This article describes the history of cricket in Pakistan from 1947 to 1970.
Early years: 1947 to 1950
The independent state of Pakistan was established in 1947 following the
Partition of India
The Partition of British India in 1947 was the Partition (politics), change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in South Asia and the creation of two independent dominions: ...
.
First-class cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...
was already established in the country as many clubs and local associations had previously been part of the Indian cricket scene.
Matches were played on an ''ad hoc'' basis in the 1947–48 and 1948–49 seasons before Pakistan's Board of Cricket Control (BCCP) was established on 1 May 1949. Games continued to be few and far between for several seasons until a national championship began in 1953.
1947–48 season
On 27–29 December 1947, th
Punjab v Sindmatch at
Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...
marked the start of first-class cricket in Pakistan as an independent country. Later that season, on 6–8 February 1948, th
Punjab Governor's XI v Punjab Universitymatch took place, also at Lahore. These were the only matches that season owing to disruption caused by the Partition.
1948–49 season
Anothe
took place at Lahore in March 1949, but it was the only domestic first-class match in the second season.
The highlight of the 1948–49 season was the arrival of the
West Indies
The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greater A ...
team in November 1948. This was the first tour of Pakistan by an overseas team.
The
Pakistan national cricket team
The Pakistan national cricket team or Pak cricket team, often referred to as the Shaheens (), Green Shirts, Men in Green and Cornered Tigers is administered by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The team is a Full Member of the International C ...
made its inaugural overseas tour in April 1949 with a visit to
Ceylon
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
, where the team played two matches against
Ceylon
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
in
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...
. Pakistan, captained by
Mohammed Saeed, won the first match by an innings and the second by 10 wickets.
1949–50 season
There were no domestic matches at all in 1949–50 when two touring teams arrived. The first tour was by a
Commonwealth XI in November and December 1949. Then Ceylon, on a return tour in March–April 1950, played five first-class matches.
1951 to 1960
Pakistan's debut in Test cricket
In October to December 1952,
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
's Test debut was a five-match series in India, the matches played at New Delhi, Lucknow, Bombay, Madras and Calcutta. After
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
had won the First Test by an innings, Pakistan won the Second Test by an innings thanks to
Fazal Mahmood
Fazal Mahmood PP, HI (18 February 1927 – 30 May 2005) was a Pakistani international cricketer. He played in 34 Test matches and took 139 wickets at a bowling average of 24.70. The first Pakistani to pass 100 wickets, he reached the landm ...
who took 5–52 and 7–42. India won the Third Test and the other two were drawn.
1961 to 1970
National championships
The
Qaid-i-Azam Trophy was launched in the 1953–54 season as Pakistan's national championship. The first winner was
Bahawalpur
Bahawalpur () is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. With inhabitants as of 2017, it is Pakistan's 11th most populous city.
Founded in 1748, Bahawalpur was the capital of the former princely state of Bahawalpur, ruled by the Abbasi fa ...
. The outstanding player in the inaugural season was the great opening batsman
Hanif Mohammad
Hanif Mohammad PP ( ur, , 21 December 1934 – 11 August 2016) was a Pakistani cricketer.
He 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 ...
who scored 513 runs at an average of 128.25 with a highest score of 174.
Winners of the Qaid-i-Azam Trophy from 1954 to 1970 were:
* 1953–54 – Bahawalpur
* 1954–55 –
Karachi
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...
* 1955–56 – no competition
* 1956–57 –
Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
* 1957–58 – Bahawalpur
* 1958–59 – Karachi
* 1959–60 – Karachi
* 1960–61 – no competition
* 1961–62 –
Karachi Blues
Karachi cricket teams competed in the Pakistani first-class cricket tournaments the Patron's Trophy and Quaid-e-Azam Trophy from 1953-54 to 2018-19. Beginning with the 2019-20 season, the city of Karachi has been represented in the Quaid-e-Azam T ...
* 1962–63 –
Karachi A
* 1963–64 – Karachi Blues
* 1964–65 – Karachi Blues
* 1965–66 – no competition
* 1966–67 – Karachi
* 1967–68 – no competition
* 1968–69 –
Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...
