List of Pakistan Air Force cricketers

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This is a list of cricketers who played for the Pakistan Air Force cricket team in first-class cricket matches. The side played a total of eight first-class matches between 1969 and 1975. [lower-alpha 1] [1] The side continues to play non-first-class cricket today. Only those players who played in first-class matches for the side are included below. [2]

Contents

A

NameSeasons [lower-alpha 2] MatchesCommentsRef
Abbas Mirza1970/71–1975/762Right-handed batsman who scored 32 runs and took 1 wicket in his two matches for the side. Is not known to have played any other cricket. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [3]
Akhtar Ali1970/71–1975/763Scored 99 runs and took five wickets for the side in three matches. Is not known to have played any other cricket. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [4]

D

NameSeasonsMatchesCommentsRef
Dildar Awan 1969/70–1972/737An experienced player who played in seven of the sides eight matches. Had played 17 times for Combined Services between 1958/59 and 1964/65 and made a total of 31 first-class appearances for a variety of sides. [5] [6]

F

NameSeasonsMatchesCommentsRef
Faiz Ahmed1969/70–1972/737Played in seven of the side's eight matches, having played twice for Combined Services in 1964/65 and once for Peshawar in 1967/68. A right-handed batsman who occasionally played as a wicket-keeper and scored 188 runs for the side with a highest score of 48 runs. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [7]

G

NameSeasonsMatchesCommentsRef
Ghias Cheema1970/71–1972/734 Slow left-arm orthodox bowler who took six of his 12 first-class wickets for the side. Had played six first-class matches for Sargodha in 1967/68–1968/69. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [8]

H

NameSeasonsMatchesCommentsRef
Hasnain Mehdi1969/70–1975/765Right-arm bowler who took four wickets for the side in his five first-class matches as well as scoring 106 runs. Is not known to have played any other cricket. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [9]

I

NameSeasonsMatchesCommentsRef
Ijaz Saeed1975/761Played his only known cricket match for the side in 1975/76, scoring seven runs. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [10]
Imtiaz Ahmed 1969/70–1972/735By far the most experienced player to appear for the side, Imtiaz had played 41 Test matches for Pakistan between 1952 and 1962. A wicket-keeper who played in 180 first-class matches, the last of which were for the side whom he played for in his 40s. [10] [11]

J

NameSeasonsMatchesCommentsRef
Jamshed Akbar1969/702Scored 12 runs and took no wickets in his two matches for the side. Is not known to have played any other cricket matches. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [12]
Javed Kausar1970/712Wicket-keeper who scored 22 runs for the side. Is not known to have played any other cricket matches. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [13]

K

NameSeasonsMatchesCommentsRef
Khalid Haroon1969/70–1970/715Scored 25 runs and took two wickets in his five matches for the side. Is not known to have played any other cricket matches. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [14]
Khalid Idrees1972/731Right-handed batsman who scored no runs in his only innings for the side. Khalid played seven first-class matches for Peshawar, one for Railways B and one first-class and one List A match for North-West Frontier Province. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [15]
Khalid Qureshi1969/70–1970/714Scored 16 runs and took four wickets with a best bowling return of 3/41 in his four matches for the side. Is not known to have played any other cricket matches. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [16]

M

NameSeasonsMatchesCommentsRef
Mansoob Ahmed1970/71–1972/733Scored 63 runs and took three wickets in his three matches for the side. Is not known to have played any other cricket matches. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [17]
Mohammad Afzal1970/712Played twice for the side, scoring 35 runs including his highest first-class score of 21. A right-handed batsman, he also played twice for Sargodha. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [18]
Mohammad Ansari1975/761Playing in his only known cricket match, Mohammad Ansari scored 10 runs, making 5 in both innings in which he batted. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [19]
Mohammad Brohi1969/70–1970/715Right-handed batsman who played as a wicket-keeper in one match. Scored a total of 68 runs and took nine catches in his five matches for the side. Is not known to have played any other cricket matches. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [20]
Mohammad Hanif1975/761 Wicket-keeper who scored five runs in his only match for the side. Is not known to have played any other cricket matches. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [21]
Mohammad Naeem1972/731Bowler who took a single wicket and scored no runs in his only known cricket match. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [22]
Mohammad Nisar Ahmed1969/70–1975/766Played six of his 24 first-class matches for the side, taking nine wickets and scoring 177 runs. Played 17 first-class matches for Peshawar between 1958/59 and 1976/77 and in one first-class and three List A matches for North-West Frontier Province. Born in 1940 at Peshawar. [23]
Mohammad Zahid1969/702Scored 13 runs and took four wickets in two matches for the side. Is not known to have played any other cricket matches. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [24]

