Bowling style Right-arm off-break National side Pakistan Last Test 16 Aug 1962 v England Nationality Pakistani | Role Wicket-keeper Test debut (cap 5) 16 Oct 1952 v India 1944–47 Northern India Batting style Right-handed | |
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Born 5 January 1928 ( 1928-01-05 ) Lahore, Punjab,
British India Died 31 December 2016, Lahore, Pakistan Similar Hanif Mohammad, Fazal Mahmood, Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Waqar Hasan, Javed Burki | ||
Imtiaz Ahmed (Urdu: امتیاز احمد), (5 January 1928 – 31 December 2016) was a cricketer who played for the Pakistan's first Test team in 1952.
Biography
Born in Lahore, Ahmed was educated at Islamia College Lahore. He played in 41 Tests and scored over 2000 runs. He was a middle order batsman who also sometimes batted in the top order. He was Pakistan's first Test wicketkeeper. He made the first Test double hundred by a wicketkeeper when he scored 209 against New Zealand in October 1955.
On 6 March 1951, playing for India Prime Minister's XI against a Commonwealth XI, Ahmed scored a triple century (300 not out) while following on, a feat that has been achieved by only two others. He received Pride of Performance Award from the Government of Pakistan for sports in 1966.
Ahmed also played in the Ranji Trophy.
Ahmed died in Lahore, Punjab on 31 December 2016 due to a chest infection. He was 88 years old.