Imtiaz Ahmed (cricketer)

off-break
Role	Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	Pakistan (1952–1962);
Test debut (cap 5)	16 October 1952 v India
Last Test	16 August 1962 v England
Domestic team information
1944–1947	North Zone (India)
1947	Punjab
1948–1949	Punjab University
1950	Pakistan Universities
1953–1964	Combined Services
1960	Rawalpindi
1960	North Zone cricket team (Pakistan)
1969–1972	Pakistan Air Force
Career statistics
	Source: CricketArchive, 26 June 2013

Imtiaz Ahmed

Pakistan's first Test team in 1952 and in 40 subsequent Test matches.^[2] He played in Pakistan's first 39 Test matches, setting a record for the most consecutive Tests played from a team's inaugural match.^[3]

Biography

Born in

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.^[4] He received Pride of Performance Award from the Government of Pakistan for sports in 1966.^[5]

Ahmed also played in the Ranji Trophy in India.

Ahmed died in Lahore, Punjab on 31 December 2016 due to a chest infection. He was 88 years old.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Farooq, Umar (31 December 2016). "The Stands : Former Pakistan wicketkeeper Imtiaz Ahmed dies aged 88". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
^ "Imtiaz Ahmed – Pakistan cricket's icon. Sports. thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk.
^ "How many batters have scored four or more centuries in three successive Tests?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^ "India Prime Minister's XI v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
^ "Pakistan Sports Board – Awards". sports.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

External links

Imtiaz Ahmed at ESPNcricinfo

Preceded by Fazal Mahmood	Pakistan Cricket Captain 1961–1962	Succeeded by Javed Burki

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[:0-1] Farooq, Umar (31 December 2016). "The Stands : Former Pakistan wicketkeeper Imtiaz Ahmed dies aged 88". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

[2] "Imtiaz Ahmed – Pakistan cricket's icon. Sports. thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk.

[3] "How many batters have scored four or more centuries in three successive Tests?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

[4] "India Prime Minister's XI v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

[5] "Pakistan Sports Board – Awards". sports.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

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v t e Pride of Performance for Sports
1950s	(1958) (1958) (1958) (1958) Subedar Muhammad Iqbal (1959) (1959)
1960s	(1960) (1960) (1960) (1960) Khawaja Iftikhar Ahmed (1960) (1960) Captain Raja Javed Akhtar Khan (1961) (1961) (1962) (1962) Hafiz Rashid (1962) (1962) Brigadier M.A. Baig (1962) Abbas Mirza (1963) (1963) (1963) Dafadar Mubarak Shah (1963) Khundker Nasim Ahmed (1964) Jamadar Ghulam Raziq (1964) Subedar Muhammad Nawaz (1966) Imtiaz Ahmad (1966) (1966) (1967) (1968) (1968) Khalid Mahmood Hussain (1968) (1968) (1969) (1969) Mohammad Akhtar (1969)
1970s	(1970) Ahmed Riazuddin (1970) Jehangir Ahmed Butt (1970) (1970) (1970) Major Mohammad Aslam Khan (1970) Fazal Rehman (1971) (1971) Riaz Ahmed (1971) Nabi Ahmed Kalat (1971) (1971)
1980s	(1982) (1982) (1982) (1982) (1982) (1983) (1983) (1983) (1984) (1984) (1984) (1984) (1984) Major Mohammad Sher Khan (1985) (1986) (1986) Captain Abdul Jabbar Bhatti (1986) Mohammad Ali (1986) Abdul Majeed Maruwala (1987) Shah Jehan (1988) (1988) (1988) (1988) (1988) (1989)
1990s	Honorary Lieutenant Mohammad Younis (1990) Arif Khan (1990) (1990) Nazo Anwar Miandad (1990) (1990) (1992) (1992) Ghulam Abbas (1992) Taimur Hasan (1992) (1992) Qazi Muhibur Rehman (1993) Rajab Shah (1993) (1994) (1994) Khwaja Mohammad Junaid (1994) (1994) Muhammad Saeed Khan (1994) (1994) Ahmed Alam (1994) (1994) (1994) Muhammad Shafqat (1994) Irfan Mehmood (1994) Naveed Alam (1994) (1994) Muhammad Danish Kaleem (1994) Muhammad Usman (1994) (1994) Rahim Khan (1994) Rana Mujahid Ali (1994) Waseem Feroze (1994) Aliya Rasheed (1995) Fareed Sehrai (1995) (1995) Ali Nawaz Baloch (1995) Mohammad Sarwar (1995) (1996) Sardar Azmarai Javaid Hissam el-Effendi (1996) (1997)
2000s	(2000) (2003) Rozi Ali (2003) Mohammad Irfan Islam (2003) Grand Master Muhammad Ashraf Tai (2004) Zakir Hussain Syed (2004) (2004) (2005) (2008) Zubair Ahmed Hundal (2008) Shahid Rehman (2008) Umer Khan Achakzai (2009)
2010s	Atta Muhammad Kakar (2010) (2010) (2010) (2010) (2010) (2011) (2011) (2011) Shahid Pervaiz Butt (2011) (2011) (2012) (2013) (2014) (2014) (2014) (2015) (2015) (2015) (2017) Alamgir Anwar Shaikh (2017)