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}}

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