Antao D'Souza

Antao D'Souza
Personal information
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium, Right-arm offbreak
International information
National side Pakistani
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 6 61
Runs scored 76 815
Batting average 38.00 18.95
100s/50s -/- -/-
Top score 23* 45
Balls bowled 1587 11738
Wickets 17 190
Bowling average 43.82 26.03
5 wickets in innings 1 12
10 wickets in match - 1
Best bowling 5/112 7/33
Catches/stumpings 3/- 20/-
Source: [1],

Antao D'Souza (born January 17, 1939, Goa, Portuguese India) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in six Tests from 1959 to 1962. He was the fourth Christian to play Test cricket for Pakistan.[1] He was a medium pace bowler and tail-end obdurate batsman. D'Souza toured England in 1962, heading the batting averages (53) as he remained not out in five of his six innings. Given a minimum of ten innings, D'Souza is one of only two Test cricketers, whose batting averages exceeded their highest score.[2] The other was the Indian cricketer, Sadashiv Shinde.[2] His bowling was as ineffective as everyone else on that tour, which Pakistan lost 0-4.

References

  1. ^ They've served Pak cricket, on the field and off it
  2. ^ a b Frindall, Bill (2009). Ask Bearders. BBC Books. pp. 91–92. ISBN 978-1-84607-880-4.