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| Born | 24 October 1954 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicketkeeper-batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969-70 | National Bank of Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970-71 to 1986-87 | Karachi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974-75 | Sindh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricket Archive,24 February 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kamal Najamuddin (born 24 October 1954) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played first-class cricket for several teams in Pakistan from 1970 to 1987.
Kamal Najamuddin was a wicket-keeper batsman who usually opened the batting. He played a first-class match in 1969-70 at the age of 15 purely as a batsman,and another in 1970-71 as a wicket-keeper,without batting in either. In his second match of the 1971-72 season,opening and keeping wicket for Karachi Whites,he made 45 and 107 not out. [1]
He continued to play for various Karachi teams and the Sindh cricket team. He had his best season with the bat in 1980-81,when in nine matches he made 645 runs at an average of 40.31,with two centuries. [2] He made his highest score of 179 for Karachi against Pakistan Railways,when he put on 418 for the first wicket with Khalid Alvi. [3]
In 1982-83 Najamuddin made 10 dismissals (nine caught,one stumped) in Karachi's victory over Lahore City. [4] In 1983-84 he played only three matches,all for Karachi Greens,scoring 86,111 not out,108 not out,69 and 0. [5]