* 1969–70 –
PIA
In the 1960–61 season, the BCCP introduced a knockout competition called the
Ayub Trophy
The Patron's Trophy was a cricket competition that was held in Pakistan between 1960–61 and 2018–19 mainly among teams representing the government and semi-government departments, corporations, commercial organisations, business houses, banks, ...
. Winners to 1970 were:
* 1960–61 –
Railways-Quetta
* 1961–62 – Karachi
* 1962–63 – Karachi
* 1964–65 – Karachi
* 1965–66 – Karachi Blues
* 1967–68 – Karachi Blues
* 1969–70 – PIA
International tours of Pakistan
West Indies 1948–49
In the first international tour of Pakistan by an overseas team, West Indies played two first-class matches versu
Sind at Karachiand
Both matches were drawn.
The West Indies team included
George Headley
George Alphonso Headley OD, MBE (30 May 1909 – 30 November 1983) was a West Indian cricketer who played 22 Test matches, mostly before World War II. Considered one of the best batsmen to play for the West Indies and one of the greatest crick ...
,
Clyde Walcott
Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott KA, GCM, OBE (17 January 1926 – 26 August 2006) was a West Indian cricketer. Walcott was a member of the "three W's", the other two being Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell: all were very successful batsmen from Bar ...
and
Everton Weekes
Sir Everton DeCourcy Weekes, KCMG, GCM, OBE (26 February 19251 July 2020) was a cricketer from Barbados. A right-handed batsman, he was known as one of the hardest hitters in world cricket. Weekes holds the record for consecutive Test hundre ...
.
''See:
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Commonwealth XI 1949–50
The tourists played two matches against an All-Pakistan XI in Lahore and against a Karachi-Sind Combined XI in Karachi. The tourists won the first match by an innings and 177 runs; they won the second match by 6 wickets. Captained by
Jock Livingston
Leonard "Jock" Livingston (3 May 1920 – 16 January 1998) was an Australian cricketer who played most of his first-class cricket in England.
Cricket career
Livingston was a hard-hitting left-handed batsman and an occasional wicketkeeper. He p ...
, who also kept wicket in some games, the team had several well-known players including
Frank Worrell
Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell (1 August 1924 – 13 March 1967), sometimes referred to by his nickname of Tae, was a West Indies cricketer and Jamaican senator. A stylish right-handed batsman and useful left-arm seam bowler, he became fam ...
,
George Tribe
George Edward Tribe (4 October 1920 – 5 April 2009) was an Australian cricketer who played in three Test matches from 1946 to 1947, as well as an Australian rules footballer with the Footscray Football Club in the VFL.
Cricket career
Trib ...
,
Bill Alley
William Edward Alley (3 February 1919 – 26 November 2004) was a cricketer who played 400 first-class matches for New South Wales, Somerset and a Commonwealth XI.
Whilst in Australia, Alley was also a middleweight boxer, and was undefe ...
,
Cec Pepper
Cecil George Pepper (15 September 1916 – 22 March 1993) was an Australian first-class cricketer who became a professional in English league cricket and later a first-class umpire in England. An allrounder, he was the first to complete the dou ...
,
George Dawkes
George Owen Dawkes (19 July 1920 – 10 August 2006) was a first-class cricketer who played for Leicestershire between 1937 and 1939 and for Derbyshire between 1947 and 1961 as a wicket keeper and a lower-order right-handed batsman. During the ...
and
George Pope.
''See
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Ceylon 1949–50
Ceylon in March–April 1950 played five first-class matches against: Karachi-Sind at the
Karachi
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...
Gymkhana Ground; a Pakistan XI at the Bagh-e-Jinnah in Lahore; the Commander-in-Chief's XI at the Pindi Club Ground in
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...
;
Pakistan Universities at Punjab University Ground in Lahore; and Pakistan XI again at Karachi's Gymkhana Ground.
