Aslam Khokhar
{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (1920–2011)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Aslam Khokhar
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|1|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Lahore, British Punjab, British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|1|22|1920|1|5|df=yes}}
| death_place = Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
| image = Aslam_Khokhar.jpg
| caption = Aslam Khokhar in 1954
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Legbreak
| family = Anwar Hussain (cousin)
| role = All-rounder
| internationalspan = 1954
| columns = 2
| column1 = Test
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 34
| bat avg1 = 17.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 18
| deliveries1 = –
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1= 0/–
| column2 = First-class
| matches2 = 46
| runs2 = 1,863
| bat avg2 = 27.80
| 100s/50s2 = 2/13
| top score2 = 117
| deliveries2 = 1,040
| wickets2 = 20
| bowl avg2 = 28.55
| fivefor2 = 1
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 6/26
| catches/stumpings2= 18/–
| international = true
| country = Pakistan
| testdebutagainst = England
| testdebutdate = 1 July
| testdebutyear = 1954
| onetest = true
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/41283.html ESPNcricinfo
| date = 12 June
| year = 2017
}}
Mohammad Aslam Khokhar (5 January 1920 – 22 January 2011) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in one Test match in 1954.
Biography
Khokhar was born in Lahore, Punjab to a Khokhar family and was a cousin of Anwar Hussain Khokhar, who was a member of Pakistan's first Test team in 1952.{{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}}
Aslam Khokhar played in 45 first-class matches between 1938–39 and 1963–64, and scored the first ever century in first-class cricket in Pakistan{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/497863.html|title=Pakistan's oldest Test cricketer dies|date=22 January 2011|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 January 2011}} when, batting for Punjab against Sind in December 1947, he made 117.{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18331.html|title=CA details|website=CricketArchive}} In the second Test in England, he batted at number nine, scoring 16 and 18.{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21174.html|title=CA details|website=CricketArchive}} He also umpired 3 Tests in the 1970s.
Khokhar died in a Lahore hospital after a prolonged illness, on 22 January 2011. AT the time of his death, he was Pakistan's oldest surviving Test cricketer.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketworld4u.com/articles/pakistans-test-cricketer-aslam-khokar-di-5793.php|title=Mohammad Aslam Khokar Dies|publisher=CricketWorld4u.com|access-date=2013-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514085210/http://www.cricketworld4u.com/articles/pakistans-test-cricketer-aslam-khokar-di-5793.php|archive-date=2012-05-14|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=41283}}
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Category:Pakistan Test cricketers
Category:Pakistani Test cricket umpires
Category:Northern India cricketers
Category:Pakistan Railways cricketers
Category:North Zone (Pakistan) cricketers
Category:Punjab (Pakistan) cricketers
Category:Central Zone (Pakistan) cricketers
Category:Cricketers from Lahore
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