- Maidens
- 2
- Runs conceded
- 151
- Wickets
- 5
- Average
- 30.20
- Economy
- 3.17
- Strike rate
- 57.00
- Best innings
- 2/7
- Best match
- 2/7
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 6
- Innings
- 6
- Catches
- 1
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 1
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 1
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.166
- Best innings
- 1 (1ct 0st)
Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.
Explore this player’s available match data
27 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
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 |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 70.00 | 2.41 | 174.00 |
| 1977 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 19 | 4.66 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 7 | 8 | 52.62 | 2.99 | 105.50 |
| 1976 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 18.50 | 23.87 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 155 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 3.55 | N/A |
| 1973 | 7 | 9 | 122 | 53 | 20.33 | — | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 14 | 18 | 32.55 | 2.57 | 75.83 |
| 1972 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 17 | 49.00 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 4 | 45.50 | 2.84 | 96.00 |
| 1971 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 30.00 | 15.70 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 191 | 4 | 6 | 18.33 | 1.87 | 58.66 |
| 1969 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 5 | 18.00 | 1.74 | 61.80 |
| 1967 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9.00 | 18.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 45.00 | 2.38 | 113.25 |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 3 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24.00 | 3.69 | 39.00 |
| 1977 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | N/A | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 81.00 | 3.21 | 151.00 |
| 1973 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 21.00 | 46.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 11.00 | 2.35 | 28.00 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v England · Lord's
- Best recorded bowling · 4/11
Test v England · Leeds
- Highest recorded innings · 53* runs
Test v New Zealand · Auckland
- Latest available scorecard
ODI v India · Sahiwal