List of East Pakistan first-class cricketers explained

A total of 67 players represented the East Pakistan cricket team in first-class matches between the team's debut in November 1954 and its final completed match in September 1969.[1] Representing East Pakistan (East Bengal prior to 1955), a former provincial state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the team can be considered a direct predecessor to the present national cricket team of Bangladesh, which declared independence in 1971. Prior to the partition of India in August 1947, cricketers from the region that is now Bangladesh generally played for Bengal, which had been active in Ranji Trophy matches since the 1935–36 season.[2]

Most of the team's matches at first-class level came in the domestic Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, while others were played in the Ayub Trophy or against touring international sides.[3] The team first played in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy during the 1954–55 season, but did not appear again until the 1959–60 season, subsequently going on to field a team for seven consecutive tournaments (incorporating the 1961–62 to 1970–71 seasons).[4] For other tournaments the province was split into several sides, including East Pakistan "A" and "B" and the East Pakistan Greens and Whites. Several other sides primarily fielding East Pakistani players also participated in Pakistani domestic competitions.[5] In total, East Pakistan played 20 matches at first-class level, although two of these were abandoned without a ball being bowled.[4]

As regional Pakistani cricket teams were almost exclusively amateur at the time, the composition of the team was often highly unstable. Of the 67 players for East Pakistan, 26 played only a single match for the team, while only two played more than ten matches—Abdul Latif, the team's highest-scoring batsman, played fifteen matches, captaining the side in ten, and Daulat Zaman played eleven. East Pakistan often fielded high-quality players from West Pakistan who had re-located to the province for employment or business commitments. These included six Test cricketers—Mahmood Hussain, Mohammad Munaf, Mufassir-ul-Haq, Nasim-ul-Ghani, Naushad Ali, and Niaz Ahmed[6] No native East Pakistanis, Bengali or otherwise, represented Pakistan's national side at Test level. The closest was Raqibul Hasan, who was twelfth man against the touring New Zealanders during the 1969–70 season, and the following season represented a full-strength Pakistan side against a Commonwealth XI.[7] Raqibul went on to serve as Bangladesh's inaugural captain in the 1979 ICC Trophy, and later played two One Day International (ODI) matches for the team.[8] Two other East Pakistan players went on to play for Bangladesh in ICC Trophy matches—Ashraful Haque and Shafiqul Haque.[9] [10]

Key

General
  • ‡ – served as captain
  • † – served as wicket-keeper
  • No. – order of appearance
  • M – total numbers of matches for East Pakistan
Batting Bowling Fielding

