Anwar Hussain (cricketer)

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Anwar Hussain
Personal information
Full name
Anwar Hussain Khokhar
Born(1920-07-16)16 July 1920
Lahore, British India
Died9 October 2002(2002-10-09) (aged 82)
Lahore, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RelationsAslam Khokhar (cousin)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 2)16 October 1952 v India
Last Test12 December 1952 v India
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 4 45
Runs scored 42 1,511
Batting average 7.00 26.98
100s/50s 0/0 0/12
Top score 17 81
Balls bowled 36 2,910
Wickets 1 36
Bowling average 29.00 36.02
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/25 4/66
Catches/stumpings 0/– 14/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 July 2019

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 team in 1952.

Early life and family

Born in Lahore, Khokhar was a cousin of another Pakistani cricketer Aslam Khokhar.[1]

Career

Khokhar played first-class cricket in Indian competitions from 1941 to 1947, and in Pakistan from 1947 to 1955.[2] He faced the first ball bowled in first-class cricket in Pakistan when he opened the batting for Sind against West Punjab in December 1947.[3]

His best first-class performances came when he captained Sind against the touring West Indians in 1948–49; he scored 12 and 81 and took 4 for 66 and 1 for 19 in the drawn match.[4] He was selected to play in Pakistan's first representative match a week later against the West Indians, but with little success. He was a member of Pakistan's first touring team later that season, playing in both matches against Ceylon in Colombo. He also played one of the representative matches when Ceylon toured Pakistan in 1949-50.[2]

When the England team toured in 1951–52, he made 48 in Pakistan's second innings, adding a valuable 83 for the sixth wicket with the captain, Abdul Hafeez Kardar, in Pakistan's four-wicket victory that secured the nation's Test status.[3] He played in four of the five Test matches in Pakistan's inaugural series against India in 1952-53 when he was Kardar's vice-captain, but had little personal success.[5] He announced his retirement from first-class cricket in November 1953 without citing a reason, although "power politics... in the cricket affairs" was speculated as the reason behind the decision.[6]

Hussain died in Lahore on 9 October 2002 after suffering from liver cancer.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Cricketing Dynasties: The Twenty Two Families of Pakistan Test Cricket – Part 4. Sports. thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk.
  2. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Anwar Hussain". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b Wisden 2003, pp. 1613–14.
  4. ^ "Sind v West Indians 1948-49". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Pakistan to India 1952-53". Test Cricket Tours. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Anwar Hussain Also Retires". The Indian Express. 22 October 1953. p. 6. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Former Pakistan Test cricketer Anwar Hussain dies". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 July 2019.


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