Alimuddin (1930-2012) Test Cap # 15

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Full name Alimuddin

Born December 15, 1930, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India

Died July 12, 2012, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow (aged 81 years 210 days)

Major teams Pakistan, Bahawalpur, Gujarat, Karachi, Muslims, Public Works Department, Rajputana, Sind

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak

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Relation Brother - Azimuddin, Brother - Salimuddin, Nephew - J Uddin

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Alimuddin born December 15, 1930, Ajmer, British India is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 25 Tests from 1954 to 1962. He was the leading batsman during the 1954-55 series with India and scored 103 at Karachi. During the disastrous 1962 tour to England, Alimuddin top-scored in both innings with 50 and 60 at the Leeds Test. In the early years he formed a stable opening pair with Hanif. In the Karachi Test of 1962 he hit a stroke-filled 109 against England. He was known for his solid technique and was a member of the team which England at The Oval in 1954.He is the youngest person to have played first-class cricket, appearing for Rajasthan in the Ranji Trophy at the age of just 12 years 73 days.

Alimuddin was a burley opening batsman who preferred attack to defence and an outstanding fielder. He made his mark at an early age, appearing for Rajasthan in the pre-partition Ranji Trophy when aged 12 year and 73 days, the youngest person to play in a first-class match. He top-scored in his first innings, albeit with 13, and then was second top score in the second innings with 27. Eleven years later, on Pakistan's first tour of England in 1954, he started with a hundred at Worcester and a second one against Cambridge but his form fell away and in three Tests he managed only 51 runs.

He bounced back to be the best batsman on either side in Pakistan's first home series, against India in 1954-55, but he rarely found his best form thereafter, losing his place in the West Indies, but hitting back with a Test-best 109 and 53 against England at Karachi in 1961-62. After captaining Karachi B, he became the national coach before moving to London to work for Pakistan International Airlines. 

Test debut England v Pakistan at Lord's, Jun 10-15, 1954

Last Test England v Pakistan at Nottingham, Jul 26-31, 1962

First-class span 1942-1968

Wazir Mohammad (1929) Test Cap # 14

 Wazir Mohammad (born 22 December 1929) is a former Pakistani cricketer and banker who played in 20 Test matches for Pakistan national cricket team between 1952 and 1959.^[1]

Zulfiqar Ahmed (1926-2008) Test Cap #:13

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Full name Zulfiqar Ahmed
Born November 22, 1926, Lahore, Punjab
Died October 3, 2008, Combined Military Hospital, Lahore (aged 81 years 316 days)
Major teams  (Test: 1952/53-1956/57); Punjab University (1947/48); Bahawalpur (1953/54-1959/60); PIA (1964/65);
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

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Zulfiqar Ahmed, an offspinner and a useful lower-order batsman, was part of Pakistan's first Test squad for the tour of India in 1952-53. He made his debut in Lucknow and was part of Pakistan's tour to England in 1954 and the home series against New Zealand and Australia in 1955-56 and 1956-57 respectively. He played nine Tests in all and scored 200 runs and took 20 wickets. He scored a crucial 34 at No.10 to help set a competitive target in Pakistan's first victory at The Oval.

The highlight of his career, however, was the Karachi Test against New Zealand in 1955 in which Ahmed took 11 for 79. In the next Test in Lahore, Ahmed was part of Pakistan's tail which added a record 450 runs for the last four wickets. Pakistan were struggling at 111 for 6 and finished with 561. Ahmed began his innings with his team on 482 for 8 and remained unbeaten on 21. He died of cardiac arrest in Lahore at the age of 81. He was Pakistan's second-oldest cricketer, after Mohammad Aslam, at the time of his death.

Test debut India v Pakistan at Lucknow, Oct 23-26, 1952
Last Test Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, Oct 11-17, 1956
First-class span 1947-1965

Mahmood Hussain (1932-1991) Test Cap #:12

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Full name Mahmood Hussain
Born April 2, 1932, Lahore, Punjab
Died December 25, 1991, Northwick Park, Middlesex, England (aged 59 years 267 days)
Major teams,Pakistan (Test: 1952/53-1962); Pakistan Universities (1949/50); Punjab University (1950/51-1951/52); Karachi (1953/54-1961/62); East Pakistan (1955/56); Karachi Whites (1956/57-1961/62); Karachi A (1957/58);
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

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Mahmood Hussain, one of the stalwarts of Pakistan's early cricket, who took 60 wickets in 29 Test matches, died at Northwick Park Hospital at the age of 59, having been admitted there in September for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Known as a 'great fighter' during his playing days, he maintained his spirit to the end, in his battle with the dreaded complications of diabetes.

