Ikram Elahi (born 3 March 1933) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played

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from 1953 to 1970. He toured England in 1954 and the

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in 1957–58 with the Pakistan team but did not play

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1950s

A middle-order batsman and fast-medium bowler, Elahi made his first-class debut in Pakistan in 1952–53. He toured England and Wales with the

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in 1953, a tour of non-first-class matches against club teams, then played two first-class matches in the 1953-54 Pakistan season. He was selected to tour England in 1954 having scored 174 runs at an average of 29.00 and taken five wickets at 24.60 in his three first-class matches. He played only 10 of the 30 first-class matches on the 1954 tour, scoring 193 runs at 19.30 and taking nine wickets at 25.77. He played in the

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team that won the

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in 1954–55, taking three wickets in the final. He took 2 for 44 and 6 for 70 when Karachi Blues beat

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in 1956–57. In the first two matches of the 1957–58 season, playing for Karachi A, he took 2 for 16 and 6 for 25 and made 51 against Sind B, then, a week later, took 5 for 45 and 4 for 28 against Sind A. He toured the West Indies later that season, but played only three first-class matches, making 27 runs and taking one wicket. In 1958-59 he took 4 for 48 and 3 for 10 when Karachi beat

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by an innings and 479 runs and Hanif Mohammad scored 499. The next season, he made his highest score, 73, putting on 168 for the sixth wicket with Hanif Mohammad when Karachi again beat Bahawalpur by an innings.

1960s

Elahi captained Karachi Greens in their three matches in 1961–62. In 1962 he went to England the play as a professional for

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in the Lancashire League. In 1962 he scored 364 runs at 22.75 and took 67 wickets at 14.02, in 1963 he scored 434 runs at 24.11 and took 66 wickets at 13.69, and in 1964 he scored 319 runs at 17.12 and took 72 wickets at 12.47. He then played three seasons as a professional for

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, also in the Lancashire League: 511 runs at 25.50 and 64 wickets at 16.04 in 1965, 735 runs at 43.23 and 45 wickets at 16.86 in 1966, and 634 runs at 32.01 and 38 wickets at 15.37 in 1967. He played one final season in Pakistan in 1969–70, three unsuccessful matches for

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. He later returned to England to live. His brother Anwar Elahi also played first-class cricket in Pakistan.Anwar Elahi at CricketArchive
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