Yacoob Omar (born 7 August 1948) is a former South African

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 ...

er who played for

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, mostly in

Howa Bowl The Howa Bowl was a first-class cricket competition in South Africa that ran from the 1972–73 to 1990–91 cricket seasons. Originally known as the Dadabhay Trophy, it was contested between Eastern Province cricket team, Eastern Province, Kw ...

matches. He was born at

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in 1948. Omar holds the record for most runs scored in the Howa Bowl, which was known as the Dadabhay Trophy when he made a pair on first-class debut. He was also a decent right arm medium pace bowler. In a tournament which was played on poor pitches that favoured the bowlers, Omar was one of the few players capable of making centuries and had a career best score of 174 not out, scored as captain against Eastern Province in 1975/76.

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* 1948 births Living people Cricketers from Durban South African cricketers KwaZulu-Natal cricketers 20th-century South African sportsmen {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1940s-stub