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Pakistani Cricket Team In India In 1952–53
The Pakistan national cricket team toured the republic of India in the 1952–53 season, playing five Tests. The First Test was the first-ever Test for Pakistan after its inception and the second match resulted in Pakistan's first Test victory. India won the series 2–1 with two Tests being drawn. The Pakistan team * Abdul Kardar (captain) * Imtiaz Ahmed * Khurshid Ahmed * Maqsood Ahmed * Zulfiqar Ahmed * Israr Ali * Rusi Dinshaw * Amir Elahi * Waqar Hasan * Anwar Hussain * Mahmood Hussain * Khalid Ibadulla * Fazal Mahmood * Hanif Mohammad * Khan Mohammad * Nazar Mohammad * Wazir Mohammad * Khalid Qureshi Tour matches Three-day: North Zone v Pakistanis Three-day: Central Zone v Pakistanis Three-day: West Zone v Pakistanis Three-day: Bombay v Pakistanis Three-day: South Zone v Pakistanis Three-day: Indian Universities v Pakistanis Three-day: East Zone v Pakistanis Test matches 1st Test 2nd Test 3rd Test 4th Test 5th Test Aftermath In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Hafeez Kardar
Abdul Hafeez Kardar PP, HI () (17 January 1925 – 21 April 1996) was a Pakistani cricketer, politician, and diplomat. He was the first captain of the Pakistan cricket team and one of only three players to have played Test cricket for both India and Pakistan. Known as "The Skipper," Kardar led the Pakistan cricket team in its first 23 Test matches, spanning from 1952 to 1958, and later became the nation's foremost cricket administrator. Widely regarded as the father figure of Pakistan cricket, Kardar received the ''Pride of Performance'' Award from the Government of Pakistan in 1958. In addition to his cricketing achievements, he served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab and held the position of Punjab Minister for Food under the Bhutto government. Early career Kardar was born in 1925 into a prominent Kardar Arain family in Lahore, Punjab. He was educated at Islamia College, Lahore, and University College, Oxford. Kardar played domestic cricket for variou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Test Cricket
Test cricket is a Forms of cricket, format of the sport of cricket, considered the game’s most prestigious and traditional form. Often referred to as the "ultimate test" of a cricketer's skill, endurance, and temperament, it is a format of international cricket where two teams in white clothing, each representing a country, compete over a match that can last up to five days. It consists of four innings (two per team), with a minimum of ninety Over (cricket), overs scheduled to be bowled per day, making it the sport with the longest playing time. A team wins the match by outscoring the opposition in the Batting (cricket), batting or bowl out in Bowling (cricket), bowling, otherwise the match ends in a Result (cricket), draw. It is contested by 12 teams which are the List of International Cricket Council members, full-members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). The term "test match" was originally coined in 1861–62 but in a different context. Test cricket did not beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Zone Cricket Team
The North Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents northern India in the Duleep Trophy and Deodhar Trophy. It is a composite team of players from seven first-class Indian teams from northern India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Services. North Zone has the strongest track record of all the zones in the Duleep Trophy, as they have won the Trophy 17 times, with the next best team, West Zone having won 16 times. They hold the record for the most consecutive titles, five, from 1990/91 through to 1994/95. Current squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. ''Updated as on 24 Jul 2023'' Notable players from North Zone * Kapil Dev * Gautam Gambhir * Dinesh Mongia *Virender Sehwag * Ishant Sharma * Navjot Singh Sidhu * Harbhajan Singh * Yuvraj Singh * Lala Amarnath * Surinder Amarnath * Mohinder Amarnath *Virat Kohli Virat Kohli (born 5 November 1988) is an Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalid Qureshi
Khalid Qureshi (12 February 1928 – 10 February 2016) was a Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1949 to 1966. He toured India in 1952–53 with the Pakistan team but did not play Test cricket. A left-arm spinner, Qureshi made his first-class debut in two matches for Pakistan in 1949–50, against the Commonwealth XI and Ceylon. 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 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1956–57 he took 6 for 18 and 6 for 61 to give Punjab an innings victory over Bahawalpur. He also took five wickets in the final, which Punjab won. In 1959–60, opening the bowling for Lahore and bowling 24 overs unchanged, he took 8 for 24 against Railways. The next season, captaining Lahore in the Ayub Trophy The President's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wazir Mohammad
Wazir Mohammad (born 22 December 1929) is a former Pakistani cricketer and banker who played in 20 Test matches for Pakistan national cricket team between 1952 and 1959. Wazir was a determined middle-order batsman with a strong defence. His highest Test score was 189, in the Fifth Test against the West Indies at Port of Spain in 1957-58, when he batted for six and three-quarter hours and laid the foundation for Pakistan's innings victory. He was Pakistan's top-scorer with 42 not out when they won by 24 runs against England at The Oval in 1954. His first-class career extended from 1950 to 1964, when he captained Karachi Whites to a narrow defeat in the final of the 1963-64 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. He was appointed to captain the Pakistan Eaglets team of young players on their tour of England in 1963; 14 of the 18 players on the tour became Test cricketers, and four became Test captains. Wazir worked as a banker, mostly with the National Bank of Pakistan. He was one of the five Moha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khan Mohammad
Khan Mohammad (Punjabi, ) (1 January 1928 – 4 July 2009) was a cricket player who was a member of Pakistan's first Test team that played against India in 1952. Born in Lahore, Punjab, he was educated at the city's Islamia College. He played in 13 Tests as an opening bowler who shared the new ball with Fazal Mahmood. He also holds the distinction of bowling Pakistan's first ball and taking Pakistan's first wicket in Test cricket. He even once bowled Len Hutton in a Test match for a duck, at Lord's in 1954 – a rare feat among the cricketers of that time. In 1951, Khan Mohammad made one appearance for Somerset, playing against the South Africans. He took five wickets in the match, and the intention appears to have been for him to qualify for the county by residence, which would have taken three years by the then rules, but he returned to Pakistan, when Test cricket started there 18 months later. He chose country over county, as his newly founded nation desperately needed expe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalid Ibadulla
Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla (20 December 1935 – 12 July 2024) was a Pakistani-New Zealander cricketer, cricket coach and umpire who later worked as a cricket commentator for TVNZ. He represented Pakistan four times at Test match level between 1964 and 1967, and was the first Pakistani to play in the County Championship. Khalid Ibadulla was born in Lahore, the youngest of six children. His father, Masood, had been a noted hockey player. He was introduced to cricket at the Lahore Gymkhana Club by his elder brother, and was attracted by the aesthetic beauty of the game. At Mozang High School, he was coached by former first-class wicket-keeper Nissar Ahmed. First-class career After a few matches in Pakistan, where he made his first-class debut at the age of 16, Ibadulla played most of his cricket as a professional for Warwickshire County Cricket Club in England. He played for the side "with much distinction and no little charm" between 1954 and 1972, mostly as an opening batsman, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwar Hussain (cricketer)
Anwar Hussain Khokhar (16 July 1920 – 9 October 2002) (Urdu:انور حسین کھوکھر) was a Pakistani cricketer who was a member of Pakistan's first Test cricket, Test team in 1952. Early life and family Born in Lahore, Khokhar was a cousin of another Pakistani cricketer Aslam Khokhar. Career Khokhar played first-class cricket in Indian competitions from 1941 to 1947, and in Pakistan from 1947 to 1955. He faced the first ball bowled in first-class cricket in Pakistan when he opened the batting for Sindh cricket team, Sind against West Punjab in December 1947.''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, Wisden'' 2003, pp. 1613–14. His best first-class performances came when he captain (cricket), captained Sind against the touring West Indian cricket team in India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1948–49, West Indians in 1948–49; he scored 12 and 81 and took 4 for 66 and 1 for 19 in the drawn match. He was selected to play in Pakistan's first representative match a week later against the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rusi Dinshaw
Rusi Nausherwan Dinshaw (7 February 1928 – 24 March 2014) was a Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1948 to 1952. A left-handed batsman, Dinshaw played in both unofficial Tests when Ceylon toured Pakistan in 1949-50, without making a substantial score. Later he was a member of the first Pakistan Test squad, which toured India in 1952–53. He never played in a Test, but he is the only Parsi to have ever been selected in a Pakistan Test Test(s), testing, or TEST may refer to: * Test (assessment), an educational assessment intended to measure the respondents' knowledge or other abilities Arts and entertainment * ''Test'' (2013 film), an American film * ''Test'' (2014 film) ... squad. References 1928 births 2014 deaths Pakistani cricketers Parsi sportsmen Pakistani Zoroastrians Sindh cricketers Cricketers from Karachi Parsi cricketers {{Pakistan-cricket-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israr Ali
Israr Ali (1 May 1927 – 1 February 2016) was a member of Pakistan's first Test team that played against India in India in 1952–53. Born in Jalandhar, British India, Israr was an allrounder. He played two Tests as a top-order batsman in 1952–53 with huge success, then two more against the visiting Australians in 1959–60 as a lower order batsman and opening bowler, taking 6 wickets at 25.66, dismissing Les Favell four times. In 1957–58, playing for Bahawalpur against Punjab A in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, he took 9 for 58 in one innings (11 for 88 in the match). In the quarter-finals of the competition that season, he took 6 for 1 (figures of 11–10–1–6) to dismiss Dacca University for 39, after hitting his highest score of 79. His career began in the 1946–47 Ranji Trophy The 1946–47 Ranji Trophy was the 13th season of the Ranji Trophy The Ranji Trophy is a premier domestic first-class cricket championship played in India and organized annually by the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zulfiqar Ahmed (cricketer, Born 1926)
Zulfiqar Ahmed (born 22 November 1926 – 3 October 2008) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in nine Test matches from 1952 to 1956. He was educated at Islamia College, Lahore. Biography He was primarily an off-spin bowler, but was also a very useful late-order batsman. His finest hour was when he took 11 for 79 in the match in a Test against New Zealand in Karachi in 1955. His sister, Shahzadi, married Abdul Hafeez Kardar Abdul Hafeez Kardar PP, HI () (17 January 1925 – 21 April 1996) was a Pakistani cricketer, politician, and diplomat. He was the first captain of the Pakistan cricket team and one of only three players to have played Test cricket for both I ..., Pakistan's first Test cricket captain. References External links * 1926 births 2008 deaths Pakistani cricketers Pakistan Test cricketers Punjab University cricketers Bahawalpur cricketers Pakistan International Airlines cricketers North Zone cricketers North Zone (Pakistan) cricketers Punj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maqsood Ahmed
Maqsood Ahmed (26 March 1925 – 4 January 1999) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 16 Test matches from 1952 to 1955. He was educated at Islamia College, Lahore. Maqsood Ahmed was a useful all rounder in the first ever cricket team of Pakistan. Before the creation of Pakistan, he played for Southern Punjab in India, scoring 144 in his very first match. An aggressive hitter of the ball, Maqsood played a vital role in the recognition of Pakistan as test playing nation when he made 137 against the visiting MCC in 1951–52. A right-handed middle-order batsman, Maqsood was a hard hitter of the ball and is one of the Test cricketers whose highest score was 99, which he made in the Third Test against India in 1954–55. Though a brilliant batsman, his performance in Test matches was rather irregular because of his carefree attitude. In England in 1952 he became the first Pakistani to play as a professional cricketer. The English press dubbed him "Merry Max". He played 16 Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