Mahmood was the fastest of a trio of new ball bowlers around whom Pakistan's attack was built in the 1950s. Fazal Mahmood, Khan Mohammed and Mahmood Hussain were all born in Lahore and did their city proud as they helped Pakistan to one famous victory after another in their early days. The first of these came on the inaugural tour of India in the Second Test at Lucknow in 1952-53. Mahmood was brought into the side as a result of injury to Khan and took four wickets on his debut, including three for 35 in the first innings (off 23 overs). The second of these victories and in many ways their greatest came at The Oval against England in 1954 with Mahmood taking five wickets in the match including four for 58 in the first innings. He missed the series against Australia in 1956 because of commitments to studies and business, but in 1958-59 when Pakistan beat the touring West Indies 2-1, he took five wickets in the second Test of the series at Dacca, including four for 48 in the second innings.

For much of his career Mahmood was overbowled, particularly on the featherbeds encountered on the sub-continent and the Caribbean at the time. As a result he often broke down with injuries but he was always a great trier to the last. When other heads went down, Mahmood was still available to give it one more try for captain and country. After an unsuccessful tour of England in 1962 Mahmood faded but he made one more appearance in England as manager of the 1978 Pakistan team. By now he had become a successful businessman spending summers at his Wembley home and winters in Pakistan.Mahmood will be remembered as the gentle giant with a great sense of humour and a fighter to the last. A larger than life figure, he will be counted amongst those who were pioneers of Pakistan cricket.

Test debut India v Pakistan at Lucknow, Oct 23-26, 1952
Last Test England v Pakistan at Leeds, Jul 5-7, 1962
First-class span 1949-1969

Waqar Hasan (1932-2020) Test Cap # 11

Full name:Waqar Hasan
Born:September 12, 1932, Amritsar, Punjab, India
Died:February 10, 2020, Karachi, (aged 87y 151d)
Major teams:Pakistan,Karachi,Punjab University,Services (Pakistan)
Batting style:Right hand Bat
Bowling style:Right arm Bowler
Relations:Pervez Sajjad (brother)

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Waqar Hasan Mir was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 21 Test matches from 1952 to 1959, and the last surviving member of Pakistan's inaugural Test squad. He scored 1,071 runs in Test cricket, and played in 99 first-class matches.Waqar Hasan attended Government College, Lahore, where he played for the cricket team. He toured England with the Pakistan Eaglets team of young cricketers in 1951.

An "attractive stroke-making right-handed batsman, who was ideal in a crisis" he played in Pakistan's first 18 Tests, including its first five victories. In Pakistan's first Test series, against India in 1952–53, he was the highest scorer on either side, with 357 runs at an average of 44.62, playing several defiant innings when Pakistan were in trouble. He was less successful on the 1954 tour of England, with 103 runs at 14.71, but impressed with his fielding in the covers.He scored his only Test century against New Zealand in 1955–56 at Lahore, when he made 189 in 430 minutes, adding 309 for the seventh wicket with Imtiaz Ahmed after the score had been 111 for 6.His 189 set a new record for Pakistan's highest Test score which lasted only until Ahmed (who made 209) overtook it the next day. Hasan played five more Tests without reaching 50.

He played first-class cricket in Pakistan from 1949 to 1966, with a highest score of 201 not out for L. W. Cannon's XI against Hasan Mahmood's XI in 1953–54. He captained Karachi Blues to victory in the final of the 1963–64 Quaid-e-Azam Trophyand in his last first-class match he again captained them to victory in the 1964–65 competition.He served as a national selector several times from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was the chief selector when Pakistan beat India 3–0 at home in 1982–83.

Waqar Hasan's family was of Kashmiri descent.He married Jamila Razaaq, the daughter of actress Sultana Razaaq, one of the earliest film actresses from India. Jamila is also the granddaughter of India’s first female film director, Fatima Begum,and the niece of Zubeida (the leading actress of India's first talkie film, Alam Ara), who was the younger sister of her mother Sultana.In 1954 Waqar moved from Lahore to work for the Pakistan Public Works Department in Karachi as a cinema inspector. In the early 1960s he went into business. In 1970, with his partner Abdul Majeed, he took over National Laboratories, a food testing facility, and turned it into the spice-manufacturing company National Foods Limited. In 2002, with the assistance of the cricket journalist Qamar Ahmed, he wrote For Cricket and Country: An Autobiography. Waqar died aged 87 on 10 February 2020 after suffering from illness for some years. The Pakistan Cricket Board expressed their sorrow, their chairman Ehsan Mani describing Waqar as "not only an outstanding cricketer but a thorough gentleman who set very high standards".

