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Aftab Ahmed (Sind University cricketer)

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Full name
  
Aftab Ahmed

Role
  
Wicket-keeper


1959
  
Sind University

Name
  
Aftab (Sind

Aftab Ahmed (Sind University cricketer) Aftab Ahmed A sad end to a promising cricketing career

Born
  
unknown

Aftab Ahmed (date of birth unknown) was a Pakistani cricketer who played a single match for Sind University during the 1958–59 season. Aftab's only recorded match at first-class level came during that season's edition of the Inter-Universities Championship, contested between a number of Pakistani universities. In the match, played against Punjab University in January 1959 at the Bohra Gymkhana Ground, Karachi, Punjab University amassed a total of 702 all out, an innings which included four centuries. Although playing as a wicket-keeper, Aftab did not make any dismissals during the innings, and scored only 14 runs while batting, with the match finishing in a draw after three days. That match was to be the team's only match of the competition, and he was replaced as wicket-keeper by Akhtar Hussain for the following seasons' tournament. Aftab did not play any further matches at a major level.

References

Aftab Ahmed (Sind University cricketer) Wikipedia