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1953–54 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
The 1953–54 season of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy was the first edition of the tournament, and the inaugural first-class cricket competition played in Pakistan following its independence in 1947. One of the tournament's purposes was to help determine the Pakistan national side's squad for its tour of England in 1954. The tournament was played as a knockout competition between seven teams representing both regions and government departments. Punjab received a bye through to the semi-finals to compensate for the odd number of teams. The final, played in Karachi, was contested between Punjab and Bahawalpur, with Bahawalpur winning by eight wickets. Two Bahawalpur players, Hanif Mohammad and Fazal Mahmood (both future Pakistan captains), led the competition in runs and wickets, respectively. Teams Five teams (Bahawalpur, Combined Services, Karachi, North-West Frontier Province, and Railways) made their first-class debuts in the tournament. Results Source: Preliminary round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Cricket Board
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is a sports governing body for cricket in Pakistan responsible for controlling and organising all tours and matches undertaken by the Pakistan national cricket team. A member of the International Cricket Council since 1952, it represents the country's men's and women's national teams in international cricket tournaments played under the ICC. Following the establishment of Pakistan as an independent dominion of the British Empire in 1947, professional and amateur cricket commenced in the same year, seeing as local infrastructure had already been established when the country was part of the British Raj. Cricket matches were arranged informally until 1948, when a Board of Control was formally instituted. Pakistan was admitted to the Imperial Cricket Conference (currently known as International Cricket Council) in July 1952, and has since been a full member, playing Test cricket. The team's first Test series took place in India between Octobe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combined Services Cricket Team (Pakistan)
Combined Services (Pakistan) cricket team were a first-class cricket team for members of the Pakistan Armed Forces. They competed in Pakistan's first-class tournaments between 1953-54 and 1978-79. 1953-54 to 1964-65 Combined Services were one of the seven teams that competed in the first season of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy in 1953-54. They dominated their first match, against Karachi, Mohammed Ghazali scoring 160. In their second match their total of 405 was not enough to secure a first-innings lead against Bahawalpur, who proceeded to the finals and won the trophy. Combined Services then made a short tour of India and Ceylon, where they won the only first-class match, against the Ceylon Cricket Association. They played a match against the touring Indians in 1954-55, losing by an innings. They were more successful in that season's Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, reaching the final, where they lost by nine wickets to Karachi, for whom the Mohammad brothers Wazir, Hanif and Raees, all sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Saeed (cricketer, Born 1910)
Mian Mohammad Saeed (31 August 1910 – 23 August 1979) was a Pakistani cricketer, born in Lahore. He was the first captain of Pakistan. Career A right-handed batsman, Mohammad was the first captain of the Pakistan cricket team, before they were awarded Test status.''Wisden'' 1980, p. 1151. He led them against the touring West Indies team in 1948-49, when he scored a century in the drawn match, and away against Ceylon in 1948-49 ( Pakistan's first cricket tour) and 1949–50. In a career that extended from 1930 to 1954, he played for various Indian teams, including Southern Punjab and Northern India in the Ranji Trophy in the 1930s and 1940s, and for Punjab cricket teams in Pakistan in the late 1940s and 1950s. In all first-class matches he made 2439 runs at an average of 29.74 with three centuries and a highest score of 175 for Northern India against Southern Punjab in the Ranji Trophy in 1946–47, when he captained Northern India to a 195-run victory. His son Yawar Saeed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminuddin (cricketer)
Amin al-Din, also transcribed Amin ad-Din and Amin ud-Din, is an Arabic name meaning "Trustee of the Faith". It is the name of: *Amin al-Din Rashid al-Din Vatvat, 13th-century Persian physician *Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan (1911–1983), Nawab of the state of Loharu *Aminuddin Dagar (1923–2000), Indian dhrupad singer * Mian Aminuddin, Chief Commissioner of Balochistan between 1949 and 1952 *Aminuddin Harun, Malaysian politician See also *Institut Aminuddin Baki, Malaysian educational management institute *SMK Aminuddin Baki, Johor Bahru, Malaysian public national school *SMK Aminuddin Baki, Kuala Lumpur SMK Aminuddin Baki, Kuala Lumpur is a cluster school (SKK), located along Jalan Kampung Pandan, Kuala Lumpur. Established in 1958, approximately 1200 students from Form 1 to Form 5 pursue their secondary education here. The school is also kno ..., Malaysian public school {{given name Arabic masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North-West Frontier Province Cricket Team
