Imtiaz Ahmed

Imtiaz Ahmed Biography

Imtiaz Ahmed played cricket in an era when wicketkeepers were not expected to be quality batsmen. In a sense he was way ahead of his times, and along with John Waite, formed the second generation of quality wicketkeeper-batsmen.

That made him indispensable, and Imtiaz featured in the first 39 Tests played by Pakistan, leading them four times. He became a part of every single historic moment of Pakistan cricket in the 1950s. He was also the fourth wicketkeeper to score 2,000 Test runs.

After a great start to his Ranji Trophy career for Northern India, Imtiaz was drafted in for a North Zone side against Australian Services XI. Walking out at 106 for 6, Imtiaz scored 138 not out.

His most famous performance came in 1951-52, when a strong Commonwealth XI toured India. Imtiaz kept wickets, scored 28, and when the hosts were made to follow-on a couple of hours later, he batted for eight hours for an unbeaten 300; and kept wickets again.

He held 7 catches when England won at The Oval. His 64 and 209 helped Pakistan beat New Zealand. When Hanif Mohammad scored his famous 337 at Kensington Oval, Imtiaz scored a brisk 91 to help add 152 for the opening stand. At Sabina Park he got 122 and kept wickets throughout West Indies’ score of 790 for 3, where he conceded 2 byes.

One of the hardest hitters of the cricket ball, Imtiaz’s batting influenced one Majid Khan, who called him the greatest strokeplayer he had seen, putting him at par with Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag. Wasim Bari, on the other hand, took to wicketkeeping because of Imtiaz.

Imtiaz was honoured with the Pride of Performance Award. He became a renowned coach, and worked as a Pakistan selector for 13 years, heading the panel from 1976 to 1978.

He passed away on the last day of 2016, five days before his 89th birthday. At the time of his death he was the oldest-living Pakistan cricketer.

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Imtiaz Ahmed Batting & Fielding Averages

Career	M	In	R	NO	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Test	41	144	4158	2	209	29.28	--	--	6	22	212	--	77	16
ODIs	0	--	--	--		--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
T20s	0	--	--	--		--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
World Cup	0	--	--	--		--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--

Imtiaz Ahmed Bowling Averages

Career	M	B	R	W	Avg	EC	SR	5WI	10WM	BBI	BBM
Test	41	12	0	0	--	0.000	--	0	0	0/0	0/0
ODIs	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
T20s	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
World Cup	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--		--

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