Mohammad Ebrahim Zainuddin "Ebbu" Ghazali (15 June 1924 – 26 April 2003) was a Pakistan Air Force officer,

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er and cricket administrator who played for

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in two

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in 1954.

Early life and family

Ghazali was born in Bombay,

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, on 15 June 1924, in a

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family. His family migrated to Karachi after the

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in 1947. Ghazali was the son-in-law of

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who won a gold medal in the 1928 Olympics for India in field hockey and whose son

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served as

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in the

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. He was also a relative of

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: his sister was Ijaz Faqih's mother-in-law.

Career

Ghazali played

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and Pakistan from 1943 to 1956. A middle-order batsman and off-spin bowler, he made his top score in the inaugural season of the

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when he scored 160 and 61 for

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against

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, in December 1953. He took his best bowling figures of 5 for 28 in April 1955 when he captained Combined Services against

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in the semi-final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. He toured England with the Pakistan team in 1954, but was only moderately successful, making 601 runs at an average of 28.61 and taking 17 wickets at 39.64. In his second Test, at

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, he was dismissed for a

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within two hours. After his playing career, Ghazali became an administrator. He managed Pakistan's tour of

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and New Zealand in 1972–73.''Wisden'' 2004, p. 1542. He served in the

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, reaching the rank of

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References

External links

Ebrahim Ghazali at CricketArchive

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