Test Debut:India vs Pakistan at Delhi - October 16 - 18, 1952
LastTest:Pakistan vs Australia at Lahore - November 21 - 26, 1959
FC Span:1948/49 - 1965/66

Maqsood Ahmed (1925-1999) Test Cap #:9

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Full name Maqsood Ahmed

Born March 26, 1925, Amritsar, Punjab, India

Died January 4, 1999, Rawalpindi, Punjab (aged 73 years 284 day

Major teams:Pakistan (Test: 1952/53-1955/56), Southern Punjab (1944/45-1946/47), Punjab University ( 1947/48); Bahawalpur (1953/54); Karachi Blues (1956/57), Sindh B ( 1957/58), Rawalpindi (1962/63-1963/64)

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

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Maqsood Ahmed, who died on January 4, 1999, aged 73, was one of the handful of cricketers to score 99 in a Test without ever reaching a century. The near-miss happened in the Lahore Test between Pakistan and India in 1954-55 when Maqsood was stumped. It was an appropriate conclusion, since he was the most carefree and aggressive batsman Pakistan had in their early years of Test cricket. He played in their first 16 Tests, and hoisted the banner of Pakistani batting from the very start. Maqsood had begun his career, before Pakistan's foundation, with 144 on his first-class debut, for Southern Punjab against Northern India at Lahore in 1944-45. He pressed the case for the new nation's elevation to Test status by scoring 137 not out against MCC on their 1951-52 tour. And on the opening day of first-class cricket by a Pakistani team in England, in 1954, he hit a thrilling 111 in two and a quarter hours at Worcester. In Tests, his approach was successful only spasmodically, but he enlivened the closing stages of Pakistan's hefty defeat at Trent Bridge with a rousing 69, getting out trying to hit a second successive six off Bob Appleyard. The press called him Merry Max. His success at Worcester helped him get work as a club professional in the area. He became chairman of Pakistan's selectors, in 1981-82, and a successful commentator and 

journalist: he was the first sports editor of The News, Rawalpindi

Test debut: India v Pakistan at Delhi, Oct 16-18, 1952

Last Test: Pakistan v New Zealand at Lahore, Oct 26-31, 1955

First-class span: 1944-1964

Nazar Muhammad (1921-1996) Test Cap #:10

 

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Full name Nazar Mohammad
Born March 5, 1921, Lahore, Punjab
Died July 12, 1996, Lahore, Punjab (aged 75 years 129 days)
Major teams:Pakistan (Test: 1952/53); Northern India (1940/41-1946/47); Muslims (1940/41-1944/45); Punjab University (1947/48);
 Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm bowler
Relations:Brother: Mohammad Sharif; Nephew: Azmat Hussain; Son: Mudassar Nazar; Son: Mubashir Nazar

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Nazar Mohammad, who died on July 12, 1996, aged 75, faced the first ball received by a Pakistani in Test cricket, at Delhi in 1952-53, and in the next match became the country's first Test centurion. On a matting wicket at Lucknow, he carried his bat for 124 not out in eight hours 35 minutes and set up an innings victory; he was the first player to be on the field throughout a Test. He also made 55 and 47 in the final Test but, soon afterwards, a domestic accident damaged his arm and ended his career. He became a coach, selector and one of Pakistan's best cricketing raconteurs. His son, Mudassar Nazar, played 76 Tests from pakistan.

