Ahsan-ul-Haq
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm medium pace | |
| First-class record | ||
| Matches | 7 | |
| Runs scored | 172 | |
| Batting average | 21.50 | |
| 100s/50s | 1/0 | |
| Top score | 100* | |
| Balls bowled | 90 | |
| Wickets | 0 | |
| Bowling average | n/a | |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | |
| Best Bowling | n/a | |
| Catches/Stumpings | 4/0 | |
| First class debut: 8 August 1901 Last first class game: 9 March 1925 Source: CricketArchive |
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Ahsan-ul-Haq (born July 16, 1878 in Jullundur, Punjab) (died December 29, 1957 in Karachi, Pakistan) was an Indian cricketer. He was a hard-hitting right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium fast bowler.
Ahsan-ul-Haq went to England to study law where he played for Hampstead in club cricket and three first class matches for Middlesex in 1902. But his official work restricted his appearances and he soon returned to India.
At the age of 45 he captained the Muslims in the Lahore tournament of 1924. On what was his first appearance in a first class match on Indian soil, he went in last against Sikhs and scored 100 notout in 40 minutes, adding 150* for the tenth wicket with Abdus Salam. Excluding centuries made under contrived circumstances, it is the second fastest hundred (in terms of minutes) ever made in first class cricket.
Haq was later involved in the creation of the Indian cricket board.
[edit] References
- Mohandas Menon, Indians in English county and university cricket, ACSSI Cricket Yearbook, 1990-91
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| NAME | Ahsan-ul-Haq |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Cricketer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jullundur, Punjab |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 1957 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Karachi, Pakistan |