List of players

No.NameFirstLastMRunsHSAvg10050WBBAve5/i10/mCStRef
Mohsin Kazi † 20 November 1954 27 January 1956 0 0 2 0 [11]
20 November 1954 25 January 1960 0 0 2 0 [12]
Ismail Gul ‡ 20 November 1954 12 December 1962 180 15.00 0 0 22 23.81 1 0 1 0 [13]
20 November 1954 28 December 1954 11.25 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 [14]
Taufiq Ahmed 20 November 1954 20 November 1954 14.00 0 0 1 0 [15]
20 November 1954 27 January 1956 0 0 38.50 0 0 0 0 [16]
20 November 1954 20 November 1954 0 0 0 0 [17]
Mohammad Sarwar ‡ 20 November 1954 28 December 1954 0 0 38.50 0 0 1 0 [18]
20 November 1954 20 November 1954 23.00 0 0 32.00 0 0 2 0 [19]
10 Athar Ali 20 November 1954 28 December 1954 0 0 19.00 0 0 1 0 [20]
11 20 November 1954 20 November 1954 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [21]
12 Mazhar-ul-Islam 28 December 1954 27 January 1956 10.00 0 0 0 0 [22]
13 Ilyas Ahmed 28 December 1954 28 December 1954 0 0 0 0 [23]
14 28 December 1954 28 December 1954 20.00 0 0 23.50 0 0 0 0 [24]
15 Munawwar Ali Khan ‡ 28 December 1954 28 December 1954 12.00 0 0 24.66 0 0 0 0 [25]
16 28 December 1954 27 January 1956 0 0 1 0 [26]
17 Abdur Rasheed † 27 January 1956 27 January 1956 0 0 2 0 [27]
18 27 January 1956 27 January 1956 0 0 0 0 0 0 [28]
19 27 January 1956 27 January 1956 12.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 [29]
20 27 January 1956 27 January 1956 0 0 22.66 0 0 0 0 [30]
21 ‡ 27 January 1956 27 January 1956 0 0 0 0 [31]
22 27 January 1956 27 January 1956 31.00 0 0 41.50 0 0 2 0 [32]
23 25 January 1960 25 January 1960 0 0 2 0 [33]
24 Mahmood Bokul † 25 January 1960 26 March 1964 267 19.07 0 1 2 0 [34]
25 25 January 1960 12 December 1962 325 27.08 0 3 12 28.08 0 0 2 0 [35]
26 Abdul Latif ‡ 25 January 1960 2 September 1969 15 825 143 31.73 2 3 15 39.73 0 0 10 0 [36]
27 25 January 1960 12 December 1962 12.33 0 0 3 0 [37]
28 ‡ 25 January 1960 27 November 1968 156 26.00 0 0 39.75 0 0 0 0 [38]
29 25 January 1960 28 November 1961 14.66 0 0 72.50 0 0 0 0 [39]
30 25 January 1960 25 January 1960 0 0 0.00 0 0 40.50 0 0 0 0 [40]
31 25 January 1960 25 January 1960 0 0 0.00 0 0 68.00 0 0 0 0 [41]
32 Shamim Kabir † 20 November 1961 27 November 1968 145 12.08 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 [42]
33 20 November 1961 26 March 1964 608 215 46.76 2 1 3 0 [43]
34 Shahabuddin Pathan † 20 November 1961 12 December 1962 211 21.10 0 0 1 1 [44]
35 20 November 1961 20 November 1961 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 [45]
36 20 November 1961 8 December 1962 0 0 42.50 0 0 1 0 [46]
37 20 November 1961 29 August 1969 13.25 0 0 70.00 0 0 1 0 [47]
38 20 November 1961 12 December 1962 11.50 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 [48]
39 24 November 1961 28 November 1961 0 0 1 0 [49]
40 24 November 1961 2 September 1969 11 10.12 0 0 21 36.52 0 0 4 0 [50]
41 Inam-ul-Haq 4 December 1962 12 December 1962 0 0 31.62 0 0 1 0 [51]
42 12 December 1962 12 December 1962 18.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
43 26 March 1964 27 November 1968 16.00 0 0 17 28.70 1 0 3 0 [52]
44 26 March 1964 26 March 1964 53.00 0 1 0 0 [53]
45 Jamil Ahmed 26 March 1964 26 March 1964 11.00 0 0 19.50 0 0 1 0 [54]
46 26 March 1964 26 March 1964 0 0 0.00 0 0 25.00 0 0 1 0 [55]
47 26 March 1964 26 March 1964 0 0 0 1 0 [56]
48 Rehman Ali † 5 October 1966 10 November 1967 13.25 0 0 3 0 [57]
49 5 October 1966 2 September 1969 101 14.42 0 0 2 0 [58]
50 5 October 1966 10 November 1967 174 103 58.00 1 0 32.75 0 0 3 0 [59]
51 5 October 1966 27 November 1968 115 28.75 0 1 0 0 2 0 [60]
52 5 October 1966 2 September 1969 281 35.12 0 2 27 18.40 2 0 4 0 [61]
53 5 October 1966 10 November 1967 229 1 1 0 0 [62]
54 5 October 1966 10 November 1967 27.50 0 0 49.66 0 0 1 0 [63]
55 5 October 1966 10 November 1967 0 0 43.66 0 0 1 0 [64]
56 10 November 1967 27 November 1968 23.25 0 1 35.00 0 0 5 0 [65]
57 10 November 1967 10 November 1967 16.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [66]
58 Raqibul Hasan † 21 November 1968 2 September 1969 173 21.62 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 [67]
59 21 November 1968 27 November 1968 29.50 0 0 47.00 0 0 2 0 [68]
60 Shafiq-ul-Haq † 21 November 1968 2 September 1969 183 26.14 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 [69]
61 22 August 1969 2 September 1969 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 [70]
62 22 August 1969 2 September 1969 45.50 0 0 14.00 0 0 3 0 [71]
63 22 August 1969 2 September 1969 14.50 0 0 0 0 1 0 [72]
64 22 August 1969 22 August 1969 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [73]
65 29 August 1969 29 August 1969 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 [74]
66 29 August 1969 2 September 1969 0 0 0 10 0 0 4 0 [75]
67 2 September 1969 2 September 1969 0 0 0 0 0 [76]