''See:
Ceylonese cricket team in Pakistan in 1949–50
The Sri Lanka cricket team, Ceylon cricket team toured Pakistan in March and April 1950. Ceylon did not then have Test cricket, Test status, but two four-day unofficial Tests were played, Pakistan cricket team, Pakistan winning both by large margin ...
''
MCC 1951–52
Only a handful of domestic matches were played in the next three seasons, during which the highlight was the arrival of the first touring team from England in November 1951. The tour was organised by
MCC and the team also visited Ceylon. MCC played four first-class matches in Pakistan versus:
Punjabat Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot – match drawn
at Bagh-e-Jinnah in Lahore – match drawn
at Bahawal Stadium in Bahawalpur – match drawn
at Karachi Gymkhana Ground – Pakistan won by 4 wickets
MCC had a strong team that featured the young
Tom Graveney
Thomas William Graveney (16 June 1927 – 3 November 2015) was an English first-class cricketer, representing his country in 79 Test matches and scoring over 4,800 runs. In a career lasting from 1948 to 1972, he became the 15th player to score ...
and
Brian Statham
John Brian Statham, (17 June 1930 – 10 June 2000) was an English professional cricketer from Gorton, in Manchester, who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club from 1950 to 1968 and for England from 1951 to 1965.[Nigel Howard
Nigel David Howard (18 May 1925 – 31 May 1979) was an English cricketer, who played for Lancashire and England. Born in Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire, he captained England on the tour to India in 1951-52. In the only four Test matches he playe ...]
it also included
Derek Shackleton
Derek Shackleton (12 August 1924 – 28 September 2007) was a Hampshire County Cricket Club, Hampshire and England cricket team, England bowler (cricket), bowler. He took over 100 wickets in 20 consecutive seasons of first-class cricket, but onl ...
,
Jack Robertson,
Donald Carr
Donald Bryce Carr OBE (28 December 1926 – 12 June 2016) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1967, for Oxford University from 1948 to 1951, and twice for England in 1951/52. He captained Derbyshire between 1955 an ...
,
Roy Tattersall
Roy Tattersall (17 August 1922 – 9 December 2011) was an English cricketer who played for Lancashire and played sixteen Tests for England as a specialist off spin bowler. He was born at Tonge Moor, Bolton, Lancashire, England.
Tattersa ...
,
Frank Lowson
Frank Anderson Lowson (1 July 1925 – 8 September 1984) was an English cricketer, who played in seven Tests for England from 1951 to 1955. In first-class cricket, Lowson amassed 15,321 runs at an average of over 37, but had drifted away from ...
,
Don Brennan and
Dick Spooner
Richard Thompson Spooner (30 December 1919 – 20 December 1997) was an English cricketer who played for Warwickshire and England.
A latecomer who did not play first-class cricket until he was 28, Spooner was a quick-witted left-handed batsman ...
.
''See:
English cricket team in India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1951–52
A cricket team from England organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) toured India from 5 October 1951 to 2 March 1952. During this tour England team also played first class matches in Pakistan and Ceylon. In the Test matches, the side was ...
''
India 1954–55
Pakistan's inaugural home Test series was against neighbours India and all five matches were drawn:
1st Testat
Dacca Stadium – match drawn
2nd Testat
Bahawal Stadium, Bahawalpur – match drawn
3rd Testat
Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore
''Bagh-e-Jinnah'' ( ur, باغِ جناح, , Jinnah Garden), formerly known as Lawrence Gardens, is a historical park in the city of Lahore, Pakistan. The large green space contains a botanical garden, Masjid Dar-ul-Islam, and Quaid-e-Azam Libr ...
– match drawn
4th Testat
Peshawar Club Ground The Peshawar Club Ground is a cricket ground in Peshawar, Pakistan, used for one Test match between India and Pakistan in February 1955. It staged first class cricket matches from 1938 to 1987.
History of matches
The history of first class cricket ...
– match drawn
5th Testat
National Stadium, Karachi
The National Stadium (Urdu: نیشنل سٹیڈیم), also referred to as National Bank Cricket Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a cricket stadium in Karachi, Pakistan, owned by the Pakistan Cricket Board. It is the home ground of Karachi Kin ...
