Khalid Qureshi (12 February 1928 – 10 February 2016) was a Pakistani cricketer who played

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from 1949 to 1966. He toured

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in 1952–53 with the Pakistan team but did not play

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. A left-arm spinner, Qureshi made his first-class debut in two matches for Pakistan in 1949–50, against Commonwealth XI and

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. He toured India with Pakistan's first touring team in 1952–53 and played in six of the first-class matches, taking 17 wickets at an average of 28.23. He played as a professional for Lowerhouse in the Lancashire League in 1954 and 1955, taking in all 100 wickets at 13.25. In the

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in 1956–57 he took 6 for 18 and 6 for 61 to give

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an innings victory over

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. He also took five wickets in the final, which Punjab won. In 1959–60, opening the bowling for

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and bowling 24 overs unchanged, he took 8 for 24 against

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. The next season, captaining Lahore in the

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, he took 9 for 28 in the first innings against Lahore Education Board. These were record bowling figures for Pakistan cricket until Ahad Khan took 9 for 7 in 1964–65.First-Class Best Bowling in an Innings in Pakistan
/ref> His father, Amjad Qureshi, and two brothers also played first-class cricket.

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