Dara Bashir Khan (born 1 May 1960,

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, Sindh) is a Pakistani former

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 officia ...

er. He played thirteen

matches for several domestic sides in Pakistan between 1977 and 1984. He also represented

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Early life and education

Dara Bashir Khan was born on 1 May 1960 in

, Sindh. He was educated at

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Career

Khan began his career with the

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(PIA), where he played

from the 1979/80 season until 1983/84. He also made

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appearances for PIA during the 1980/81 season. From there, he moved to

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to continue playing first-class cricket for the 1983/84 season. His subsequent career saw him playing List A for the Pakistan Automobiles Corporation from the 1986/87 to 1987/88 seasons. Earlier, he also played the Under-19 Test cricket for Pakistan Under-19s during the 1978/79 season. During his first-class career, Khan played 13 matches, scoring 78 runs with a high score of 45, and took 20 wickets with a best performance of 4-59. In his List A career, he played five matches, scored two runs, and took eight wickets with a best of 3-24. As a part of the Pakistan Under-19s, Khan played five matches, scoring 15 runs and taking 12 wickets with a best bowling figure of 3-17.

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* Living people 1960 births Pakistani cricketers Karachi Blues cricketers Pakistan Automobiles Corporation cricketers Pakistan International Airlines cricketers Cricketers from Karachi {{Pakistan-cricket-bio-stub

Early life and education

Career

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