– match drawn
''See:
Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1954–55''
MCC 1955–56
This side was described as MCC "A" and the fixtures against Pakistan were not designated Test Matches.
Jan.20–25, 1956. Venue: Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore Result: Match Drawn.
3–8 Feb. 1956. Venue: Dacca Stadium. Result: Pakistan won by innings and 10 runs.
24–28 Feb. 1956. Venue: Peshawar Club Ground. Result: Pakistan won by 7 wickets.
9–14 March 1956. Venue: Karachi National Stadium. Result: MCC won by 2 wickets.
''See:
English cricket team in Pakistan in 1955–56
An English cricket team sponsored by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) visited Pakistan from December 1955 to February 1956 and played fourteen first-class matches including four against the Pakistan national cricket team.
The team
* Donald Carr (c ...
''
New Zealand 1955–56
1st Testat National Stadium, Karachi – Pakistan won by an innings and 1 run
at Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore – Pakistan won by 4 wickets
at Dacca Stadium – match drawn
''See:
New Zealand cricket team in Pakistan in 1955–56
The New Zealand national cricket team toured Pakistan in October to November 1955 and played a three-match Test cricket, Test series against the Pakistan national cricket team. It was the first Test series between the two teams. Pakistan won the ...
''
Australia 1956–57
1st Testat National Stadium, Karachi – Pakistan won by 9 wickets
Fazal Mahmood
Fazal Mahmood PP, HI (18 February 1927 – 30 May 2005) was a Pakistani international cricketer. He played in 34 Test matches and took 139 wickets at a bowling average of 24.70. The first Pakistani to pass 100 wickets, he reached the landm ...
was Pakistan's matchwinner with 13 wickets.
West Indies 1958–59
1st Testat National Stadium, Karachi – Pakistan won by 10 wickets
at Dacca Stadium – Pakistan won by 41 runs
at Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore – West Indies won by an innings and 156 runs
Australia 1959–60
at Dacca Stadium – Australia won by 8 wickets
at
Gaddafi Stadium
Gaddafi Stadium ( ur, , translit=Qaẕẕāfī Isṭeḍiyam), previously known as Lahore Stadium is a cricket stadium in Lahore, Pakistan and the home ground of Lahore Qalandars. It is owned by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). With a capacit ...
, Lahore – Australia won by 7 wickets
3rd Testat National Stadium, Karachi – match drawn
''See:
Australian cricket team in Pakistan in 1959–60''
The series took place in November and December 1959. In the Second Test,
Norm O'Neill
Norman Clifford Louis O'Neill (19 February 1937 – 3 March 2008) was a cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia. A right-handed batsman known for his back foot strokeplay, O'Neill made his state debut aged 18, before progressin ...
scored 134 for Australia and
Saeed Ahmed scored 166 for Pakistan.
Hanif Mohammed
According to the United States Department of Defense, there were five dozen Pakistani detainees in Guantanamo prior to May 15, 2006.
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp was opened on January 11, 2002. In the summer of 2004, following the United ...
scored 101 in the Third Test for Pakistan.
Richie Benaud
Richard Benaud (; 6 October 1930 – 10 April 2015) was an Australian cricketer who, after his retirement from international cricket in 1964, became a highly regarded commentator on the game.
Benaud was a Test cricket all-rounder, blending l ...
was the leading wicket taker of the series with 18.
Australia also played one three-day match against President's XI in
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...
starting 28 November 1959. Australia won this match by 3 wickets.
International XI 1961–62
An
International XI toured Africa, New Zealand and Asia from February to April 1962, playing one first-class match in Pakistan, against an East Pakistan Governor's XI in
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...
in March, which was drawn.
England 1961–62
1st Testat Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore – England won by 5 wickets
at Dacca Stadium – match drawn
at National Stadium, Karachi – match drawn
Commonwealth XI 1963–64
A
Commonwealth XI cricket team The Commonwealth XI cricket team played over 100 first-class cricket matches from 1949 to 1968. The team started out as a side made up of mostly English, Australian and West Indian cricketers, that toured the subcontinent but later on played first-c ...
toured Pakistan in the 1963–64 season, playing six first-class matches including three against the Pakistan national team.