List of captains

No.NameFirstLastMatWonDrawnLostTiedWin%Ref
1Mohammad Sarwar20 November 195420 November 1954100100.00%[77]
2Munawwar Ali Khan28 December 195428 December 1954100100.00%[78]
327 January 195627 January 1956100100.00%[79]
4Ismail Gul25 January 19604 December 19624121025.00%[80]
5Abdul Latif20 November 19612 September 196910523050.00%[81]
626 March 196426 March 1964101000.00%[82]

Notes and References

  1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/663/Players.html Players who have played for East Pakistan
  2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/36/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Bengal
  3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/663/First-Class_Events.html First-class events played by East Pakistan
  4. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/663/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by East Pakistan
  5. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/PAK_E.html Pakistan teams (E)
  6. Krishnan, Sankhya (2000). Meet the only Bengali to have played for Pakistan – ESPNcricinfo. Published 1 July 2000. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  7. Miller, Andrew (2004). Rebuilding broken dreams – ESPNcricinfo. Published 24 February 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  8. http://www.espncricinfo.com/Australia/content/player/56070.html Raqibul Hasan player profile
  9. http://www.espncricinfo.com/review2012/content/player/43134.html Shafiq-ul-Haq player profile
  10. http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/39695.html Ashraful Haq player profile
  11. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42866/42866.html Mohsin Kazi
  12. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42771/42771.html Mohammad Ibrahim
  13. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42386/42386.html Ismail Gul
  14. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/45/45288/45288.html Abdur Rauf
  15. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43650/43650.html Taufiq Ahmed
  16. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43549/43549.html Syed Ahmed
  17. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42579/42579.html Latif-ur-Rehman
  18. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42825/42825.html Mohammad Sarwar
  19. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43003/43003.html Naseer Sani
  20. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41847/41847.html Athar Ali
  21. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41987/41987.html Pritish Dass
  22. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41984/41984.html Mazhar-ul-Islam
  23. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42296/42296.html Ilyas Ahmed
  24. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34211/34211.html Ikram Elahi
  25. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42909/42909.html Munawwar Ali Khan
  26. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42000/42000.html Richard Dufty
  27. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41494/41494.html Abdur Rasheed
  28. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/939/939.html Mahmood Hussain
  29. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43152/43152.html Raees Mohammad
  30. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1115/1115.html Mohammad Munaf
  31. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42948/42948.html Abu Mustafa
  32. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3911/3911.html Yawar Saeed
  33. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41513/41513.html Abdus Salam
  34. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41965/41965.html Mahmood Bokul
  35. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42131/42131.html Sukumar Guha
  36. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42578/42578.html Abdul Latif
  37. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42880/42880.html Moinuddin Mahmood
  38. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41674/41674.html Amirullah
  39. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42201/42201.html Mohammad Hasan
  40. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41975/41975.html Chand Khan
  41. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43538/43538.html Sohrab Khan
  42. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43468/43468.html Shamim Kabir
  43. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42465/42465.html Javed Masood
  44. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43396/43396.html Shahabuddin Pathan
  45. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43571/43571.html Tahir Rizvi
  46. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43161/43161.html Rafiq Kazi
  47. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42686/42686.html Mehdi Huda
  48. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41651/41651.html Altaf Hossain
  49. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41633/41633.html Alauddin
  50. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41990/41990.html Daulat Zaman