Test debut India v Pakistan at Delhi, Oct 16-18, 1952
Last Test India v Pakistan at Kolkata, Dec 12-15, 1952
First-class span 1940-1953

Khan Muhammad (1928-2009) Test Cap #:8

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Full name Khan Muhammad
Born January 1, 1928, Lahore, Punjab
Died July 4, 2009, London, England (aged 81 years 184 days)
Major teams Pakistan (Test: 1952/53-1957/58); Northern India (1946/47); Punjab University (1947/48-1948/49); Pakistan Universities (1949/50); Somerset (1951); Bahawalpur ( 1953/54); Sindh (1955/56); Karachi Whites (1956/57); Lahore (1960/61);
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

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The life story of Khan Muhammad is not much different from the first batch of Pakistan Test cricketers. Born on New years day 1928, he grew up in the old walled city (Kashmiri Gate) of Lahore. Son of a timber merchant, Jan Mohammad, Khan was the only among the four brothers to take up cricket. He recalls his introduction to the game at Central Model High School, Lahore. There was lot of encouragement to take up the game in that school. Once a week there used to be a thirty-minute period exclusively for cricket.

The teachers during this period discussed various aspects of the game, generally without going into technicalities. However Khan shot into fame through club cricket which at that time was at its climax. It was through the annual matches of his club that Khan came into limelight with impressive bowling performances. The competitive nature of cricket in the region helped him to develop his cricket ability at a very young age. It was Khan's combined ability to generate pace without losing control over his line and length and great stamina, that enhanced his reputation among the top-notch pace bowlers of his time. Having a big heart was another essential ingredient that served him well even in poor fielding sides.

Abdul Hafeez Kardar (1925-1996) Test Cap #:7

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Full name Abdul Hafeez Kardar
Born January 17, 1925, Lahore, Punjab
Died April 21, 1996, Islamabad, Punjab (aged 71 years 95 days)
Major teams India (Test: 1946); Pakistan (Test: 1952/53-1957/58); Northern India (1943/44-1944/45); Muslims (1944/45); Oxford University (1947-1949); Warwickshire (1948-1950); Pakistan Combined Services ( 1953/54-1954/55);
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

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Kardar, Abdul Hafeez, who died on April 21, 1996, aged 71, may be regarded as the father figure of Pakistani cricket and, as such, an important character in the history of the country as a whole. He captained Pakistan in their First Test match in 1952 and was at the forefront of events from then until he resigned from the Pakistani Board in 1977 in protest against Government interference. But he was a Test cricketer before Pakistan even existed, playing for India on the 1946 tour of England under the name Abdul Hafeez. After the tour he added the family name Kardar, stayed in England and went to Oxford to read PPE and enhance his reputation as an idiosyncratic and fearless cricketer: a left-handed batsman, whose response to any bowler or situation was to dance down the track first ball and slam it back over the bowler's head, and a left-arm medium-paced bowler, economical on a good pitch, devastatingly effective on a bad one. Kardar had a couple of productive seasons with Warwickshire, where his successes included marrying the club chairman's daughter, then returned to Pakistan to take on the captaincy.

Israr Ali (1927-2016) Test Cap #:6

 

Full name Israr Ali
Born May 1, 1927, Jullundur (now Jalandhar), Punjab, India
Died February 1, 2016, Okara, Pakistan (aged 88 years 276 days)
Major teams Pakistan, Bahawalpur, Multan, Southern Punjab
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium

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Israr Ali made his debut for Punjab in 1946-47 before partition, returning to Indian in 1952-53 as a member of the Pakistan side. He played two Test on that tour, but made little impression. As a left-hand batsman he was initially tried at the top of the order, and latterly lower down, with no success. As a fast-medium bowler, he on occasion opened for Pakistan. He was recalled for two more Tests, against Australia in 1959-60, taking five wickets but again failing with the bat.

Former Pakistan allrounder Israr Ali died in his hometown of Okara on February 1 at the age of 88. He was Pakistan's oldest living Test cricketer and had played four Tests for the country between 1952 and 1959.Ali played 40 first-class games, taking 114 wickets at 22.63 and scoring 1130 runs at 20.54. He had begun his career playing for Punjab in 1946-47 before Pakistan and India were partitioned, and then toured India as part of  the Pakistan Test side in 1952-53. He played only two Tests on that tour, and was then was recalled to the side for two Tests against Australia in 1959-60. While interacting with ESPNcricinfo in 2012,

Ali recalled how he had dismissed Australia opener Les Favell in all four innings without the assistance of fielders.He had said that one of his biggest regrets was a fallout with Pakistan captain Abdul Hafeez Kardar, which Ali believes shortened his international career.After his playing career, Ali stayed involved in cricket administration and was president of the Multan region from 1981 to 1982, and a member of Pakistan's selection committee in 1983 and 1984, before he decided to move away from the game. "I parted from cricket after 1987, maybe because I was losing the passion, and decided to stay back in Okara," Ali had said when he was 85 years old.Israr had been living a humble life in Okara, nearly 85 miles away from Lahore. The agricultural town has fertile land with fields of potato, tomato, sugarcane, wheat, rice and corn and in sports it is a significant nursery for hockey. Ali had been living a quiet life up until the time of his death.