Captained by
Peter Richardson, the Commonwealth XI included several well-known players such as
Tom Graveney
Thomas William Graveney (16 June 1927 – 3 November 2015) was an English first-class cricketer, representing his country in 79 Test matches and scoring over 4,800 runs. In a career lasting from 1948 to 1972, he became the 15th player to score ...
,
Rohan Kanhai
Rohan Babulal Kanhai (born 26 December 1935) is a Guyanese former cricketer of Tamil Indo-Guyanese origin , who represented the West Indies in 79 Test matches. He is widely considered to be one of the best batsmen of the 1960s. Kanhai featur ...
,
Basil Butcher
Basil Fitzherbert Butcher (3 September 1933 – 16 December 2019) was a Guyanese cricketer who played for the West Indies cricket team. He was regarded as a reliable right-handed middle-order batsman in the star-studded West Indian batting line- ...
,
Seymour Nurse
Seymour MacDonald Nurse (10 November 1933 6 May 2019) was a Barbadian cricketer. Nurse played 29 Test matches for the West Indies between 1960 and 1969. A powerfully built right-hand batsman and an aggressive, if somewhat impetuous, shotmaker, ...
,
Bill Alley
William Edward Alley (3 February 1919 – 26 November 2004) was a cricketer who played 400 first-class matches for New South Wales, Somerset and a Commonwealth XI.
Whilst in Australia, Alley was also a middleweight boxer, and was undefe ...
,
Khalid Ibadulla
Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla (born 20 December 1935) is a Pakistani New Zealander cricket coach, commentator, former cricket umpire and cricketer. He has worked as TVNZ cricket commentator. He played in four Tests for Pakistan between 1964 and 1967. ...
,
Charlie Griffith
Sir Charles Christopher Griffith, KA, SCM (born 14 December 1938) is a West Indian former cricketer who played in 28 Tests from 1960 to 1969. He formed a formidable fast bowling partnership with Wes Hall during the 1960s, but experienced a nu ...
and
Keith Andrew
Keith Vincent Andrew (15 December 1929 – 27 December 2010) was an English cricketer who played in two Tests, in 1954–55 and in 1963.
Life and career
Born in Greenacres, Oldham, Lancashire, Andrew was a fine wicketkeeper who might have play ...
.
Australia 1964–65
1st Testat National Stadium, Karachi – match drawn
The teams played one 5-day
Test
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starting on 24 October 1964 at the
National Stadium
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in
Karachi
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...
.
The Test (and series) was drawn.
Khalid Ibadulla
Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla (born 20 December 1935) is a Pakistani New Zealander cricket coach, commentator, former cricket umpire and cricketer. He has worked as TVNZ cricket commentator. He played in four Tests for Pakistan between 1964 and 1967. ...
top scored for
Pakistan
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with 166 in the first innings.
Australian
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captain
Bob Simpson scored 153 and 115.
Graham McKenzie
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was the top wicket taker with 8 wickets.
New Zealand 1964–65
1st Testat Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi – Pakistan won by an innings and 64 runs
at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore – match drawn
at National Stadium, Karachi – Pakistan won by 8 wickets
''See:
New Zealand cricket team in Pakistan in 1964–65
The New Zealand national cricket team toured Pakistan in March to April 1965 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistan national cricket team. Pakistan won the Test series 2–0. New Zealand were captained by John Reid and Paki ...
''
Ceylon 1966–67
Ceylon
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
toured Pakistan in November 1966 and played five first-class matches, including three against Pakistan. Pakistan won all three matches by large margins.
''See:
Ceylonese cricket team in Pakistan in 1966–67''
Marylebone Cricket Club Under-25 1966–67
A
Marylebone Cricket Club Under-25 team toured Pakistan in January and February 1967 and played seven first-class matches, including three against the Pakistan Under-25 team.
