Abid Ali (born 16 October 1987) is a Pakistani internationalcricketer. He made hisList A debut in 2005 andfirst-class cricket debut in 2007.[1] He made his international debut for thePakistan cricket team in March 2019.[2] Prior to his international debut, he had scored 6,700 runs in more than 100 first-class matches and made 3,000 runs in List A cricket.[3] He is the first male cricketer to score a century on bothTest andOne Day International (ODI) debut.[4]
In February 2018, during the2017–18 Regional One Day Cup tournament, he scored 209not out againstPeshawar. This was the highest List A score by a Pakistani batsman and he became the fourth batsman from Pakistan to score 200 runs or more in a List A match.[8][9]
During Pakistan's domestic cricket off-season, he has also played in domestic cricket in the United Arab Emirates.[17] In August 2020, he was named inCentral Punjab's squad for the 2020–21 domestic season.[18]
In March 2019, he was named in Pakistan's ODI squad for theirseries against Australia.[19][20] He made his debut on 29 March[21] becoming the fifteenth batsman, and third for Pakistan, toscore a century on his ODI debut.[22] He made 112 runs before being dismissed, the highest score by a batsman for Pakistan on debut in an ODI.[23]
In October 2019, he was named in theTest squad for the tour to Australia although he did not play.[28][29] He made his Test debut later in the yearagainst the touring Sri Lankans.[30][31] On debut,he scored a century, becoming the first male cricketer to score a century on both Test and ODI debut.[32] In the second Test match against Sri Lanka, he scored 174 runs in the second innings of the match, becoming the first batsman for Pakistan to score hundreds in each of his first two Tests.[33] His 278 run partnership withShan Masood was the second-highest opening stand for Pakistan in Test cricket.[34] He was named both the player of the match and the player of the series.[35]
In June 2020, he was named in a 29-man squad for Pakistan'stour to England during theCOVID-19 pandemic.[36][37] In July, he was shortlisted in Pakistan's 20-man squad for the Test matches against England.[38][39] In October 2020, he was named in a 22-man squad of "probables" for Pakistan's home seriesagainst Zimbabwe.[40][41] In November 2020, he was named in Pakistan's 35-man squad for theirtour to New Zealand.[42] In January 2021, he was named in Pakistan'sTest squad for their seriesagainst South Africa.[43][44]
In May 2021, in the second matchagainst Zimbabwe, he scored his first double century in Test cricket, with 215not out.[45] He was the first opener from Pakistan to score a Test double century in Zimbabwe.[46]
