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 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
  • – order of appearance
  • M – total numbers of matches for East Pakistan

Batting

Bowling

Fielding

List of players

Name First Last M Runs HS Avg 100 50 W BB Ave 5/i 10/m C St Ref
1Mohsin Kazi †20 Nov. 195427 Jan. 1956350338.330020[11]
2Mohammad Ibrahim20 Nov. 195425 Jan. 1960222217.330020[12]
3Ismail Gul ‡20 Nov. 195412 Dec. 196271803515.0000226/13023.811010[13]
4Abdur Rauf20 Nov. 195428 Dec. 19542451711.250000/60020[14]
5Taufiq Ahmed20 Nov. 195420 Nov. 19541282814.000010[15]
6Syed Ahmed20 Nov. 195427 Jan. 1956327125.400021/3738.500000[16]
7Latif-ur-Rehman20 Nov. 195420 Nov. 19541552.500000[17]
8Mohammad Sarwar ‡20 Nov. 195428 Dec. 19542551.250022/2938.500010[18]
9Naseer Sani20 Nov. 195420 Nov. 19541231723.000011/3232.000020[19]
10Athar Ali20 Nov. 195428 Dec. 19542199*9.500053/4619.000010[20]
11P. Dass20 Nov. 195420 Nov. 19541542.500000/130000[21]
12Mazhar-ul-Islam28 Dec. 195427 Jan. 19562402010.000000[22]
13Ilyas Ahmed28 Dec. 195428 Dec. 19541552.500000[23]
14Ikram Elahi28 Dec. 195428 Dec. 19541402020.000022/4723.500000[24]
15Munawwar Ali Khan28 Dec. 195428 Dec. 19541241912.000033/7424.660000[25]
16R. B. Dufty28 Dec. 195427 Jan. 195621615*5.330010[26]
17Abdur Rasheed †27 Jan. 195627 Jan. 1956119199.500020[27]
18Mahmood Hussain27 Jan. 195627 Jan. 195611487.000011/77.000000[28]
19Raees Mohammad27 Jan. 195627 Jan. 19561242012.000000/140010[29]
20Mohammad Munaf27 Jan. 195627 Jan. 19561854.000033/6822.660000[30]
21A. T. M. Mustafa27 Jan. 195627 Jan. 19561653.000000[31]
22Yawar Saeed27 Jan. 195627 Jan. 195613130*31.000022/8341.500020[32]
23Abdus Salam25 Jan. 196025 Jan. 1960117118.500020[33]
24Mahmood Bokul †25 Jan. 196026 Mar. 1964826790*19.070120[34]
25Sukumar Guha25 Jan. 196012 Dec. 196273257327.0803124/5128.080020[35]
26Abdul Latif25 Jan. 19602 Sep. 19691582514331.7323153/4939.7300100[36]
27Moinuddin Mahmood25 Jan. 196012 Dec. 19624742412.330030[37]
28N. K. Amirullah25 Jan. 196027 Nov. 1968515644*26.000082/4039.750000[38]
29Mohammad Hasan25 Jan. 196028 Nov. 19614883814.660041/4272.500000[39]
30Chand Khan25 Jan. 196025 Jan. 19601000.000022/8140.500000[40]
31Sohrab Khan25 Jan. 196025 Jan. 19601000.000011/6868.000000[41]
32Shamim Kabir20 Nov. 196127 Nov. 196881453712.080000/180080[42]
33Javed Masood20 Nov. 196126 Mar. 1964760821546.762130[43]
34Shahabuddin Pathan †20 Nov. 196112 Dec. 196262114521.100011[44]
35Tahi Rizvi20 Nov. 196120 Nov. 19611000.000000[45]
36Rafiq Kazi20 Nov. 19618 Dec. 1962541166.830063/4142.500010[46]
37Mehdi Huda20 Nov. 196129 Aug. 19695532113.250031/1770.000010[47]
38Altaf Hussain20 Nov. 196112 Dec. 19622231611.500000/410010[48]
39Alauddin24 Nov. 196128 Nov. 1961223235.750010[49]
40Daulat Zaman24 Nov. 19612 Sep. 1969118119*10.1200213/3036.520040[50]
41Inam-ul-Haq4 Dec. 196212 Dec. 1962323137.660083/4631.620010[51]
42Arshad Khan12 Dec. 196212 Dec. 19621181818.000000/200010[48]
43Anwar Ahmed26 Mar. 196427 Nov. 19685963516.0000175/4428.701030[52]
44Saleem Ahmed26 Mar. 196426 Mar. 19641535353.000100[53]
45Jamil Ahmed26 Mar. 196426 Mar. 196411110*11.000022/3919.500010[54]
46Misbahuddin Ahmed26 Mar. 196426 Mar. 19641000.000022/3025.000010[55]
47Abdul Majeed26 Mar. 196426 Mar. 1964100*0010[56]
48Rehman Ali †5 Oct. 196610 Nov. 19672531913.250030[57]
49Halim Chowdhury5 Oct. 19662 Sep. 196941012914.420020[58]
50Nasim-ul-Ghani5 Oct. 196610 Nov. 1967217410358.001042/5732.750030[59]
51Rauf Ansari5 Oct. 196627 Nov. 1968311557*28.750111/25146.000020[60]
52Mohammad Sadiq5 Oct. 19662 Sep. 196972817735.1202275/4318.402040[61]
53Naushad Ali5 Oct. 196610 Nov. 19672229107*114.501100[62]
54Masood-ul-Hasan5 Oct. 196610 Nov. 196725543*27.500033/9349.660010[63]
55Mufassir-ul-Haq5 Oct. 196610 Nov. 19672541.660032/2043.660010[64]
56Niaz Ahmed10 Nov. 196727 Nov. 19683935123.250193/7935.000050[65]
57Siraj Ahmed10 Nov. 196710 Nov. 19671169*16.000000/130000[66]
58Raqibul Hasan21 Nov. 19682 Sep. 196951734021.620000/180041[67]
59Tahir Hasan21 Nov. 196827 Nov. 19682592229.500022/8047.000020[68]
60Shafiq-ul-Haq †21 Nov. 19682 Sep. 196951837126.140100/120052[69]
61Iftikhar Zaidi22 Aug. 19692 Sep. 196921698.000000/170010[70]
62Ashraful Haque22 Aug. 19692 Sep. 19693913445.500073/2314.000030[71]
63Farooq Ahmed22 Aug. 19692 Sep. 196932913*14.500011/91109.000010[72]
64Rafi Umar22 Aug. 196922 Aug. 19691000.000000/420000[73]
65Inayat Hussain29 Aug. 196929 Aug. 19691888.000000/180010[74]
66Haspain Isnahani29 Aug. 19692 Sep. 19692000*0104/307.300040[75]
67Tanvir Mahzar2 Sep. 19692 Sep. 1969100/400000[76]

List of captains

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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