Antao D'Souza (born 17 January 1939) is a Pakistani former

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er who played in six

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, from 1959 to 1962. He was the second of the four

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who have played Test cricket for Pakistan. He was a medium pace bowler and obdurate tail-end batsman. Born and raised in Nagoa,

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), D'Souza's father emigrated to

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in 1947, where D'Souza attended St Patrick's High School.Dias, Jude (2011
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'' online. Published 17 April 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2012. His brothers, Vincent D'Souza and Joseph D'Souza, also played first-class cricket. D'Souza toured England in 1962, heading the batting averages (53) as he remained not out in five of his six innings. His bowling was as ineffective as everyone else on that tour, which Pakistan lost 0–4. Domestically, D'Souza played for

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, and

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. Given a minimum of ten innings, D'Souza is one of only two Test cricketers whose batting average exceeds their highest score. The other is the

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. In 1999, D'Souza migrated with his wife and their four children to

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