Pakistan Eaglets

Pakistan Eaglets were a team of young

Ceylon in 1960–61, and England again in 1963. Most of their matches were non-first-class, but they played 11 first-class matches between 1960 and 1963. Many Pakistan Eaglets players went on to play Test cricket for Pakistan

.

Tours to England and Wales, 1952 to 1959

These tours usually lasted a few weeks in the warmer months of July and August and included matches against club sides,

minor county sides, and county second elevens. More than half of the matches were in either Wales or the west of England

. None of the matches were first-class.

First first-class match

Pakistan Eaglets played a three-day first-class match in Lahore in May 1960 against the touring Indian Starlets side, a team of young Indian cricketers. In the drawn match, Ijaz Butt was the Eaglets' top scorer with 161.^[2]

Tour to Malaya, Singapore and Ceylon, 1960-61

From late August to late September 1960 the Pakistan Eaglets played four matches in Malaya, three in Singapore, and four in Ceylon.^[3] The tour ended with a first-class match against the Ceylon Cricket Association in Colombo, a slow, low-scoring affair that ended in a draw.^[4] Ijaz Butt top-scored in each innings with 54 and 67, and Fazal-ur-Rehman took 5 for 61 in the first innings.

Third first-class match

In 1961-62 a team from India representing the Associated Cement Company played three first-class matches in Pakistan. The match against the Pakistan Eaglets in Lahore was drawn with the Eaglets seven wickets down for 101 in pursuit of a target of 130 for victory.^[5] Iqbal Sheikh took 7 for 46 and 5 for 120 with his off-spin, and the wicket-keeper Fasihuddin made 147.