▁called ▁the ▁" Run ▁Machine ", ▁also ▁had ▁great ▁success ▁in ▁first - class ▁cr icket , ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁Asian ▁b ats man ▁to ▁score ▁one ▁hundred ▁first - class ▁centuries . ▁He ▁had ▁a ▁long ▁st int ▁with ▁Gl ouc esters hire ; ▁joining ▁the ▁county ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁he ▁remained ▁there ▁for ▁th ir teen ▁years . ▁During ▁that ▁time ▁he ▁scored ▁over ▁a ▁thousand ▁runs ▁in ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁his ▁th ir teen ▁seasons . ▁He ▁also ▁made ▁over ▁two ▁thousand ▁runs ▁in ▁a ▁single ▁season ▁on ▁two ▁occasions ▁for ▁the ▁club ▁( 1 9 7 6 ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 1 ). ▁During ▁those ▁th ir teen ▁years ▁at ▁Gl ouc esters hire , ▁he ▁played ▁ 2 0 6 ▁first - class ▁games , ▁scoring ▁over ▁ 1 6 , 0 0 0 ▁runs . ▁He ▁aver aged ▁ 4 9 . 7 9 , ▁hitting ▁ 4 9 ▁hundreds ▁and ▁ 7 6 ▁f ift ies . ▁Abb as ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁player ▁to ▁have ▁scored ▁a ▁century ▁and ▁double ▁century ▁in ▁a ▁first - class ▁match ▁four ▁times , ▁finishing ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁eight ▁inn ings ▁not ▁out . ▁ ▁Sun il ▁G av ask ar , ▁the ▁former ▁Indian ▁Test ▁captain , ▁once ▁said ▁while ▁comment ating ▁that ▁the ▁Indian ▁players ▁would ▁often ▁say ▁to ▁Za he er , ▁" Z a he er ▁Ab - bas ▁k aro ", ▁which ▁means ▁" Z a he er ,