Aslam Khokhar
![]() Aslam Khokhar in 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Lahore, British Punjab, British India | 5 January 1920|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 January 2011 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | (aged 91)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Legbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Anwar Hussain (cousin) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 match in 1954.
Biography
[edit]Khokhar was born in Lahore, Punjab to a Khokhar family and was a cousin of Anwar Hussain Khokhar, who was a member of Pakistan's first Test team in 1952.[1]
Aslam Khokhar 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] In the second Test in England, he batted at number nine, scoring 16 and 18.[4] He also umpired 3 Tests in the 1970s.
Khokhar died in a Lahore hospital after a prolonged illness, on 22 January 2011. AT the time of his death, he was Pakistan's oldest surviving Test cricketer.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cricketing Dynasties: The Twenty Two Families of Pakistan Test Cricket – Part 4. Sports. thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk.
- ^ "Pakistan's oldest Test cricketer dies". ESPNcricinfo. 22 January 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ^ "CA details". CricketArchive.
- ^ "CA details". CricketArchive.
- ^ "Mohammad Aslam Khokar Dies". CricketWorld4u.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
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