Fasihuddin
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| Full name | Syed Fasihuddin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
18 September 1938 Delhi, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1957-58 to 1959-60, 1961-62 | Karachi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960-61, 1962-63 to 1974-75 | Quetta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972-73 to 1973-74 | Baluchistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricket Archive, 2 January 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syed Fasihuddin (born in Delhi, 18 September 1938) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for several teams in Pakistan between 1957-58 and 1974-75, and toured England in 1967 but did not play Test cricket.
Career with Karachi
A wicket-keeper who usually opened the batting, Fasihuddin made his first-class debut for Karachi B in 1957-58. Playing for Karachi University against Punjab University in the final of the first-class Inter-Universities Championship in 1958-59, he batted for 607 minutes to score 195 and help his team to an innings victory.[1] A few weeks later he kept wicket and opened the batting for a President's XI against the visiting West Indians. He was in the Karachi team that won the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1959-60, and in the combined Railways and Quetta team that won the Ayub Trophy in 1960-61.
He hit 147 for the Pakistan Eaglets against the visiting Associated Cement Company team from India at the start of the 1961-62 season, and played two matches against the MCC, for a President's XI in Rawalpindi and for a Combined XI in Bahawalpur later in the season. He also played for an East Pakistan Governor's XI against a touring International XI in Dacca. In 10 matches that season he scored 371 runs at 26.50 and took 19 catches and nine stumpings.[2]
Career with Quetta
After playing for Karachi in 1961-62 he returned to Quetta in 1962-63. In only four matches that season he made 471 runs at 67.28, including 55 and 147 against Karachi A and 237 in his next innings a few days later in an innings victory over East Pakistan,[3] which enabled Quetta to progress to a quarter-final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy for the first time. His 237 remains the highest score ever made for Quetta.[4]
He captained Quetta from 1963-64 to 1972-73. In his first match as captain he made 107 in a drawn match against Hyderabad.[5] Again Quetta made the quarter-finals. He also played for a Punjab Governor's XI against the touring Commonwealth XI in 1963-64.
He toured England in 1967 as reserve wicket-keeper to the 19-year-old Wasim Bari, playing in six of the 17 first-class matches. He batted in the lower order, and made only 63 runs at an average of 9.00.[6]
Captaining Quetta against Kalat in 1969-70 he scored 111 opening the batting and took three catches and three stumpings in an innings victory.[7] While playing for Quetta in the Patron's Trophy, he also played two matches for Baluchistan in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1972-73 (as captain) and 1973-74. In his 18 matches for Quetta he scored 1242 runs at 42.40, with four centuries, and took 29 catches and 17 stumpings.[8]
His younger brother Salahuddin[9] (not to be confused with the Test player Salahuddin who also toured England in 1967) played first-class cricket in Pakistan in the 1960s. They played together in several matches for Quetta.
References
- ↑ Karachi University v Punjab University 1958-59
- ↑ Fasihuddin batting and fielding by season
- ↑ Quetta v East Pakistan 1962-63
- ↑ Most runs in an innings for Quetta
- ↑ Hyderabad v Quetta 1963-64
- ↑ Wisden 1968, pp. 312-34.
- ↑ Quetta v Kalat 1969-70
- ↑ Fasihuddin batting and fielding for each team
- ↑ Salahuddin at Cricket Archive