List of East Pakistan first-class cricketers

The team nominally represented the Pakistani province of East Pakistan (present-day borders of Bangladesh pictured), although often included players from other provinces.

A total of 67 players represented the East Pakistan cricket team in first-class matches between the team's debut in November 1954 and its final completed match in September 1969.[1] Representing East Pakistan (East Bengal prior to 1955), a former provincial state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the team can be considered a direct predecessor to the present national cricket team of Bangladesh, which declared independence in 1971. Prior to the partition of India in August 1947, cricketers from the region that is now Bangladesh generally played for Bengal, which had been active in Ranji Trophy matches since the 1935–36 season.[2]

Most of the team's matches at first-class level came in the domestic Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, while others were played in the Ayub Trophy or against touring international sides.[3] The team first played in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy during the 1954–55 season, but did not appear again until the 1959–60 season, subsequently going on to field a team for seven consecutive tournaments (incorporating the 1961–62 to 1970–71 seasons).[4] For other tournaments the province was split into several sides, including East Pakistan "A" and "B" and the East Pakistan Greens and Whites. Several other sides primarily fielding East Pakistani players also participated in Pakistani domestic competitions.[5] In total, East Pakistan played 20 matches at first-class level, although two of these were abandoned without a ball being bowled.[4]

As regional Pakistani cricket teams were almost exclusively amateur at the time, the composition of the team was often highly unstable. Of the 67 players for East Pakistan, 26 played only a single match for the team, while only two played more than ten matches—Abdul Latif, the team's highest-scoring batsman, played fifteen matches, captaining the side in ten, and Daulat Zaman played eleven. East Pakistan often fielded high-quality players from West Pakistan who had re-located to the province for employment or business commitments. These included six Test cricketers—Mahmood Hussain, Mohammad Munaf, Mufassir-ul-Haq, Nasim-ul-Ghani, Naushad Ali, and Niaz Ahmed[6] No native East Pakistanis, Bengali or otherwise, represented Pakistan's national side at Test level. The closest was Raqibul Hasan, who was twelfth man against the touring New Zealanders during the 1969–70 season, and the following season represented a full-strength Pakistan side against a Commonwealth XI.[7] Raqibul went on to serve as Bangladesh's inaugural captain in the 1979 ICC Trophy, and later played two One Day International (ODI) matches for the team.[8] Two other East Pakistan players went on to play for Bangladesh in ICC Trophy matches—Ashraful Haque and Shafiqul Haque.[9][10]

Key

General

  • ‡ – served as captain
  • † – served as wicket-keeper
  • No. – order of appearance
  • M – total numbers of matches for East Pakistan

