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Full name | Mohammad Abdul Latif | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kamptee, Maharashtra, India | 10 November 1939||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1956–57 to 1970–71 | East Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1964–65 to 1965–66 | Dacca | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricket Archive,6 April 2014 |
Mohammad Abdul Latif (born 10 November 1939,Kamptee,Maharashtra,India),also known as Mohammad Abdul Latif Khan and M.A. Latif,is a former first-class cricketer for East Pakistan,a retired senior officer in the Bangladesh armed services,and a cricket administrator.
A middle-order batsman and leg-spinner,Abdul Latif made his first-class debut for East Pakistan Greens in 1956–57. In his first five matches spread over four seasons he made only 66 runs [1] and took two wickets. [2]
In 1961–62 he captained East Pakistan in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. Against Hyderabad he scored 109 and 49 and took 3 for 49 and 3 for 112 to play the leading part in East Pakistan's first victory in first-class cricket. [3] Later that season he played for a Combined XI against the touring MCC in Bahawalpur,and was the only local player selected for a match in Dacca between the East Pakistan Governor's XI and the touring International XI. However,he achieved little in either match.
Abdul Latif top-scored with 81 for a President's XI against the Commonwealth XI in 1963–64. [4] Captaining Dacca in the Ayub Trophy in 1964–65 he scored 155 not out in a victory over Rajshahi. [5]
When Ceylon toured Pakistan in 1966–67,Abdul Latif played for a President's XI against the tourists,making 42 not out in the second innings to enable his team to avoid defeat. [6] He played for Pakistan in Dacca in the second of the three representative matches against Ceylon,scoring 21 and not bowling. Again he was the only East Pakistan player in the side. [7] For a President's XI against the MCC Under-25 side in Rawalpindi later that season he scored 74 out of the first innings total of 157, [8] playing "some exciting strokes". [9]
From then on,Abdul Latif played only domestic cricket,despite a remarkable performance with the ball in two matches in January 1968. Captaining East Pakistan Greens against Dacca University in the Ayub Trophy,he took 7 for 19 and 5 for 40 in an innings victory, [10] then a few days later against East Pakistan Railways he took 7 for 19 and 5 for 19 (as well as scoring 50) in another innings victory. [11] His 24 wickets for 97 included 18 victims bowled. In the semi-final of the Ayub Trophy that followed immediately,however,he took only 1 for 75 in an innings loss. [12]
He scored 143 and 42 and took two wickets when East Pakistan defeated Hyderabad Whites in 1969–70. [13] After two matches in 1970–71 he played no further first-class cricket.
Abdul Latif did his military training at the Pakistan Military Academy, [14] and served in the Bangladesh military after Bangladesh achieved independence in 1971,rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
He managed the Bangladesh cricket team's tours to Australia [15] and Pakistan [16] in 2003,and to England [17] and Sri Lanka [18] in 2005. He was chairman of the Bangladesh Cricket Board's development committee from 2007 [19] to 2008, [20] and also served as vice-president of the Board. [21]
In the 2010s,he served as the sports secretary for the Bangladesh National Party. [22] He has also been an international boxing referee. [23]
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