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Full name | Mohammad Afzal Masood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | 2 May 1952|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Mohammad Akhtar (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1982–1988 | Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1972/73 | Pakistan International Airlines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1971/72 | Pakistan International Airlines A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1971/72 | Lahore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1970/71 | Pakistan International Airlines B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1968/69–1970/71 | Punjab University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1968/69–1969/70 | Sargodha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1967/68 | Lahore Reds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,26 October 2018 |
Mohammad Afzal Masood (born 2 May 1952) is a former Pakistani first-class cricketer. He also represented Ireland on forty occasions. [1] [2]
Born at Lahore in May 1972, [3] Masood is the older brother of the first-class cricketer Mohammad Akhtar. Masood made his debut in first-class cricket for Lahore Reds against Rawalpindi in at Rawalpindi in January 1968. [4] He played two first-class matches for Sargodha in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in November 1968. [4] While attending the University of the Punjab, [3] Masood played first-class cricket for the Punjab University cricket team in five matches from December 1968 to November 1970. [4] During this time he also played a further match for Sargodha in September 1969 in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy,as well as appearing for Central Zone against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club in February 1969. [4] He later played twelve first-class matches for Pakistan International Airlines (including their A and B teams) from January 1971 to April 1973. [4] Masood played 23 first-class matches in Pakistan,scoring 1,057 runs. He made one century,a score of 114 against Karachi Greens in the 1969/70 Ayub Trophy. [3]
He came to England in 1972,in search of a contract in county cricket. Though he trialled with Northamptonshire in 1972 and 1973,he was unable to force his way into the first eleven. [3] [5] After briefly playing in the Birmingham League,Masood moved to Dublin to open a chain of boutique shops. [3] He soon started playing club cricket for Phoenix Cricket Club,and scored the first double century in the Leinster League since Gerry Duffy in 1955. [3] His performances at club level caught the eye of the Ireland selectors. He made his debut for Ireland in a List A one-day match against Northamptonshire at Northampton in the 1982 NatWest Trophy. [6] Masood played five List A matches for Ireland from 1982–1988, [6] scoring 159 runs at an average of 31.80,with a high score of 69. [7] This score,which was his only List A fifty,came against Sussex in the 1983 NatWest Trophy. [8] [3] Masood also made two first-class appearances for Ireland,both against Scotland in 1986 and 1987. [4] Imran Khan,playing for Sussex in this match,praised Masood's innings and attempted to persuade him to return to Pakistan to force his way into the Pakistani team. [3] He continued to play club cricket in Ireland into the 1990s,scoring his final century in 1994. [3]
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