Test debut India v Pakistan at Delhi, Oct 16-18, 1952
Last Test Pakistan v Australia at Lahore, Nov 21-26, 1959
First-class span 1946/47 - 1960/61

Imtiaz Ahmed (1928-2016) Test Cap #:5

 

Full name Imtiaz Ahmed
Born January 5, 1928, Lahore, Punjab
Died December 31, 2016, (aged 88 years 361 days)
Major teams Pakistan, Northern India, Pakistan Air Force, Punjab, Services
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Relation Brother - Iftikhar Ahmed

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Imtiaz Ahmedwas a cricketer who played for the Pakistan's first Test team in 1952.Born in Lahore, Ahmed was educated at Islamia College. He played in 41 Tests and scored over 2000 runs. He was a middle order batsman who also sometimes batted in the top order. He was Pakistan's first Test wicketkeeper. He made the first Test double hundred by a wicketkeeper when he scored 209 against New Zealand in October 1955.On 6 March 1951, playing for India Prime Minister's XI against a Commonwealth XI, Ahmed scored a triple century (300 not out) while following on, a feat that has been achieved by only two others.He received Pride of Performance Award from the Government of Pakistan for sports in 1966.Ahmed also played in the Ranji Trophy.He died six days shy to his 89th birthday.

Imtiaz Ahmed was one of the fine, proud, patriotic band of cricketers, most of them Lahore College graduates, who gave Pakistan such a successful start in the 1950s. As a batsman he was a magnificent hooker: Majid Khan said he was inspired by the sight of Imtiaz taking on Wes Hall at Lahore in 1958-59. He was also Pakistan's first regular wicketkeeper, which often forced him to bat down the order when he was so suited to being an attacking opener. In England in 1954 he came closer than any tourist before or since to the wicketkeeper's double of 1000 runs and 100 dismissals in a first-class season - he finished 14 dismissals short.

Test debut India v Pakistan at Delhi, Oct 16-18, 1952
Last Test England v Pakistan at The Oval, Aug 16-20, 1962
First-class span 1944/45 - 1972/73

Hanif Mohammad (1934-2016) Test Cap #:4

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Full name Hanif Mohammad
Born December 21, 1934, Junagadh, Gujarat, India
Died August 11, 2016, Karachi (aged 81 years 234 days)
Major teams Pakistan, Bahawalpur, Karachi, Pakistan International Airlines
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Relation Brother - Wazir Mohammad, Brother - Raees Mohammad, Brother - Mushtaq Mohammad, Brother - Sadiq Mohammad, Son - Shoaib Mohammad, Grandson - Shehzar Mohammad

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Hanif was the first star of Pakistan cricket, the "Little Master" who played the longest innings in Test history - his 970-minute 337 against West Indies in Bridgetown in 1957-58 - then followed it a year later with the highest first-class innings to that point, 499 run out. With such feats, broadcast on radio, he turned cricket in Pakistan from the preserve of the Lahore educated elite into the mass sport it is today. Although famous for his immaculate defence and never hitting the ball in the air, Hanif could also attack, and was probably the originator of the reverse-sweep. His versatility extended to captaining and keeping wicket, and bowling right- and left-handed in Test cricket. But in addition to being the jack of all trades, he was the master of one.

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 Hanif Mohammad played for the Pakistani cricket team in 55 Test matches between the 1952–53 season and the 1969–70 season. He averaged 43.98 scoring twelve centuries. At his peak, he was considered one of the best batsmen in the world despite playing at a time when there was very little Test cricket being played by Pakistan: just 55 Test matches in a career spanning 17 years. In his obituary by ESPNcricinfo, he was honoured as the original Little Master, a title later assumed by Sunny Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar.

