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Full name | Ikram Elahi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Quetta, British India (now in Pakistan) | 3 March 1933||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Anwar Elahi (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1953-54 | Sind | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1954-55 to 1961-62 | Karachi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1969-70 | Public Works Department | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricket Archive, 17 December 2014 |
Ikram Elahi (born 3 March 1933) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1953 to 1970. He toured England in 1954 and the West Indies in 1957–58 with the Pakistan team but did not play Test cricket.
A middle-order batsman and fast-medium bowler, Elahi made his first-class debut in Pakistan in 1952–53. He toured England and Wales with the Pakistan Eaglets in 1953, a tour of non-first-class matches against club teams, then played two first-class matches in the 1953-54 Pakistan season.
He was selected to tour England in 1954 having scored 174 runs at an average of 29.00 [1] and taken five wickets at 24.60 [2] in his three first-class matches. He played only 10 of the 30 first-class matches on the 1954 tour, scoring 193 runs at 19.30 and taking nine wickets at 25.77. [3]
Elahi played in the Karachi team that won the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1954–55, taking three wickets in the final. He took 2 for 44 and 6 for 70 when Karachi Blues beat Railways in 1956–57. [4] In the first two matches of the 1957–58 season, playing for Karachi A, he took 2 for 16 and 6 for 25 and made 51 against Sind B, [5] then, a week later, took 5 for 45 and 4 for 28 against Sind A. [6]
He toured the West Indies later that season, but played only three first-class matches, making 27 runs and taking one wicket. [7] In 1958-59 he took 4 for 48 and 3 for 10 when Karachi beat Bahawalpur by an innings and 479 runs and Hanif Mohammad scored 499. [8] The next season, he made his highest score, 73, putting on 168 for the sixth wicket with Hanif Mohammad when Karachi again beat Bahawalpur by an innings. [9]
Elahi captained Karachi Greens in their three matches in 1961–62.
In 1962 he went to England the play as a professional for Haslingden in the Lancashire League. In 1962 he scored 364 runs at 22.75 and took 67 wickets at 14.02, [10] in 1963 he scored 434 runs at 24.11 and took 66 wickets at 13.69, [11] and in 1964 he scored 319 runs at 17.12 and took 72 wickets at 12.47. [12] He then played three seasons as a professional for Bacup, also in the Lancashire League: 511 runs at 25.50 and 64 wickets at 16.04 in 1965, [13] 735 runs at 43.23 and 45 wickets at 16.86 in 1966, [14] and 634 runs at 32.01 and 38 wickets at 15.37 in 1967. [15]
He played one final season in Pakistan in 1969–70, three unsuccessful matches for Public Works Department. He later returned to England to live. [16]
His brother Anwar Elahi also played first-class cricket in Pakistan. [17]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Ikram Elahi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Quetta, British India (now in Pakistan) | 3 March 1933||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Anwar Elahi (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1953-54 | Sind | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1954-55 to 1961-62 | Karachi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1969-70 | Public Works Department | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricket Archive, 17 December 2014 |
Ikram Elahi (born 3 March 1933) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1953 to 1970. He toured England in 1954 and the West Indies in 1957–58 with the Pakistan team but did not play Test cricket.
A middle-order batsman and fast-medium bowler, Elahi made his first-class debut in Pakistan in 1952–53. He toured England and Wales with the Pakistan Eaglets in 1953, a tour of non-first-class matches against club teams, then played two first-class matches in the 1953-54 Pakistan season.
He was selected to tour England in 1954 having scored 174 runs at an average of 29.00 [1] and taken five wickets at 24.60 [2] in his three first-class matches. He played only 10 of the 30 first-class matches on the 1954 tour, scoring 193 runs at 19.30 and taking nine wickets at 25.77. [3]
Elahi played in the Karachi team that won the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1954–55, taking three wickets in the final. He took 2 for 44 and 6 for 70 when Karachi Blues beat Railways in 1956–57. [4] In the first two matches of the 1957–58 season, playing for Karachi A, he took 2 for 16 and 6 for 25 and made 51 against Sind B, [5] then, a week later, took 5 for 45 and 4 for 28 against Sind A. [6]
He toured the West Indies later that season, but played only three first-class matches, making 27 runs and taking one wicket. [7] In 1958-59 he took 4 for 48 and 3 for 10 when Karachi beat Bahawalpur by an innings and 479 runs and Hanif Mohammad scored 499. [8] The next season, he made his highest score, 73, putting on 168 for the sixth wicket with Hanif Mohammad when Karachi again beat Bahawalpur by an innings. [9]
Elahi captained Karachi Greens in their three matches in 1961–62.
In 1962 he went to England the play as a professional for Haslingden in the Lancashire League. In 1962 he scored 364 runs at 22.75 and took 67 wickets at 14.02, [10] in 1963 he scored 434 runs at 24.11 and took 66 wickets at 13.69, [11] and in 1964 he scored 319 runs at 17.12 and took 72 wickets at 12.47. [12] He then played three seasons as a professional for Bacup, also in the Lancashire League: 511 runs at 25.50 and 64 wickets at 16.04 in 1965, [13] 735 runs at 43.23 and 45 wickets at 16.86 in 1966, [14] and 634 runs at 32.01 and 38 wickets at 15.37 in 1967. [15]
He played one final season in Pakistan in 1969–70, three unsuccessful matches for Public Works Department. He later returned to England to live. [16]
His brother Anwar Elahi also played first-class cricket in Pakistan. [17]