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team is a domestic cricket team in Pakistan representing the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It competes in domestic first-class, List A and T20 cricket tournaments, namely the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Pakistan Cup and National T20 Cup. The team is operated by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cricket Association. History Before 2019 As the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), the team played its inaugural season in the Ranji Trophy in 1937. After the independence of Pakistan, NWFP competed in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy sporadically from 1953-54 to 1978-79, and in the Pentangular Cup and Pakistan Cup. In 2010, the province was renamed "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa" and the team name changed accordingly. The team used Peshawar Club Ground as a home ground since 1938 until it was replaced by Arbab Niaz Stadium in 1985. Since 2019 A new Khyber Pakhtunkhwa team was introduced as a part of the new domestic structure announced by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on 31 August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badaruddin Malik
Badaruddin Malik (born 1922) is an Indian former cricketer. He played first-class cricket for several domestic teams in India and Pakistan between 1943 and 1954. See also * List of Delhi cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for Delhi cricket team. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the intervening seasons. Players in bold hav ... References External links * 1922 births Possibly living people Indian cricketers Delhi cricketers Karachi cricketers Northern India cricketers Sindh cricketers Southern Punjab cricketers Cricketers from Amritsar {{India-cricket-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behram Irani
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Behram may refer to: * A male Persian name meaning the hypostasis of victory * Angel of victory in Zoroastrianism * Atash Behram, a Zoroastrian place of worship People * Behram Contractor (1930–2001), Journalist * Behram Khan (cricketer) (born 1987), Pakistani cricketer * Behram Kurşunoğlu (1922–2003), Turkish physicist * Behram Zülaloğlu (born 1982), Turkish footballer * Fozia Behram, Pakistani politician * Thug Behram (died 1840), Indian serial killer Places * Behram, Ayvacık * Behram (crater), an impact crater on Saturn's moon Enceladus * Behramkale, the modern site of ancient Assus in Turkey See also * Bahram (other) * Vahram (other) Vahram ( hy, Վահրամ) is a variant name of the divinity Verethragna in Zoroastrianism. Variants are Vehram, Bahram, Behram, Balram. Vahram is also a common given name for Armenian males. Vahramian, derived from Vahram, is an Armenian family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asghar Ali (Pakistani Cricketer)
Asghar Ali may refer to: * Asghar Ali (cricketer, born 1971), United Arab Emirates cricketer * Asghar Ali (cricketer, born 1924) (1924–1979), cricketer in India from 1943 to 1949, and in Pakistan from 1949 to 1957 {{hndis, Ali, Asghar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebbu Ghazali
Mohammad Ebrahim Zainuddin "Ebbu" Ghazali (15 June 1924 – 26 April 2003) was a Pakistan Air Force officer, cricketer and cricket administrator who played for Pakistan in two Tests in 1954. Early life and family Ghazali was born in Bombay, British India, on 15 June 1924, in a Urdu-speaking Konkani Muslim family. His family migrated to Karachi after the partition of India in 1947. Ghazali was the son-in-law of Feroze Khan who won a gold medal in the 1928 Olympics for India in field hockey and whose son Farooq Feroze Khan served as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee in the Pakistan Air Force. He was also a relative of Ijaz Faqih: his sister was Ijaz Faqih's mother-in-law. Career Ghazali played first-class cricket in India 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 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy when he scored 160 and 61 for Combined Services against Karachi, in December 1953. He took h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Kardar
Abdul Hafeez Kardar PP, HI ( ur, ) (17 January 1925 – 21 April 1996) was a Pakistani cricketer, politician and diplomat. He was the first captain of the Pakistan cricket team. He is one of the only three players to have played Test cricket for both India and Pakistan. He also served as the member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab and remained Punjab Minister for Food under the Bhutto government. He married twice, once to an English woman, Helen Rosemary Hastilow, the daughter of the Warwickshire County Cricket Club chairman Cyril Hastilow and also to a Pakistani woman, Shahzadi, sister of Pakistani cricketer Zulfiqar Ahmed. He has at least one son, the economist Shahid Hafeez Kardar. He captained the Pakistan cricket team in its first 23 Test matches from 1952 to 1958 and was later the nation's leading cricket administrator. He is widely regarded as the father figure of Pakistan cricket. He received the Pride of Performance Award from the Government of Pakistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khan Mohammad
Khan Mohammad ( Punjabi, ur, ) (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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
