Rashid Latif is born on 14 October 1968 in Karachi. A cricket coach and former cricketer who played for the Pakistan national cricket team in Tests and One Day Internationals from 1992 to 2003 as a right-handed wicket-keeper batsman. He also served as the captain of the Pakistan team in 2003, leading the country in 6 Tests and 25 one-day matches.
He took 5 dismissals against New Zealand in a World Cup match at Lahore. In those days, it was considered a rare performance to take five dismissals in an ODI inning. He was a steady keeper and a handy lower-order batsman. Rashid Latif Took the catch of Craig Spearman off Aqib Bowling, Nathan Astle off Waqar’s Bowling, Chris Cairns off Aamir Sohail bowling, Shane Thomson of Waqar Younis Bowling, and Stephen Fleming Stumped off Salim Malik Bowling. Pakistan won the match by 46 runs. This was the last game of the league matches. Pakistan won 4 matches in five games.
New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first. Pakistan scored 281/5 in 50 overs, Aamir Sohail 50, Saeed Anwar 62, Ijaz Ahmad 26, Inzi 39, Salim Malik 55* and Wasim Akram 28*
In reply, New Zealand bowled out 235 runs in 47.3 overs, as Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Aaqib Javed, and Salim Malik took 2 wickets a piece, while Aamir Sohail took 1 wicket. Salim Malik was declared man of the match by his all-around performance of 55* runs and 2 for 41.
In education, Rashid Latif earned a BSc in computer systems engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology with Saeed Anwar.
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