''See:
''
Commonwealth XI 1967–68
A
Commonwealth XI cricket team The Commonwealth XI cricket team played over 100 first-class cricket matches from 1949 to 1968. The team started out as a side made up of mostly English, Australian and West Indian cricketers, that toured the subcontinent but later on played first-c ...
toured Pakistan from February to April 1968, playing eight first-class matches. Three matches against Pakistan served as unofficial Tests; Pakistan won the first and the other two were drawn.
Captained by
Richie Benaud
Richard Benaud (; 6 October 1930 – 10 April 2015) was an Australian cricketer who, after his retirement from international cricket in 1964, became a highly regarded commentator on the game.
Benaud was a Test cricket all-rounder, blending l ...
, the Commonwealth XI included several well-known players such as
John Hampshire
John Harry Hampshire (10 February 1941 – 1 March 2017), also known as Jack Hampshire, was an English cricketer and umpire, who played eight Tests and three One Day Internationals (ODIs) for England between 1969 and 1975. He played first-class ...
,
Mushtaq Mohammed
Mushtaq Mohammad PP (Urdu: مشتاق محمد; born 22 November 1943) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played in 57 Tests and 10 ODIs from 1959 to 1979. A right-handed batsman and a leg-spinner, he is one of the mo ...
,
Brian Luckhurst
Brian William Luckhurst (5 February 1939 – 1 March 2005) was an English cricketer, who played his entire county career for Kent County Cricket Club. He played for Kent from 1958 to 1976, usually opening the batting, then in 1985, in an emerge ...
,
John Murray,
David Allen and
Keith Boyce
Keith David Boyce (11 October 1943 – 11 October 1996) was a cricketer who played 21 Tests and 8 One Day Internationals for the West Indies between 1971 and 1976. He died from the effects of chronic cirrhosis of the liver, while sitting in a cha ...
.
International XI 1967–68
An
International XI of county cricketers, most of them English, toured Africa and Asia from January to April 1968, playing one first-class match in Pakistan against a BCCP XI in February, which the International XI won.
England 1968–69
1st Testat Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore – match drawn
at Dacca Stadium – match drawn
at National Stadium, Karachi – match drawn
''See:
English cricket team in Ceylon and Pakistan in 1968–69
The England national cricket team, under the auspices of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), toured Ceylon and Pakistan from January to March 1969 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistani national cricket team. The Test series was ...
''
New Zealand 1969–70
This was the first ever series win by New Zealand after almost 40 years and 30 consecutive winless series.
1st Testat National Stadium, Karachi – match drawn
at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore – New Zealand won by 5 wickets
at Dacca Stadium – match drawn
''See:
New Zealand cricket team in Pakistan in 1969–70
The New Zealand national cricket team toured Pakistan in October to November 1969 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistan national cricket team. New Zealand won the Test series 1–0. New Zealand were captained by Graham Dowli ...
''
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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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Peter Oborne
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* ''Wounded Tiger: The History of Cricket in Pakistan''. Simon and Schuster, 2014.
* ''White on Green: Celebrating the Drama of Pakistan Cricket''. (Co-written with Richard Heller) Simon and Schuster, 2016.
References
External sources
CricketArchive – List of Tournaments in Pakistan*
Abdul Hafeez Kardar
Abdul Hafeez Kardar PP, HI ( ur, ) (17 January 1925 – 21 April 1996) was a Pakistani cricketer, politician and diplomat. He was the first captain of the Pakistan cricket team. He is one of the only three players to have played Test crick ...
"Growth of Pakistan Cricket", ''Wisden'' 1954* Ghulam Mustafa Khan
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Rowland Bowen
Major Rowland Francis Bowen (27 February 1916 – 4 September 1978) was a British Army officer and a cricket researcher, historian and writer.
Educated at Westminster School, Bowen received an emergency commission in April 1942 into the In ...
"Some Dates in Pakistan Cricket History", ''Wisden'' 1967
{{DEFAULTSORT:History of Cricket in Pakistan From 1947 To 1970
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
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