Taslim Arif

Taslim Arif Abbasi was a Pakistani cricketer who played in six Test matches and 2 One Day Internationals (ODIs) in 1980. His score of 210* for Pakistan against Australia stood for more than 20 years as the highest score made by a wicket-keeper in Test cricket, until broken by Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara. Arif died in Karachi from a lung infection in 2008. He was buried at Faisal Cantonment cemetery in Karachi. He is survived by two sons and a daughter: Imran Arif, who lives in London; Ainan Arif, who is himself a cricketer who plays for the National Bank of Pakistan; and Marium Arif, who lives in the United States of America.