Ahad Khan
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Lahore, British India
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| Full name | Abdul Ahad Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 September 1937 Lahore, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1962-63 to 1980-81 | Pakistan Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 26 February 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abdul Ahad Khan (born 25 September 1937) is a former Pakistani cricketer.[1] A leg-spin bowler for the Pakistan Railways team, he achieved some remarkable bowling figures in domestic first-class cricket.
Ahad Khan made his first-class debut in December 1962. In his third match, playing for Railways against Quetta in a quarter-final of the 1962-63 Ayub Trophy, he took 5 for 29 and 4 for 32 in an innings victory.[2]
He began the 1964–65 season by taking 5 for 122 and 3 for 35 in a friendly match for Railways against a strong Pakistan XI.[3] In his next match, in the Ayub Trophy against Dera Ismail Khan, after not bowling in the first innings he opened the bowling in the second innings and took 9 for 7 in 6.3 overs; the other batsman was run out.[4] A few days later he took his best match figures of 11 for 70 (8 for 42 and 3 for 28) against Lahore Education Board.[5] A few days after that, in a quarter-final of the Ayub Trophy against Public Works Department, he took 6 for 72 and 2 for 57.[6] He finished the season with 42 wickets at an average of 15.88.[7]
In 1965-66 he took 6 for 33 against Peshawar,[8] but played irregularly after that until the 1969–70 season, when he took 32 wickets at an average of only 8.18. He took 4 for 4 and 2 for 9 against Peshawar in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy,[9] and 3 for 9 and 6 for 17 against National Bank in the Ayub Trophy.[10] In 1969-70 he also took 10 for 45 and 6 for 12 in a non-first-class club match.[11]
Khan usually batted at number 10 or 11. His highest first-class score was 40 against Sargodha in 1963–64, when he took part in a last-wicket partnership of 86.[12]