Aslam Khokhar

Mohammad Aslam Khokhar (5 January 1920 22 January 2011) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in one Test in 1954. In the Second Test in England he batted at number nine, scoring 16 and 18.[1]

Aslam Khokhar
Aslam Khokhar in 1954
Personal information
Born(1920-01-05)5 January 1920
Lahore, Punjab, British India
(now Pakistan)
Died22 January 2011(2011-01-22) (aged 91)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingLegbreak
International information
National side
Only Test1 July 1954 v England
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 1 46
Runs scored 34 1863
Batting average 17.00 27.80
100s/50s -/- 2/13
Top score 18 117
Balls bowled - 1040
Wickets - 20
Bowling average - 28.55
5 wickets in innings - 1
10 wickets in match - -
Best bowling - 6/26
Catches/stumpings -/- 18/-
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 12 June 2017

He 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] He also umpired 3 Tests in the 1970s.

He was born in Lahore, Punjab to a Khokhar family and was a cousin of Anwar Hussain Khokhar.[4] He died in a Lahore hospital after a prolonged illness, on 22 January 2011. Before his death, he was Pakistan's oldest surviving Test cricketer.[5]

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