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Hanif was trained by Abdul Aziz, an Afghan cricket player, who had earlier played in Ranji Trophy for Jamnagar and father of Indian cricketer, Salim Durani.The highest of Hanif's Test centuries was a famous 337 made against West Indies in a six-day test at Bridgetown in 1957/58. After Pakistan found itself following on from a first-innings deficit of 473 runs on the afternoon of the third day, Hanif spent more than sixteen hours at the crease compiling his runs, allowing Pakistan to draw the game.It remains the longest innings in Test history (and stood as the longest in all first-class cricket for over 40 years). It was the only Test match instance of a triple century in a team's second innings until it was equaled by New Zealand cricketer Brendon McCullum against India in 2014.Displays such as this earned him the nickname "Little Master".

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In 1958/59, he surpassed Don Bradman's record for the highest individual first-class innings. Hanif made 499 for Karachi in a match against Bahawalpur before being run out attempting his five hundredth run; this mark stood for more than 35 years before being passed by Brian Lara in 1994. In all he made 55 first-class centuries and finished with a strong first-class career average of 52.32. He could bowl with either arm, and kept wicket on a number of occasions.He is known to have played the slowest test innings when he scored 20 off 223 balls at a strike rate of 8.968

Hanif's career lasted until 1975/76, but he never played in the English County Championship, although he did have an outing for the Northamptonshire Second XI in August 1965 whilst preparing for his appearance for a Rest of the World XI against England at the Scarborough Festival a few days later. Hanif was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1968 and in January 2009 he was named along with two other Pakistani players, Imran Khan and Javed Miandad, among the inaugural batch of 55 inductees into the ICC's Hall of Fame.

In one Test match against Australia, Hanif scored a century in the first innings. In the second he was given out stumped by Barry Jarman off the bowling of Tom Veivers for 93. Hanif respected the umpire's decision. Later in a press conference Jarman admitted that Hanif was not out.

Test debut India v Pakistan at Delhi, Oct 16-18, 1952
Last Test Pakistan v New Zealand at Karachi, Oct 24-27, 1969
First-class span 1951/52 - 1975/76

Fazal Mahmood (1927-2005) Test Cap #:3

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Full name Fazal Mahmood

Born February 18, 1927, Lahore, Punjab

Died May 30, 2005, Lahore (aged 78 years 101 days)

Major teams Pakistan (Test: 1952/53-1962); Northern India (1943/44-1946/47); Lahore (1958/59); Marylebone Cricket Club (1961)

Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year: 1952/53

Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 1955

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

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fazal mahmood, who died on May 30, 2005, aged 78, was Pakistan's first great bowler, inspiring his country to several famous victories in the 1950s. "He was the torch-bearer," said his modern counterpart Shoaib Akhtar. Tall and handsome, with a Comptonesque mop of hair that led him to feature in advertisements as Pakistan's own Brylcreem Boy, Fazal's ability to cut and seam the ball at a fair pace led him to be compared -instyle and stamina - to England's Alec Bedser. 

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He was especially difficult to handle on the artificial pitches widely used in Pakistan in the 1950s: Neil Harvey, the great Australian batsman of the time, said that Fazal "could make the ball talk" on matting. When Pakistan beat India by an innings on the mat at Lucknow in October 1952 - only their second official Test - Fazal took 12 wickets, seven for 42 in the second innings. Then, on the inaugural tour of England in 1954, he again took 12 wickets as Pakistan pulled off a stunning series-levelling win at The Oval. England were 109 for two, chasing only 168, but lost their last eight wickets for 34. He took 13 for 114 at Karachi when Pakistan won their maiden Test against Australia, "varying his swing with a mixture of leg-cutters and breakbacks", according to Wisden. Overwork dulled his edge after that: he bowled 250 overs in the first three Tests of the 1957-58 series in West Indies. Fazal still managed eight wickets in the final Test, which Pakistan won. And the following season he became the first Pakistani to reach 100 Test wickets, in only his 22nd match, and added 12 more as they won the next game, against West Indies at Dacca. By then, he was Pakistan's captain, and led them in ten Tests in all. 

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He retired after the 1962 England tour with a first-class bowling average of under 19. Hanif Mohammad, Pakistan's first star with the bat, recalled: "He was a great human being, always willing to help anyone who sought his advice. All our wins since we started playing Test cricket were indebted to him." Fazal might have played for India: the senior Nawab of Pataudi wanted him in his side for the 1946 tour of England, but the other selectors thought he was too young; he was selected for the 1947-48 tour of Australia, but then came Partition, and he chose Pakistan. He was instrumental in getting the new country Test status: his six for 40 in an unofficial Test against the 1951-52 MCC tourists helped convince Lord's of Pakistan's suitability. He had a long career in the police force, running the sports department where he groomed several top-class hockey players, and was still working, as director of a textile firm, when he had a heart attack in his office.

