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- ↑ "Only Test, Melbourne, Dec 4 - 8 1964, Pakistan tour of Australia". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ↑ Yaqoob, Mohammad (27 September 2020). "Fast and furious Farooq Hamid says dirty politics plague Pakistan cricket". Dawn. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ↑ Wellington v Pakistanis 1964-65
- ↑ Peshawar v PIA 1967-68
- ↑ In a league of her own Retrieved 1 May 2013
- ↑ Women's cricket in Pakistan Retrieved 1 May 2013