Ahmed Mustafa
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Lucknow, India
Karachi, Pakistan
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| Born | 7 March 1944 Lucknow, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 August 2013 (aged 69) Karachi, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956-70 | Karachi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959-60 | Khairpur | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 31 May 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ahmed Mustafa (7 March 1944 – 10 August 2013) was a Pakistani cricketer in the 1950s and 1960s who later became a prominent coach. At 10 years 352 days, Ahmed Mustafa was, officially at least, the youngest-ever first-class cricketer.[1]
Mustafa was one of the schoolboys who made their first-class debuts for Pakistan Combined Schools against the touring Indian Test team in February 1955.[2] Mustafa's stated birth date was 7 March 1944, which would have made him only 10 years old during the match, and the youngest first-class cricketer of all time, but in later life he revealed that he had been "actually about 15".[3]
He played first-class cricket in Pakistan irregularly until 1969–70, but his career was hampered by injuries sustained in a car accident.[3] He scored one century, 110 for Karachi C against Sind A in 1957–58, when he added 165 for the fifth wicket with Salimuddin, one of his former teammates in the Pakistan Combined Schools team.[4] He toured the UK and Ireland with the Pakistan Eaglets in 1959, and opened the batting for the Karachi team that won the Ayub Trophy in 1964–65.
