Haseeb Ahsan
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Died | 8 March 2013 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan | (aged 73)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 25) | 17 January 1958 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 2 February 1962 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 August 2013 |
Haseeb Ahsan (
Ahsan had conflicts with former Pakistan captain Javed Burki. A controversy regarding his bowling action resulted in the premature end of his international career when he was only 23. He worked as chief selector, team manager of Pakistan, and member of the 1987 Cricket World Cup organising committee. He died in Karachi on 8 March 2013, aged 73.
Cricketing career
Ahsan played 49
Ahsan made his first-class debut for
Ahsan took only 14 wickets in the next two first-class seasons; his best bowling figures were five for 51.
By the end of his career, Ahsan had taken 27 wickets in 12 Test matches at an average of nearly 50, including two five-wicket hauls. He made 61 runs and his highest score was 14.[1]
Administrative career
During the 1980s, Ahsan was the chief selector and manager of the Pakistan cricket team. It was he who first selected Wasim Akram for the series against New Zealand in 1984–85. Akram described him as "a powerful selector, [who] spotted young talent and threw them into the bigger battles".[17][18] He was Technical Committee's chairman for the 1987 Cricket World Cup and one of the members of the tournament organising committee. During the same tournament, he served as a team manager for Pakistan. In 2003, former Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) Tuqir Zia appointed him as President of the Sindh Cricket Association. He was also Ireland's honorary Counsel General and director of Karachi's American Express.[19] PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf said of Ahsan that he was "not only a superb Test cricketer but also was a good administrator who intimately knew the game".[9] He was a member of the panel that heard the appeals opposed to doping bans that were imposed on Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif.[20] His colleagues described him as a "perfect administrator".[21]
Personal life and controversies
Ahsan was born in
Death
Ahsan suffered from
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