List of East Pakistan first-class cricketers

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]

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

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 cricketersMahmood 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

  • W – total wickets taken
  • BB – best bowling in an innings
  • Avebowling average (average runs per wicket)
  • 5/i – total five-wicket hauls in an innings
  • 10/m – total ten-wicket hauls in a match

Fielding

List of players

No. Name First Last M Runs HS Avg 100 50 W BB Ave 5/i 10/m C St Ref
1Mohsin Kazi20 November 195427 January 1956350338.330020[11]
2Mohammad Ibrahim20 November 195425 January 1960222217.330020[12]
3Ismail Gul20 November 195412 December 196271803515.0000226/13023.811010[13]
4Abdur Rauf20 November 195428 December 19542451711.250000/60020[14]
5Taufiq Ahmed20 November 195420 November 19541282814.000010[15]
6Syed Ahmed20 November 195427 January 1956327125.400021/3738.500000[16]
7Latif-ur-Rehman20 November 195420 November 19541552.500000[17]
8Mohammad Sarwar20 November 195428 December 19542551.250022/2938.500010[18]
9Naseer Sani20 November 195420 November 19541231723.000011/3232.000020[19]
10Athar Ali20 November 195428 December 19542199*9.500053/4619.000010[20]
11P. Dass20 November 195420 November 19541542.500000/130000[21]
12Mazhar-ul-Islam28 December 195427 January 19562402010.000000[22]
13Ilyas Ahmed28 December 195428 December 19541552.500000[23]
14Ikram Elahi28 December 195428 December 19541402020.000022/4723.500000[24]
15Munawwar Ali Khan28 December 195428 December 19541241912.000033/7424.660000[25]
16R. B. Dufty28 December 195427 January 195621615*5.330010[26]
17Abdur Rasheed27 January 195627 January 1956119199.500020[27]
18Mahmood Hussain27 January 195627 January 195611487.000011/77.000000[28]
19Raees Mohammad27 January 195627 January 19561242012.000000/140010[29]
20Mohammad Munaf27 January 195627 January 19561854.000033/6822.660000[30]
21A. T. M. Mustafa27 January 195627 January 19561653.000000[31]
22Yawar Saeed27 January 195627 January 195613130*31.000022/8341.500020[32]
23Abdus Salam25 January 196025 January 1960117118.500020[33]
24Mahmood Bokul25 January 196026 March 1964826790*19.070120[34]
25Sukumar Guha25 January 196012 December 196273257327.0803124/5128.080020[35]
26Abdul Latif25 January 19602 September 19691582514331.7323153/4939.7300100[36]
27Moinuddin Mahmood25 January 196012 December 19624742412.330030[37]
28N. K. Amirullah25 January 196027 November 1968515644*26.000082/4039.750000[38]
29Mohammad Hasan25 January 196028 November 19614883814.660041/4272.500000[39]
30Chand Khan25 January 196025 January 19601000.000022/8140.500000[40]
31Sohrab Khan25 January 196025 January 19601000.000011/6868.000000[41]
32Shamim Kabir20 November 196127 November 196881453712.080000/180080[42]
33Javed Masood20 November 196126 March 1964760821546.762130[43]
34Shahabuddin Pathan20 November 196112 December 196262114521.100011[44]
35Tahi Rizvi20 November 196120 November 19611000.000000[45]
36Rafiq Kazi20 November 19618 December 1962541166.830063/4142.500010[46]
37Mehdi Huda20 November 196129 August 19695532113.250031/1770.000010[47]
38Altaf Hussain20 November 196112 December 19622231611.500000/410010[48]
39Alauddin24 November 196128 November 1961223235.750010[49]
40Daulat Zaman24 November 19612 September 1969118119*10.1200213/3036.520040[50]
41Inam-ul-Haq4 December 196212 December 1962323137.660083/4631.620010[51]
42Arshad Khan12 December 196212 December 19621181818.000000/200010[48]
43Anwar Ahmed26 March 196427 November 19685963516.0000175/4428.701030[52]
44Saleem Ahmed26 March 196426 March 19641535353.000100[53]
45Jamil Ahmed26 March 196426 March 196411110*11.000022/3919.500010[54]
46Misbahuddin Ahmed26 March 196426 March 19641000.000022/3025.000010[55]
47Abdul Majeed26 March 196426 March 1964100*0010[56]
48Rehman Ali5 October 196610 November 19672531913.250030[57]
49Halim Chowdhury5 October 19662 September 196941012914.420020[58]
50Nasim-ul-Ghani5 October 196610 November 1967217410358.001042/5732.750030[59]
51Rauf Ansari5 October 196627 November 1968311557*28.750111/25146.000020[60]
52Mohammad Sadiq5 October 19662 September 196972817735.1202275/4318.402040[61]
53Naushad Ali5 October 196610 November 19672229107*114.501100[62]
54Masood-ul-Hasan5 October 196610 November 196725543*27.500033/9349.660010[63]
55Mufassir-ul-Haq5 October 196610 November 19672541.660032/2043.660010[64]
56Niaz Ahmed10 November 196727 November 19683935123.250193/7935.000050[65]
57Siraj Ahmed10 November 196710 November 19671169*16.000000/130000[66]
58Raqibul Hasan21 November 19682 September 196951734021.620000/180041[67]
59Tahir Hasan21 November 196827 November 19682592229.500022/8047.000020[68]
60Shafiq-ul-Haq21 November 19682 September 196951837126.140100/120052[69]
61Iftikhar Zaidi22 August 19692 September 196921698.000000/170010[70]
62Ashraful Haque22 August 19692 September 19693913445.500073/2314.000030[71]
63Farooq Ahmed22 August 19692 September 196932913*14.500011/91109.000010[72]
64Rafi Umar22 August 196922 August 19691000.000000/420000[73]
65Inayat Hussain29 August 196929 August 19691888.000000/180010[74]
66Haspain Isnahani29 August 19692 September 19692000*0104/307.300040[75]
67Tanvir Mahzar2 September 19692 September 1969100/400000[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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