The Karachi Education Board cricket team was a

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team based in

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. The team played a single first-class match in the Ayub Trophy in November 1964 against

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at the

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. The team won the toss and batted first, making 253 all out, during which Akhtar Sadiq top–scored with 53. Hyderabad were then dismissed for 255 in their first-innings, with Vakil Tatari claiming the best bowling figures with 4/65. Responding in their second-innings, the team made 129/4

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, with Aftab Ahmed top-scoring in the innings with 60. Hyderabad then reached 61/5 in their second-innings, with Tatari and Sadiq each taking two wickets. At this point the match was declared a draw. Of the starting eleven, only Tariq Javed would go on to play

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, with him playing in

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s for

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References

External links

Karachi Education Board
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