Batting

Bowling

Fielding

List of players

No. Name First Last M Runs HS Avg 100 50 W BB Ave 5/i 10/m C St Ref
1 Mohsin Kazi † 20 November 1954 27 January 1956 3 50 33 8.33 0 0 – – – – – 2 0 [11]
2 Mohammad Ibrahim 20 November 1954 25 January 1960 2 22 21 7.33 0 0 – – – – – 2 0 [12]
3 Ismail Gul ‡ 20 November 1954 12 December 1962 7 180 35 15.00 0 0 22 6/130 23.81 1 0 1 0 [13]
4 Abdur Rauf 20 November 1954 28 December 1954 2 45 17 11.25 0 0 0 0/6 – 0 0 2 0 [14]
5 Taufiq Ahmed 20 November 1954 20 November 1954 1 28 28 14.00 0 0 – – – – – 1 0 [15]
6 Syed Ahmed 20 November 1954 27 January 1956 3 27 12 5.40 0 0 2 1/37 38.50 0 0 0 0 [16]
7 Latif-ur-Rehman 20 November 1954 20 November 1954 1 5 5 2.50 0 0 – – – – – 0 0 [17]
8 Mohammad Sarwar ‡ 20 November 1954 28 December 1954 2 5 5 1.25 0 0 2 2/29 38.50 0 0 1 0 [18]
9 Naseer Sani 20 November 1954 20 November 1954 1 23 17 23.00 0 0 1 1/32 32.00 0 0 2 0 [19]
10 Athar Ali 20 November 1954 28 December 1954 2 19 9* 9.50 0 0 5 3/46 19.00 0 0 1 0 [20]
11 P. Dass 20 November 1954 20 November 1954 1 5 4 2.50 0 0 0 0/13 – 0 0 0 0 [21]
12 Mazhar-ul-Islam 28 December 1954 27 January 1956 2 40 20 10.00 0 0 – – – – – 0 0 [22]
13 Ilyas Ahmed 28 December 1954 28 December 1954 1 5 5 2.50 0 0 – – – – – 0 0 [23]
14 Ikram Elahi 28 December 1954 28 December 1954 1 40 20 20.00 0 0 2 2/47 23.50 0 0 0 0 [24]
15 Munawwar Ali Khan ‡ 28 December 1954 28 December 1954 1 24 19 12.00 0 0 3 3/74 24.66 0 0 0 0 [25]
16 Richard Dufty 28 December 1954 27 January 1956 2 16 15* 5.33 0 0 – – – – – 1 0 [26]
17 Abdur Rasheed † 27 January 1956 27 January 1956 1 19 19 9.50 0 0 – – – – – 2 0 [27]
18 Mahmood Hussain 27 January 1956 27 January 1956 1 14 8 7.00 0 0 1 1/7 7.00 0 0 0 0 [28]
19 Raees Mohammad 27 January 1956 27 January 1956 1 24 20 12.00 0 0 0 0/14 – 0 0 1 0 [29]
20 Mohammad Munaf 27 January 1956 27 January 1956 1 8 5 4.00 0 0 3 3/68 22.66 0 0 0 0 [30]
21 A. T. M. Mustafa ‡ 27 January 1956 27 January 1956 1 6 5 3.00 0 0 – – – – – 0 0 [31]
22 Yawar Saeed 27 January 1956 27 January 1956 1 31 30* 31.00 0 0 2 2/83 41.50 0 0 2 0 [32]
23 Abdus Salam 25 January 1960 25 January 1960 1 17 11 8.50 0 0 – – – – – 2 0 [33]
24 Mahmood Bokul † 25 January 1960 26 March 1964 8 267 90* 19.07 0 1 – – – – – 2 0 [34]
25 Sukumar Guha 25 January 1960 12 December 1962 7 325 73 27.08 0 3 12 4/51 28.08 0 0 2 0 [35]
26 Abdul Latif ‡ 25 January 1960 2 September 1969 15 825 143 31.73 2 3 15 3/49 39.73 0 0 10 0 [36]
27 Moinuddin Mahmood 25 January 1960 12 December 1962 4 74 24 12.33 0 0 – – – – – 3 0 [37]
28 N. K. Amirullah ‡ 25 January 1960 27 November 1968 5 156 44* 26.00 0 0 8 2/40 39.75 0 0 0 0 [38]
29 Mohammad Hasan 25 January 1960 28 November 1961 4 88 38 14.66 0 0 4 1/42 72.50 0 0 0 0 [39]
30 Chand Khan 25 January 1960 25 January 1960 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 2 2/81 40.50 0 0 0 0 [40]
31 Sohrab Khan 25 January 1960 25 January 1960 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 1 1/68 68.00 0 0 0 0 [41]
32 Shamim Kabir † 20 November 1961 27 November 1968 8 145 37 12.08 0 0 0 0/18 – 0 0 8 0 [42]
33 Javed Masood 20 November 1961 26 March 1964 7 608 215 46.76 2 1 – – – – – 3 0 [43]
34 Shahabuddin Pathan † 20 November 1961 12 December 1962 6 211 45 21.10 0 0 – – – – – 1 1 [44]
35 Tahi Rizvi 20 November 1961 20 November 1961 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 – – – – – 0 0 [45]
36 Rafiq Kazi 20 November 1961 8 December 1962 5 41 16 6.83 0 0 6 3/41 42.50 0 0 1 0 [46]
