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Ex-Gloucestershire Batsman Zaheer Abbas appointed ICC President

25 June 2015

Congratulations to former Pakistan Captain and Gloucestershire player, Zaheer Abbas (pictured right), who has today been confirmed as the next President of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Zaheer, 67, had great success during his playing career. He played 78 Tests and 62 ODIs from 1969 to 1985 in which he scored 5,062 and 2,572 runs, respectively. He also played in the 1975, 1979 and 1983 ICC Cricket World Cups and captained Pakistan in 14 Tests and 13 ODIs. With 108 centuries, Zaheer is the only Asian batsman to have scored a century of first-class centuries as he finished his 22-year career with 34,843 runs.

He had a long stint with Gloucestershire, joining the county in 1972 where he stayed until 1985. During those thirteen years he played 206 first-class games, scoring over 16,000 runs. He also managed over a thousand runs in the majority of his thirteen seasons and made over two thousand runs in a single season on two occasions (1976 and 1981).

On thanking the ICC Board for confirming his nomination he said. “I feel truly honoured and humbled to be appointed as the President of the governing body of our great game. This is the sport which has given us friendship, respect, recognition and an opportunity to serve our countries in different capacities. Personally speaking, it has given me more than I can ever possibly repay.”

Everyone from Gloucestershire County Cricket Club would like to wish Zaheer the best of luck in his new role.

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