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Saeed bin Nasir (born 19 December 1979 in Karachi, Sindh) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer who played for Karachi and Pakistan A.
A right-handed middle order batsman, he was included in the squad for a Test series against Bangladesh in 2003–04 but did not play a Test. [1] [2]
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Saeed bin Nasir ... [has] played 21 seasons and is still going strong, but every moment of his career has come in domestic cricket. ... Bin Nasir's form earned him a call-up for the home series against Bangladesh in 2003 when Pakistan, reeling from a shock World Cup exit and several retirements, did theoretically have a place for someone of his promise. It wasn't to be.