| Ebbu Ghazali | |
| Fullname: | Mohammad Ebrahim Zainuddin Ghazali |
| Birth Date: | 1924 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Bombay, British India (Now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) |
| Death Place: | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm offbreak |
| Club1: | Maharashtra |
| Club2: | Combined Services |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | Tests |
| Matches1: | 2 |
| Runs1: | 32 |
| Bat Avg1: | 8.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 18 |
| Deliveries1: | 48 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
| Column2: | First-class |
| Matches2: | 47 |
| Runs2: | 1701 |
| Bat Avg2: | 27.43 |
| 100S/50S2: | 2/7 |
| Top Score2: | 160 |
| Deliveries2: | 5065 |
| Wickets2: | 61 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 34.27 |
| Fivefor2: | 2 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 5/28 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 17/– |
| International: | true |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Testdebutfor: | Pakistan |
| Testdebutagainst: | England |
| Testcap: | 18 |
| Testdebutdate: | 1 July |
| Testdebutyear: | 1954 |
| Lasttestdate: | 22 July |
| Lasttestfor: | Pakistan |
| Lasttestagainst: | England |
| Lasttestyear: | 1954 |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/ebbu-ghazali-40302 ESPNcricinfo |
| Date: | 10 October |
| Year: | 2022 |
Mohammad Ebrahim Zainuddin "Ebbu" Ghazali (15 June 1924 – 26 April 2003) was a Pakistan Air Force officer, cricketer and cricket administrator who played for Pakistan in two Tests in 1954.
Ghazali was born in Bombay, British India, on 15 June 1924, in a Konkani Muslim family.[1] His family migrated to Karachi after the partition of India in 1947.[2]
Ghazali was the son-in-law of Feroze Khan who won a gold medal in the 1928 Olympics for India in field hockey and whose son Farooq Feroze Khan served as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee in the Pakistan Air Force.[3] He was also a relative of Ijaz Faqih: his sister was Ijaz Faqih's mother-in-law.[4]
Ghazali played first-class cricket in India and Pakistan from 1943 to 1956.[5] A middle-order batsman and off-spin bowler, he made his top score in the inaugural season of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy when he scored 160 and 61 for Combined Services against Karachi, in December 1953.[6] He took his best bowling figures of 5 for 28 in April 1955 when he captained Combined Services against Punjab in the semi-final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.[7]
He toured England with the Pakistan team in 1954, but was only moderately successful, making 601 runs at an average of 28.61 and taking 17 wickets at 39.64.[8] In his second Test, at Old Trafford, he was dismissed for a pair within two hours.[1]
After his playing career, Ghazali became an administrator. He managed Pakistan's tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1972–73.[9] He served in the Pakistan Air Force, reaching the rank of wing commander.[1]