Shakoor Ahmed, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Shakoor Ahmed

Pakistani cricketer

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1928

Place of Birth: Kampala, Central Region, Uganda

Date of Death: 18-Jan-2001

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: Pakistan

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Shakoor Ahmed

  • Shakoor Ahmed Qureshi (born 15 September 1928) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1948 to 1968.
  • He toured England in 1954 with the Pakistan team but did not play Test cricket. A batsman who often opened, and also usually kept wicket, Shakoor Ahmed made his first-class debut in 1947-48 in the second first-class match to be played in the newly independent Pakistan, keeping wicket for Punjab University in the first of what became a regular fixture against the Punjab Governor's XI.
  • He captained Punjab University in these matches in 1950-51 and 1951-52.
  • He also played for Pakistan Universities in a two-day match against the touring MCC in 1951-52, scoring 104 not out in the second innings. In his first match in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, the semi-final of the inaugural 1953-54 competition, he scored his first century, 102 for Punjab against Railways.
  • He was chosen as the reserve wicket-keeper for the 1954 tour of England, but scored only 154 runs at an average of 14.00 in nine first-class matches.
  • The wicketkeeper-batsman Imtiaz Ahmed played all four Tests.
  • In the 1954-55 season Shakoor Ahmed scored two centuries, including 116 not out in 38 overs against North-West Frontier Province.He also played cricket in his native Uganda and Kenya.
  • In 1956-57 when a Kenya Asians team toured South Africa to play against non-white teams, he scored centuries in two of the three matches against the South African Non-Europeans XI.
  • When Punjab won the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy for the first time a few months later he scored 73 and 24 in the final.
  • He was the only player to score a century in the final in 1959-60 when Karachi beat his team, Lahore.He made his highest score in 1964-65 when he made 280 in nine and a half hours for Lahore Greens against Railways.
  • He captained the team in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final later that season; in the second innings, needing 369 to win, after Lahore Greens were 45 for 4 Ahmed made 150 not out, of an eventual total of 263.

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