Pakistani cricketer (1920–2011)
Mohammad Aslam Khokhar (5 January 1920 – 22 January 2011) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in one Test match in 1954.
Biography
Khokhar was born in Lahore, Punjab to a Khokhar family and was a cousin of Anwar Hussain Khokhar, who was a member of Pakistan's first Test team in 1952.[1]
Aslam Khokhar played in 45 first-class matches between 1938–39 and 1963–64, and scored the first ever century in first-class cricket in Pakistan[2] when, batting for Punjab against Sind in December 1947, he made 117.[3] In the second Test in England, he batted at number nine, scoring 16 and 18.[4] He also umpired 3 Tests in the 1970s.
Khokhar died in a Lahore hospital after a prolonged illness, on 22 January 2011. AT the time of his death, he was Pakistan's oldest surviving Test cricketer.[5]
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