Dawood Industries were a

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team sponsored by the Dawood group of companies. They had one season of first-class cricket in the Patron's Trophy in 1975–76. Dawood Industries, which included the

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players Zaheer Abbas (who captained the team) and

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, won their matches in the first three rounds, then lost by an innings to

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in the semi-final. Their four matches took place between 12 October and 3 November 1975. Fourteen players appeared for Dawood Industries in the four matches. The highest scorer was Zaheer Abbas, with 359 runs at an average of 51.28. The leading bowler was Mohammad Sabir, who took 25 wickets at 20.32.

References

External links

Matches played by Dawood Industries at CricketArchive

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