Test debut India v Pakistan at Delhi, Oct 16-18, 1952

Last Test England v Pakistan at The Oval, Aug 16-20, 1962

First-class span 1943-1964

Anwar Hussain Khokhar (1920-2002) Test Cap #:2

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Full name Anwar Hussain Khokhar
Born July 16, 1920, Lahore, Punjab
Died October 9, 2002, Lahore, Punjab (aged 82 years 85 days)
Major teams Pakistan (Test: 1952/53); Muslims (1940/41-1945/46); Northern India (1940/41-1946/47); Bombay (1943/44-1945/46); Sindh (1947/48-1948/49); Karachi (1954/55);
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

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Anwar Hussain died in Lahore on October 9, 2002, aged 82. It was 50 years to the month since he had played in Pakistan's first Test, at Delhi in 1952-53. However, his four games in that series against India realised only 42 runs and one wicket and he never represented Pakistan again. Anwar Hussain Khokar faced the first ball bowled in first-class cricket in Pakistan, though he wouldn't have been aware of that when he opened for Sind against West Punjab at Lahore in December 1947 - it was the 1990s before the match was reckoned to warrant first-class status.

Amir Illahi (1908-1980) Test Cap # 1

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Full name Amir Elahi

Born September 1, 1908, Lahore,

Died December 28, 1980, Karachi, (aged 72 years 118 days)

Major teams India (Test: 1947/48); Pakistan (Test: 1952/53); Northern India (1934/35-1943/44); Muslims (1935/36-1944/45); Patiala (1935/36); Rajputana (1937/38); Southern Punjab (1938/39-1941/42); Baroda (1943/44-1949/50); Bahawalpur (1953/54);

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium, Legbreak

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Amir Elahi, who died on December 28, 1980, aged 72, could lay claim to two unusual distinctions: he was one of only twelve cricketers to have played for two different countries and one of the twenty oldest cricketers to have played in a Test match. He appeared once for India, against Australia at Sydney in 1947, and five times for Pakistan, all in India in 1952-53. In his last Test match, at Calcutta, he was 44. Having begun life as a medium-paced bowler, he turned to leg-breaks and googlies, and it was in this latter role that he was best known. On his first tour, to England in 1936, he met with limited success (seventeen wickets at 42.94). In Australia, too, in 1947-48,

Although his Test figures were nothing to write home about, Amir Elahi entered the record books as one of the relatively few men to play Test cricket for two countries.only match for India, at Sydney in 1947-48, he was chosen as a bowler but didn't bowl. He played five times for Pakistan, including their inaugural Test appearance, at Delhi in 1952-53 - and would have had a long international career if he'd played in any of the Tests on the tour of England in 1936.

he found wickets hard to come by (eight at 65.87), as, indeed, he did when, after partition, he went with Pakistan to India (thirteen at 38.76). In the Ranji Trophy, however, he was a prolific wicket-taker (193 wickets, 24.72), mostly for Baroda, whom he helped to win the competition in 1946-47, shortly before becoming a Pakistan citizen. His finest hour with the bat (he was most at home at number eleven) was when he shared a last-wicket partnership of 104 (a Test rarity) with Zulfiqar Ahmed for Pakistan against India at Madras. Amir Elahi's share was a surprising 47. To meet him and talk about his cricketing days was always a pleasure.Batting and fielding averages.

Test debu  Australia v India at Sydney, Dec 12-18, 1947

Last Test India v Pakistan at Kolkata, Dec 12-15, 1952

First-class span1934-1954

Wessel Johannes Cronje(1969-2002)Test Cap #:237

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Full name Wessel Johannes Cronje
Born September 25, 1969, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State
Died June 1, 2002, Cradock Peak, Western Cape, South Africa (aged 32 years 249 days)
Major teams Ireland, South Africa, Free State, Leicestershire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium

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Cronje, Wessel Johannes, South Africa's cricket captain in a record 53 Tests and 138 one-day internationals between 1994 and 2000, died on June 1, 2002 when the cargo plane in which he was travelling crashed on Cradock Peak in the Outeniqua mountain range on its approach to his home town, George, in the Western Cape. He was just 32. Two years earlier, Hansie Cronje's admission that he took bribes from bookmakers to provide information and fix matches exposed the extent of a corruption scandal that cricket authorities had signally neglected to confront.

