List of East Pakistan first-class cricketers
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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]
List of players[edit]
| 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] |
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