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Imtiaz Ahmed

Full Name
Imtiaz Ahmed
Born
05-01-1928 Lahore, Punjab (now in Pakistan), India
Died On
December 31, 2016

Major Teams
Pakistan
Batting Style
Right-hand bat
Bowling Style
Off-break
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.

Abhishek Mukherjee

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 22 218 -- 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 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Imtiaz Ahmed Career statistics

Test Debut

India v Pakistan at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, October 16, 1952

Last Test

England v Pakistan at Kennington Oval, Kennington, August 16, 1962

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Imtiaz Ahmed's five wicket haul helped CAG defend a modest total of 210.

Ranji Trophy: Uttar Pradesh take three points after first-innings lead over Madhya Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh walked away with three points owing to their first innings lead against Madhya Pradesh.

Ranji Trophy 2013-14: Uttar Pradesh on top in tie with Madhya Pradesh

Ankit Rajpoot and Imtiaz Ahmed wrecked havoc with the new ball against Madhya Pradesh.

Ranji Trophy 2013-14: Uttar Pradesh crushes Services by an innings and 14 runs

Uttar Pradesh bowlers produced a disciplined effort to register a comfortable innings and 14 runs win against Services in their Group B ...

Ranji Trophy 2013-14: Rajasthan secure draw but Uttar Pradesh earn three points

A determined batting by their middle- order batsmen ensured that Rajasthan walked away with a draw but Uttar Pradesh grabbed three ...

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Features ON Imtiaz Ahmed

    An XI that Ahmed: Balanced side, very good spinners

    Composing one from the cricketers with Ahmed in their names, CricketCountry Historian Arunabha Sengupta finds a reasonably balanced ...

    The I’s: useful side from limited resources

    And with a serious shortage of last names starting with this letter of the alphabet, we need to borrow heavily from the Muslim world.

    Excerpt from Imtiaz Ahmad’s unpublished autobiography “For Cricket and Country”

    Former Pakistan captain Imtiaz Ahmed's autobiography will be published by August 2017.

    Imtiaz Ahmed: A wicketkeeper-batsman ahead of his times

    Imtiaz Ahmed scored 2,079 runs at 29.28 in addition to 93 dismissals. While keeping wickets his 2,010 runs came at 30.45.

    Indians in First-Class cricket: List of 300s scored

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