At first he had hotly denied charges levelled by the New Delhi police, who during a phone-tapping operation in March 2000 heard him conspiring with an Indian bookmaker, Sanjeev Chawla, to predetermine performances. And such was his standing as a player, captain and sporting ambassador for post-apartheid South Africa that few in the cricket world doubted him, preferring to heap scorn on the Indian investigation.

Ali Bacher, managing director of the United Cricket Board of South Africa, spoke of Cronje's "unquestionable integrity and honesty". Then, four days after the accusation, Cronje confessed in a 3 a.m. phone call to Bacher that he had not been "entirely honest". He was immediately stripped of the captaincy, as his side prepared for a oneday series against Australia, and in subsequent testimony to the government-appointed King Commission revealed, sometimes in tears, further details of his involvement with bookmakers in match-fixing.

Tertius Bosch (1966-2000) Test Cap #:236

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Full name Tertius Bosch
Born March 14, 1966, Vereeniging, Transvaal
Died February 14, 2000, Westville, Durban, Natal (aged 33 years 337 days)
Major teams South Africa, Natal, Northern Transvaal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast

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Tertius Bosch, who died in mysterious circumstances at the age of 33 in February 2000. His only Test appearance came in South Africa's first Test back in the fold, at Bridgetown in 1991-92. He apparently died of a rare viral infection, but 18 months later his body was exhumed and a post mortem suggested he might have been poisoned. It later emerged that Bosch had had his wife followed, after suspecting her of infidelity. He burst onto the scene while a young dental student at Pretoria University in 1986-87, moving from Northern Transvaal to Natal where he helped them to win two titles.Tertius Bosch, who ranked alongside Allan Donald as South Africa's fastest bowler of his era, died at Westville, near Durban, on February 13, a month short of his 34th birthday, after a long period of ill-health.

Athanasios John Traicos (1947) Test Cap # 235

 Athanasios John Traicos (born 17 May 1947) is a former cricketer who represented South Africa and Zimbabwe at international level.^[1] He was primarily an off spin bowler, and is one of a small number of cricketers to have played at the highest level for more than one country.

Barry Anderson Richards (1945) Test Cap # 234

 Barry Anderson Richards (born 21 July 1945) is a former South African first-class cricketer. A right-handed "talent of such enormous stature", Richards is considered one of South Africa's most successful batsmen.^[1][2] He was able to play only four Test matches – all against Australia – before South Africa's exclusion from the international scene in 1970. In that brief career, against a competitive Australian attack, Richards scored 508 runs at the high average of 72.57.

Brian Lee Irvine (born 1944) Test Cap # 233

 Brian Lee Irvine (born 9 March 1944 in Durban, South Africa) is a former cricketer who played four Tests for South Africa in 1969–70 in the last Test series played by South Africa before official sporting links were broken over the apartheid policy.^[1]

Dennis Gamsy (born 17 February (1940) Test Cap # 232

 Dennis Gamsy (born 17 February 1940 in Glenwood, Natal) is a former South African cricketer who played in two Tests as a wicketkeeper in 1970 against Australia.He played for Natal from 1958–59 to 1972–73, and toured England with the South African team in 1965. In 1970 he became one of the first prominent South African cricketers to speak out in favour of mixed-race sport in South Africa. Shortly afterwards he founded the Cricket Club of South Africa, one of the country's first multi-racial teams.

Grahame Anton Chevalier (1937-2017) Test Cap # 231

 

Full name Grahame Anton Chevalier
Born March 9, 1937, Cape Town, Cape Province
Died November 14, 2017 (aged 80 years 250 days)
Major teams South Africa, Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Grahame Anton Chevalier 231 Slow left-arm orthodox

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Test recognition came late to Grahame Chevalier - he was almost 33 when he made his debut, against Australia at Cape Town in January 1970 - and it was a brief glimpse of the big time. He performed admirably, taking 2 for 32 and 3 for 68 as South Africa won by 170 runs, but was dropped in favour of John Traicos for the second Test. At the end of that series South Africa were cast into the international wilderness. His first-class career also started late - he was almost 30 when he first played for Western Province - and he finally retired in 1973-74. Chevalier was a capable slow left-armer and a genuine No. 11 batsman.

Only Test South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, Jan 22-27, 1970
First-class span 1966/67 - 1973/74
List A span 1969/70 - 1972/73