Pervez Sajjad
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Born | Slow left-arm orthodox | 30 August 1942|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Waqar Hasan (brother) Jamila Razzaq (sister-in-law) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 45) | 24 October 1964 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 16 March 1973 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 March 2013 |
Pervez Sajjad Hasan (
from 1964 to 1973.Family
He was one of seven brothers. One of his brothers was the Pakistan Test cricketer of the 1950s
First-class career
Pervez Sajjad made his first-class debut in 1961–62 and took 22 wickets for 148 runs in his first two matches. He took 5 for 15 and 4 for 35 in Lahore A's innings victory over Railways in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy,[4] then took 7 for 33 (all bowled) and 6 for 65 against Combined Services, although Combined Services won.[5]
His best innings and match figures were 7 for 23 and 8 for 89 – 15 for 112 in the match – for
He played first-class cricket until 1973–74.Test career
Sajjad played 19 Tests for Pakistan as a cunning left-arm legspinner whose forte was being effective even on unhelpful tracks. In all, he took 59 economical wickets, including five wickets in an innings three times, always against New Zealand. At Auckland in 1964–65 he finished with 5 for 42. In the 1969–70 series, he took 22 wickets at only 15.63, including 5 for 33 at Karachi and his Test-best 7 for 74 at Lahore.[7]
Later career
He worked as an assistant to his brother Iqbal Shehzad on several films.[8] His major career was with Pakistan International Airlines, for whom when he retired he was General Manager in Paris.[1]
References
- ^ a b Heller, Richard (16 August 2023). "Pervez Sajjad: a spinner from the Left Bank". ScoreLine. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Sultana-actress". IMDb.com. amazon.com/IMDb.com. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "sultana". Cineplot.com. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Lahore A v Railways 1961–62". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "Lahore A v Combined Services 1961–62". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "Karachi v Khairpur 1968–69". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ Williamson, Martin. "Pervez Sajjad". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ Richard Heller and Peter Oborne, White on Green: Celebrating the Drama of Pakistan Cricket, Simon & Schuster, London, 2016, p. 165.