  51. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42320/42320.html Inam-ul-Haq
  52. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41704/41704.html Anwar Ahmed
  53. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42821/42821.html Saleem Ahmed
  54. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42419/42419.html Jamil Ahmed
  55. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42697/42697.html Misbahuddin Ahmed
  56. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42610/42610.html Abdul Majeed
  57. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43217/43217.html Rehman Ali
  58. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42452/42452.html Halim Chowdhury
  59. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1064/1064.html Nasim-ul-Ghani
  60. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43202/43202.html Rauf Ansari
  61. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42815/42815.html Mohammad Sadiq
  62. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1252/1252.html Naushad Ali
  63. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42661/42661.html Masood-ul-Hasan
  64. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1255/1255.html Mufassir-ul-Haq
  65. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1302/1302.html Niaz Ahmed
  66. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43521/43521.html Siraj Ahmed
  67. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43179/43179.html Raqibul Hasan
  68. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43558/43558.html Tahir Hasan
  69. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43385/43385.html Shafiqul Haque
  70. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42259/42259.html Iftikhar Zaidi
  71. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41802/41802.html Ashraful Haque
  72. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42038/42038.html Farooq Ahmed
  73. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43157/43157.html Rafi Umar
  74. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42322/42322.html Inayat Hussain
  75. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42210/42210.html Haspain Ispahani
  76. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43593/43593.html Tanvir Mahzar
  77. https://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results2.cgi?playernumber=42825&opponentmatch=exact&playername=R&resulttype=All&matchtype=FirstClass&teammatch=exact&startwicket=&homeawaytype=All&opponent=&endwicket=&wicketkeeper=&searchtype=InningsList&endscore=&playermatch=contains&branding=cricketarchive&captain=on&endseason=&startscore=&team=East%20Pakistan&startseason= Mohammad Sarwar as captain in first-class matches where team is East Pakistan
  78. https://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results2.cgi?playernumber=42909&opponentmatch=exact&playername=R&resulttype=All&matchtype=FirstClass&teammatch=exact&startwicket=&homeawaytype=All&opponent=&endwicket=&wicketkeeper=&searchtype=InningsList&endscore=&playermatch=contains&branding=cricketarchive&captain=on&endseason=&startscore=&team=East%20Pakistan&startseason= Munawwar Ali Khan as captain in first-class matches where team is East Pakistan
  79. https://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results2.cgi?playernumber=42948&opponentmatch=exact&playername=R&resulttype=All&matchtype=FirstClass&teammatch=exact&startwicket=&homeawaytype=All&opponent=&endwicket=&wicketkeeper=&searchtype=InningsList&endscore=&playermatch=contains&branding=cricketarchive&captain=on&endseason=&startscore=&team=East%20Pakistan&startseason= Abu Mustafa as captain in first-class matches where team is East Pakistan
  80. https://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results2.cgi?playernumber=42386&opponentmatch=exact&playername=R&resulttype=All&matchtype=FirstClass&teammatch=exact&startwicket=&homeawaytype=All&opponent=&endwicket=&wicketkeeper=&searchtype=InningsList&endscore=&playermatch=contains&branding=cricketarchive&captain=on&endseason=&startscore=&team=East%20Pakistan&startseason= Ismail Gul as captain in first-class matches where team is East Pakistan
  81. https://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results2.cgi?playernumber=42578&opponentmatch=exact&playername=R&resulttype=All&matchtype=FirstClass&teammatch=exact&startwicket=&homeawaytype=All&opponent=&endwicket=&wicketkeeper=&searchtype=InningsList&endscore=&playermatch=contains&branding=cricketarchive&captain=on&endseason=&startscore=&team=East%20Pakistan&startseason= Abdul Latif as captain in first-class matches where team is East Pakistan
  82. https://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results2.cgi?playernumber=41674&opponentmatch=exact&playername=R&resulttype=All&matchtype=FirstClass&teammatch=exact&startwicket=&homeawaytype=All&opponent=&endwicket=&wicketkeeper=&searchtype=InningsList&endscore=&playermatch=contains&branding=cricketarchive&captain=on&endseason=&startscore=&team=East%20Pakistan&startseason= Amirullah as captain in first-class matches where team is East Pakistan

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