Aslam Khokhar
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Born | Lahore, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan) | 5 January 1920|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 January 2011 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | (aged 91)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Legbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test | 1 July 1954 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNCricinfo, 12 June 2017 |
Mohammad Aslam Khokhar (5 January 1920 – 22 January 2011) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in one Test in 1954. In the Second Test in England he batted at number nine, scoring 16 and 18.[1]
He played in 45 first-class matches between 1938–39 and 1963–64, and scored the first ever century in first-class cricket in Pakistan[2] when, batting for Punjab against Sind in December 1947, he made 117.[3] He also umpired 3 Tests in the 1970s.
He was born in Lahore, Punjab to a Khokhar family and was a cousin of Anwar Hussain Khokhar.[4] He died in a Lahore hospital after a prolonged illness, on 22 January 2011. Before his death, he was Pakistan's oldest surviving Test cricketer.[5]
References[]
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
- ^ "Pakistan's oldest Test cricketer dies". ESPNcricinfo. 22 January 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
- ^ "Cricketing Dynasties: The Twenty Two Families of Pakistan Test Cricket – Part 4 | Sports | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk.
- ^ "Mohammad Aslam Khokar Dies". CricketWorld4u.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
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