Imtiaz Ahmed (cricketer)

For the Sukkur cricketer, see Imtiaz Ahmed (Sukkur cricketer). For the Indian domestic cricketer, see Imtiyaz Ahmed.

Imtiaz Ahmed

Personal information
Born	(1928-01-05)5 January 1928 Lahore, Punjab, British India
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm off-break
Role	Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	Pakistan
Test debut (cap 5)	16 Oct. 1952 v India
Last Test	16 Aug. 1962 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1944–1947	Northern India
1945–1947	North Zone (India)
1947	Punjab
1948–1949	Punjab University
1950	Pakistan Universities
1953–1964	Combined Services
1960	Rawalpindi
1960	North Zone (Pakistan)
1969–1972	Pakistan Air Force
Career statistics
Competition Test FC Matches 41 180 Runs scored 2,079 10,393 Batting average 29.28 37.38 100s/50s 3/11 22/45 Top score 209 300* Balls bowled 6 277 Wickets 0 4 Bowling average n/a 41.50 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a Best bowling 0/0 2/12 Catches/stumpings 77/16 322/82
Source: CricketArchive, 26 June 2013

Imtiaz Ahmed (Urdu: امتیاز احمد‎), (born 5 January 1928) played for the Pakistan's first Test team in 1952.

Born in Lahore, he 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 also played in the Ranji Trophy.

External links

• Cricinfo player profile
• Imtiaz Ahmed at Cricket Archive

Preceded by Fazal Mahmood

Pakistan Cricket Captain 1961–1962

Succeeded by Javed Burki