N

NameSeasonsMatchesCommentsRef
Nuzhat Hussain1970/712Scored 60 runs in his two matches for the side. Played in a total of eight first-class matches, once for Combined Services in 1960/61 and five matches for Punjab B in the late 1950s. Is not known to have played any other cricket matches. Two brothers, Nayyar Hussain and Sabahat Hussain both played first-class cricket. [25]

S

NameSeasonsMatchesCommentsRef
Saad Hatmi1969/703Scored 70 runs and took three wickets in his three matches for the side, having previously played for Combined Services in eight matches in the late 1950s. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [26]
Shahid Qureshi1970/71–1972/734Played in four matches for the side, scoring 175 runs, with a highest score of 60 runs, and taking three wickets with best bowling figures of 3/14. Is not known to have played any other cricket matches. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [27]

T

NameSeasonsMatchesCommentsRef
Talat Ahmed1975/761Scored a single run in his only known cricket match. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [28]
Tariq Cheema 1975/761An experienced cricketer who played in 30 first-class matches, having made his debut in 1964/65. Scored 14 runs and took three wickets in his only match for the side. [29] [30]
Taufiq Ahmed1975/761Is known to have played in just one cricket match, scoring 26 runs, with a highest score of 15, in the two innings in which he batted. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [31]

Z

NameSeasonsMatchesCommentsRef
Zahid Rasheed1969/70–1972/735Played in five matches for the side, scoring 153 runs with a highest score of 79, and taking three wickets. Played a single first-class match for Water and Power Development Authority and one List A match for Railways, both in 1975/76. His brother, Shahid Rasheed, played a single match for Water and Power Development Authority. [32]
Zakir Hussain1972/731Scored 23 runs with a highest score of 18 in his only known cricket match. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [33]
Ziauddin1975/761Scored four runs and did not take a wicket in his only known cricket match. Other than his name no biographical details are known. [34]

Notes

  1. ↑ Pakistan Air Force were scheduled to play three matches in the 1986/87 BCCP Presidents Cup but, following the withdrawal of some teams from the competition, all of their matches were abandoned or cancelled. [1]
  2. ↑ The range of seasons the player played for Pakistan Air Force in first-class cricket.

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  2. ↑ Pakistan Air Force players, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  3. ↑ Abbas Mirza, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  4. ↑ Akhtar Ali, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  5. ↑ Dildar Awan, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  6. ↑ Dildar Awn, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  7. ↑ Faiz Ahmed, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  8. ↑ Ghias Cheema, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  9. ↑ Hasnain Mehdi, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  10. 1 2 Ijaz Saeed, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  11. ↑ Imtiaz Ahmed, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  12. ↑ Jamshed Akbar, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  13. ↑ Javed Kausar, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  14. ↑ Khalid Haroon, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  15. ↑ Khalid Idrees, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  16. ↑ Khalid Qureshi, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  17. ↑ Mansoob Ahmed, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  18. ↑ Mohammad Afzal, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  19. ↑ Mohammad Ansari, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  20. ↑ Mohammad Brohi, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  21. ↑ Mohammad Hanif, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  22. ↑ Mohammad Naeem, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  23. ↑ Mohammad Nisar Ahmed, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  24. ↑ Mohammad Zahid, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  25. ↑ Nuzhat Hussain, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  26. ↑ Saad Hatmi, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  27. ↑ Shahid Qureshi, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  28. ↑ Talat Ahmed, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  29. ↑ Tariq Cheema, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  30. ↑ Tariq Cheema, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  31. ↑ Taufiq Ahmed, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  32. ↑ Zahid Rasheed, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
  33. ↑ Zakir Hussain, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-03. (subscription required)
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