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Imtiaz Ahmed

Imtiaz Ahmed
Imtiaz Ahmed (Picture Restoration: Cricketing History) (Picture Credit: Pakistan Cricket Board)

Scoring over 2000 runs in just 41 Tests, Imtiaz Ahmed went on to become the first wicketkeeper-batsman to score a double-century in Test cricket after he scored 209 against New Zealand in 1955.

Like many of the players in Pakistan’s first Cricket team, Ahmed too had played domestic Cricket in British India, he had been part of the Ranjhi Trophy.

Imtiaz Ahmed also has a triple-century to his name after he scored 300* against the Commonwealth XI while playing for the Prime Minister’s XI in 1951.

TestFirst-Class
Matches41180
Runs2,07910,393
Batting Avg.29.2837.38
50s/100s11/345/22
Top Score209300*
Balls Bowled6277
Wickets04
Bowling Avg.41.50
Five-wicket hauls0
10 wickets in a Match0
Best Bowling Figures2/12
Catches/Stumpings77/16322/82
Imtiaz Ahmed’s Career