Anwar Elahi (1936 or 1937 – 2016) was a Pakistani cricketer who played

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adju ...

irregularly from 1953 to 1969. In November 1953, while still at school, Elahi made his first-class debut for

Sind Sindh ( ; ; , ; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind or Scinde) is a province of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest provin ...

in the first-ever match in the

Quaid-e-Azam Trophy The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket competition in Pakistan. With few exceptions, it has been staged annually since it was first played during the 1953–54 season. Domestic cricket in Pakistan has undergone many reorganis ...

. He took 4 for 64 with his leg-spin, Sind's best figures, in Bahawalpur's first innings. His brother

Ikram Elahi Ikram Elahi (born 3 March 1933) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1953 to 1970. He toured England in 1954 and the West Indies in 1957–58 with the Pakistan team but did not play Test cricket. 1950s A middle-o ...

top-scored for Sind with 63. He worked as a businessman until his death from pneumonia in October 2016.

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