Miran Bakhsh | |
Fullname: | Malik Miran Bakhsh |
Birth Date: | 20 April 1907 |
Birth Place: | Rawalpindi, British India |
Death Place: | Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm offbreak |
International: | true |
Country: | Pakistan |
Testdebutagainst: | India |
Testdebutdate: | 29 January |
Testdebutyear: | 1955 |
Lasttestdate: | 13 February |
Lasttestagainst: | India |
Lasttestyear: | 1955 |
Testcap: | 21 |
Columns: | 2 |
Column1: | Test |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 1 |
Bat Avg1: | 1.00 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 1 |
Deliveries1: | 348 |
Wickets1: | 2 |
Bowl Avg1: | 57.50 |
Fivefor1: | 0 |
Tenfor1: | 0 |
Best Bowling1: | 2/82 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
Column2: | First-class |
Matches2: | 15 |
Runs2: | 53 |
Bat Avg2: | 3.31 |
100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
Top Score2: | 23 |
Deliveries2: | 2,803 |
Wickets2: | 48 |
Bowl Avg2: | 19.43 |
Fivefor2: | 3 |
Tenfor2: | 0 |
Best Bowling2: | 6/15 |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 2/– |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/41280.html ESPNCricinfo |
Date: | 13 April |
Year: | 2020 |
Malik Miran Bakhsh (20 April 1907 – 8 February 1991), also known as Miran Bux, was a Pakistani international cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1955.
Malik Miran Bakhsh was born on 20 April 1907 in Rawalpindi, British India. His father was a groundsman at the Pindi Club Ground.[1]
Bakhsh made his first-class cricket debut in 1950, at the age of 43, representing Commander-in-Chief's Eleven.[1] Before his first-class debut, he played in two day matches against West Indies and Commonwealth cricket team.[1]
At the age of 47 years and 284 days, he made his Test debut against India at Lahore, making him the second oldest Test debutant, behind James Southerton.[2] Unusually, this was only his second first-class cricket match.[1]
A tall off-spinner, he had taken five wickets in a two-day match against the touring West Indians in 1948/49, and 10 in another two-day match against the Commonwealth XI in 1949/50.[3] After his brief Test career ended, he continued playing first-class cricket in Pakistan until the 1958/59, when at the age of 51, he took four wickets in his last match playing for Rawalpindi against Peshawar.[4] His best bowling figures came in a match for Combined Services at Dacca in 1956/57, when he took 6 for 15 to help dismiss East Pakistan Whites for 33 runs.[5] [6]