37 Mehdi Huda 20 November 1961 29 August 1969 5 53 21 13.25 0 0 3 1/17 70.00 0 0 1 0 [47]
38 Altaf Hussain 20 November 1961 12 December 1962 2 23 16 11.50 0 0 0 0/41 – 0 0 1 0 [48]
39 Alauddin 24 November 1961 28 November 1961 2 23 23 5.75 0 0 – – – – – 1 0 [49]
40 Daulat Zaman 24 November 1961 2 September 1969 11 81 19* 10.12 0 0 21 3/30 36.52 0 0 4 0 [50]
41 Inam-ul-Haq 4 December 1962 12 December 1962 3 23 13 7.66 0 0 8 3/46 31.62 0 0 1 0 [51]
42 Arshad Khan 12 December 1962 12 December 1962 1 18 18 18.00 0 0 0 0/20 – 0 0 1 0 [48]
43 Anwar Ahmed 26 March 1964 27 November 1968 5 96 35 16.00 0 0 17 5/44 28.70 1 0 3 0 [52]
44 Saleem Ahmed 26 March 1964 26 March 1964 1 53 53 53.00 0 1 – – – – – 0 0 [53]
45 Jamil Ahmed 26 March 1964 26 March 1964 1 11 10* 11.00 0 0 2 2/39 19.50 0 0 1 0 [54]
46 Misbahuddin Ahmed 26 March 1964 26 March 1964 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 2 2/30 25.00 0 0 1 0 [55]
47 Abdul Majeed 26 March 1964 26 March 1964 1 0 0* – 0 0 – – – – – 1 0 [56]
48 Rehman Ali † 5 October 1966 10 November 1967 2 53 19 13.25 0 0 – – – – – 3 0 [57]
49 Halim Chowdhury 5 October 1966 2 September 1969 4 101 29 14.42 0 0 – – – – – 2 0 [58]
50 Nasim-ul-Ghani 5 October 1966 10 November 1967 2 174 103 58.00 1 0 4 2/57 32.75 0 0 3 0 [59]
51 Rauf Ansari 5 October 1966 27 November 1968 3 115 57* 28.75 0 1 1 1/25 146.00 0 0 2 0 [60]
52 Mohammad Sadiq 5 October 1966 2 September 1969 7 281 77 35.12 0 2 27 5/43 18.40 2 0 4 0 [61]
53 Naushad Ali 5 October 1966 10 November 1967 2 229 107* 114.50 1 1 – – – – – 0 0 [62]
54 Masood-ul-Hasan 5 October 1966 10 November 1967 2 55 43* 27.50 0 0 3 3/93 49.66 0 0 1 0 [63]
55 Mufassir-ul-Haq 5 October 1966 10 November 1967 2 5 4 1.66 0 0 3 2/20 43.66 0 0 1 0 [64]
56 Niaz Ahmed 10 November 1967 27 November 1968 3 93 51 23.25 0 1 9 3/79 35.00 0 0 5 0 [65]
57 Siraj Ahmed 10 November 1967 10 November 1967 1 16 9* 16.00 0 0 0 0/13 – 0 0 0 0 [66]
58 Raqibul Hasan † 21 November 1968 2 September 1969 5 173 40 21.62 0 0 0 0/18 – 0 0 4 1 [67]
59 Tahir Hasan 21 November 1968 27 November 1968 2 59 22 29.50 0 0 2 2/80 47.00 0 0 2 0 [68]
60 Shafiq-ul-Haq † 21 November 1968 2 September 1969 5 183 71 26.14 0 1 0 0/12 – 0 0 5 2 [69]
61 Iftikhar Zaidi 22 August 1969 2 September 1969 2 16 9 8.00 0 0 0 0/17 – 0 0 1 0 [70]
62 Ashraful Haque 22 August 1969 2 September 1969 3 91 34 45.50 0 0 7 3/23 14.00 0 0 3 0 [71]
63 Farooq Ahmed 22 August 1969 2 September 1969 3 29 13* 14.50 0 0 1 1/91 109.00 0 0 1 0 [72]
64 Rafi Umar 22 August 1969 22 August 1969 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0/42 – 0 0 0 0 [73]
65 Inayat Hussain 29 August 1969 29 August 1969 1 8 8 8.00 0 0 0 0/18 – 0 0 1 0 [74]
66 Haspain Isnahani 29 August 1969 2 September 1969 2 0 0 0* – 0 10 4/30 7.30 0 0 4 0 [75]
67 Tanvir Mahzar 2 September 1969 2 September 1969 1 – – – – – 0 0/40 – 0 0 0 0 [76]

List of captains

No. Name First Last Mat Won Drawn Lost Tied Win% Ref
1 Mohammad Sarwar 20 November 1954 20 November 1954 1 0 0 1 0 0.00% [77]
2 Munawwar Ali Khan 28 December 1954 28 December 1954 1 0 0 1 0 0.00% [78]
3 Abu Mustafa 27 January 1956 27 January 1956 1 0 0 1 0 0.00% [79]
4 Ismail Gul 25 January 1960 4 December 1962 4 1 2 1 0 25.00% [80]
5 Abdul Latif 20 November 1961 2 September 1969 10 5 2 3 0 50.00% [81]
6 N. K. Amirullah 26 March 1964 26 March 1964 1 0 1 0 0 0.00% [82]

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