Anwar Hussain (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
About Anwar Hussain (cricketer)
- Anwar Hussain Khokhar (16 July 1920 – 9 October 2002) ('Urdu':???? ???? ??????) was a member of Pakistan's first Test team in 1952.
- Born in Lahore, Hussain was an all-rounder.
- He played first-class cricket in Indian competitions from 1941 to 1947, and in Pakistan from 1947 to 1955.
- He faced the first ball bowled in first-class cricket in Pakistan when he opened the batting for Sind against West Punjab in December 1947.His best first-class performances came when he captained Sind against the touring West Indians in 1948-49, and he scored 12 and 81 and took 4 for 66 and 1 for 19 in the drawn match.
- He was selected to play in Pakistan's first representative match a week later against the West Indians, but with little success.
- He was a member of Pakistan's first touring team later that season, playing in both matches against Ceylon in Colombo.
- He also played one of the representative matches when Ceylon toured Pakistan in 1949-50.When the English team toured in 1951-52 he made 48 in Pakistan's second innings, adding a valuable 83 for the sixth wicket with the captain, Abdul Hafeez Kardar, in Pakistan's four-wicket victory that secured the nation's Test status.
- He played in four of the five Test matches in Pakistan's inaugural series against India in 1952-53 when he was Kardar's vice-captain, but had little personal success.
- He played no further Test cricket after that series. Hussain died in Lahore on 9 October 2002 after suffering from liver cancer.
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