Anwar Hussain (cricketer)
{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (1920–2002)}}
{{other people|Anwar Hussain}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Anwar Hussain
| image =
| fullname = Anwar Hussain Khokhar
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|7|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Lahore, British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|10|9|1920|7|16|df=yes}}
| death_place = Lahore, Pakistan
| nickname =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium
| family = Aslam Khokhar (cousin)
| internationalspan = 1952
| columns = 2
| column1 = Test
| matches1 = 4
| runs1 = 42
| bat avg1 = 7.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 17
| deliveries1 = 36
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 29.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/25
| catches/stumpings1= 0/–
| column2 = First-class
| matches2 = 45
| runs2 = 1,511
| bat avg2 = 26.98
| 100s/50s2 = 0/12
| top score2 = 81
| deliveries2 = 2,910
| wickets2 = 36
| bowl avg2 = 36.02
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 4/66
| catches/stumpings2= 14/–
| international = true
| country = Pakistan
| testdebutagainst = India
| testcap = 2
| testdebutdate = 16 October
| testdebutyear = 1952
| lasttestdate = 12 December
| lasttestagainst = India
| lasttestyear = 1952
| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/39001.html ESPNcricinfo
| date = 12 July
| year = 2019
}}
Anwar Hussain Khokhar (16 July 1920 – 9 October 2002) (Urdu:انور حسین کھوکھر) was a Pakistani cricketer who was a member of Pakistan's first Test team in 1952.
Early life and family
Born in Lahore, Khokhar was a cousin of another Pakistani cricketer Aslam Khokhar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/672206-cricketing-dynasties-the-twenty-two-families-of-pakistan-test-cricket-part-4|title=Cricketing Dynasties: The Twenty Two Families of Pakistan Test Cricket – Part 4. Sports. thenews.com.pk|website=www.thenews.com.pk}}
Career
Khokhar played first-class cricket in Indian competitions from 1941 to 1947, and in Pakistan from 1947 to 1955.{{cite web |title=First-Class Matches played by Anwar Hussain |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/929/First-Class_Matches.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=5 July 2019}} He faced the first ball bowled in first-class cricket in Pakistan when he opened the batting for Sind against West Punjab in December 1947.Wisden 2003, pp. 1613–14.
His best first-class performances came when he captained Sind against the touring West Indians in 1948–49; he scored 12 and 81 and took 4 for 66 and 1 for 19 in the drawn match.{{cite web |title=Sind v West Indians 1948-49 |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18721.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=5 July 2019}} He was selected to play in Pakistan's first representative match a week later against the West Indians, but with little success. He was a member of Pakistan's first touring team later that season, playing in both matches against Ceylon in Colombo. He also played one of the representative matches when Ceylon toured Pakistan in 1949-50.
When the England team toured in 1951–52, he made 48 in Pakistan's second innings, adding a valuable 83 for the sixth wicket with the captain, Abdul Hafeez Kardar, in Pakistan's four-wicket victory that secured the nation's Test status. He played in four of the five Test matches in Pakistan's inaugural series against India in 1952-53 when he was Kardar's vice-captain, but had little personal success.{{cite web |title=Pakistan to India 1952-53 |url=http://test-cricket-tours.co.uk/page_1681673.html |website=Test Cricket Tours |access-date=5 July 2019 |archive-date=25 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525173226/http://test-cricket-tours.co.uk/page_1681673.html |url-status=dead }} He announced his retirement from first-class cricket in November 1953 without citing a reason, although "power politics... in the cricket affairs" was speculated as the reason behind the decision.{{cite news |title=Anwar Hussain Also Retires |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rcw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3598%2C1555541 |access-date=13 May 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=22 October 1953 |page=6}}
Hussain died in Lahore on 9 October 2002 after suffering from liver cancer.{{cite web |title=Former Pakistan Test cricketer Anwar Hussain dies |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/122200.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=5 July 2019}}
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=39001}}
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Category:Pakistan Test cricketers
Category:Cricketers from Lahore
Category:Northern India cricketers
Category:North Zone cricketers
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