| Ahsan-ul-Haq | |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 7 |
| Runs1: | 172 |
| Bat Avg1: | 21.50 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/0 |
| Top Score1: | 100* |
| Deliveries1: | 90 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/– |
| Source: | http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/34/34161/34161.html CricketArchive |
| Date: | 30 October |
| Year: | 2022 |
Ahsan-ul-Haq (16 July 1878 – died 29 December 1957) was an Indian cricketer. He was a hard-hitting right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium fast bowler.
Born in Jullundur, Ahsan-ul-Haq went to England to study law where he played for Hampstead in club cricket. In June 1901, Haq scored 135 for Middlesex Second XI against Sussex Second XI.[1] In the next year, he played three first-class matches for Middlesex. But his official work restricted his appearances and he soon returned to India.[2]
At the age of 45 he captained the Muslims in the Lahore tournament of 1924. On what was his first appearance in a first-class match on Indian soil, he went in last against Sikhs and scored 100 not out in 40 minutes, adding 150 in an unbroken tenth-wicket partnership with Abdus Salaam. Excluding centuries made under contrived circumstances, it is the second-fastest hundred (in terms of minutes) ever made in first-class cricket.[3]
Haq was later involved in the creation of the Indian cricket board.[3]