# Basit Ali
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{{short description|Pakistani cricket coach and cricketer (born 1970)}}
{{for|the current cricket who plays for Karachi|Basit Ali (Karachi cricketer)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Basit Ali
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|12|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Karachi](/source/Karachi), Pakistan
| country = Pakistan
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm offbreak
| international = true
| onetest =
| testdebutdate = 16 April
| testdebutyear = 1993
| testdebutagainst = West Indies
| testcap = 126
| lasttestdate = 8 December
| lasttestyear = 1995
| lasttestagainst = New Zealand
| odidebutdate = 23 March
| odidebutyear = 1993
| odidebutagainst = West Indies
| odicap = 89
| lastodidate = 16 April
| lastodiyear = 1996
| lastodiagainst = South Africa
| columns = 2
| column1 = [Test](/source/Test_cricket)
| matches1 = 19
| runs1 = 858
| bat avg1 = 26.81
| 100s/50s1 = 1/5
| top score1 = 103
| deliveries1 = 6
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–
| column2 = [ODI](/source/One_Day_International)
| matches2 = 50
| runs2 = 1,265
| bat avg2 = 34.18
| 100s/50s2 = 1/9
| top score2 = 127*
| deliveries2 = 30
| wickets2 = 1
| bowl avg2 = 21.00
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 1/17
| catches/stumpings2 = 15/–
| date = 4 February
| year = 2017
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/39954.html ESPNcricinfo
|internationalspan=1993–1996|height=5 ft 11 in[{{cite news
|title=Wisden Cricket News (2 July 2001)
|url=https://downloads.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2001/JUL/446666_WISDEN_02JUL2001.html
|work=[ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo)
|date=2 July 2001
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250922163048/https://downloads.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2001/JUL/446666_WISDEN_02JUL2001.html
|archive-date=22 September 2025
|url-status=dead
|access-date=22 September 2025
}}]}}
'''Basit Ali'''{{Efn|{{langx|ur|{{nastaliq|باسط علی}}}}}} (born 13 December 1970) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former [cricket](/source/cricket)er who played in 19 [Tests](/source/Test_cricket) and 50 [One Day International](/source/One_Day_International)s from 1993 to 1996.
A right-handed batsman, he has the relatively uncommon statistic of having a higher ODI than Test batting average. Strong through [the covers](/source/Cover_(cricket)) and point, Ali was also exceptionally good at playing hook and pull shots against the fast bowlers.
==Cricket career==
===Domestic career===
Ali was a successful junior cricketer, at one time holding the record for most hundreds in a Karachi zonal league season.[{{cite web|url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/225512.html|title=Return of the prodigal|publisher=}}]
===International career===
He debuted for Pakistan aged 22 in March 1993, playing both ODI and Test cricket in a tour of the [Caribbean](/source/Caribbean). For similarities and batting styles and temperament, he was initially seen as the one who'd take the mantle of [Javed Miandad](/source/Javed_Miandad). He went on to play in 19 Tests but made just the one Test century, against New Zealand in 1993–94.
An aggressive risk-taker, he was a regular in the Pakistani ODI side for a while in the mid-1990s. On 5 November 1993 he scored the then second-fastest [One Day International](/source/One_Day_International) century in history, with a 67 ball effort against the West Indies at Sharjah. He took 5 more balls as compared to the record of [Mohammad Azharuddin](/source/Mohammad_Azharuddin) who took 62 balls. Basit Ali finished on 127 not out. Waqar Younis was acting captain in that match.[{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/08/03/stories/07030288.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703210018/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/08/03/stories/07030288.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-07-03|website=[The Hindu](/source/The_Hindu)|date=2001-08-03|title=7th fastest ODI hundred}}]
==Coaching career==
He has served as the head coach of the [Pakistan A team](/source/Pakistan_A_cricket_team).[{{Cite web |last=Ali |first=Haider |date=28 July 2016 |title=Pakistan A has had a promising year so far, says coach Basit Ali |url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/28-Jul-2016/pakistan-a-has-had-a-promising-year-so-far-says-coach-basit-ali |website=Daily Pakistan}}]
He also served as the head coach of the [Pakistan women team](/source/Pakistan_women's_national_cricket_team) and the Under-19 team, being the chief selector of the Under-19 squad as well, but had to resign from these positions in December 2016, after he slapped former international cricketer [Mahmood Hamid](/source/Mahmood_Hamid) during a domestic tournament.[{{Cite web |date=30 December 2016 |title=Basit Ali decides to resign as coach of women's and U-19 teams |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/175595-Basit-Ali-decides-to-resign-as-coach-of-womens-and-U-19-teams |website=The News International}}]
== Notes ==
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