Rashid Latif
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| Full name | Rashid Latif | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
14 October 1968 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
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| Batting style | Right hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role |
Wicket keeper Coach of the Afghan national cricket team |
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| Source: ESPN cricinfo, 28 December 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rashid Latif (Urdu: راشد لطیف; born 14 October 1968) is a former Pakistani wicket keeper and a right-handed batsman who represented the Pakistani cricket team in Test cricket and One Day International matches, between 1992 and 2003. He also served as the captain of the Pakistan cricket team in 2003.
Latif was born in Karachi. He has done BSc. Computer System Engg. from NED University of Engineering and Technology with Saeed Anwar.
Latif started playing for the Pakistan national cricket team in 1992 after the 1992 Cricket World Cup. He impressed the national selectors by scoring 50 runs in his Test debut, however it did not cement his place in the national squad as throughout his career he had to compete with another Pakistani wicket-keeper, Moin Khan. Despite having a significantly similar Test batting average, Moin had a higher ODI average than Latif and scored more runs than Latif in international cricket. However, Moin had the keeping record of 2.14 dismissals per test against Latif 3.51 per test. Moreover, in all time Pakistani XI Latif picks as wicket-keeper and hence 69 test matches of Moin is a question mark in Rashid Latif tenure. In 1996, he announced his retirement after conflicts with some players and the team management. He returned to the Pakistan team and became the captain of the National side in 1998.
Latif remained out of the national squad until 2001, when after a string of poor performances, the Pakistan team replaced Moin Khan. After returning into the squad, he secured his place by keeping the wicket and giving a string of good batting performances. The highlight of his career came after the 2003 Cricket World Cup, when he was announced the captain of the Pakistan team. Under his leadership, Pakistan successfully experimented with several new players and the team gave positive results. He was also involved with uniting the players through his captaincy in both on and off the cricket field. However, problems between Latif and the team management again surfaced in 2003–04, which resulted in him giving away the captaincy to former Pakistan batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq. He was omitted from the squad and since then has never been recalled in the team, despite his attempts to get back into the squad during 2003–05.
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