Mohammad Ebrahim Zainuddin "Ebbu" Ghazali (15 June 1924 – 26 April 2003) was a Pakistan Air Force officer, cricketer and cricket administrator who played for Pakistan in two Tests in 1954.
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| Full name | Mohammad Ebrahim Zainuddin Ghazali | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 June 1924 Bombay, British India (Now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 April 2003 (aged 78) Karachi, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 18) | 1 July 1954 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 22 July 1954 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1942/43–1946/47 | Maharashtra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953/54–1955/56 | Combined Services | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 October 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Early life and family
editGhazali was born in Bombay, British India, on 15 June 1924, in a Konkani Muslim family.[1][2] His family migrated to Karachi after the partition of India in 1947.[2]
Ghazali was the son-in-law of Feroze Khan who won a gold medal in the 1928 Olympics for India in field hockey and whose son Farooq Feroze Khan served as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee in the Pakistan Air Force.[3] He was also a relative of Ijaz Faqih: his sister was Ijaz Faqih's mother-in-law.[4]
Career
editGhazali played first-class cricket in India and Pakistan from 1943 to 1956.[5] A middle-order batsman and off-spin bowler, he made his top score in the inaugural season of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy when he scored 160 and 61 for Combined Services against Karachi, in December 1953.[6] He took his best bowling figures of 5 for 28 in April 1955 when he captained Combined Services against Punjab in the semi-final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.[7]
He toured England with the Pakistan team in 1954, but was only moderately successful, making 601 runs at an average of 28.61 and taking 17 wickets at 39.64.[8] In his second Test, at Old Trafford, he was dismissed for a pair within two hours.[1]
After his playing career, Ghazali became an administrator. He managed Pakistan's tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1972–73.[9] He served in the Pakistan Air Force, reaching the rank of wing commander.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "MEZ Ghazali passes away". ESPNcricinfo. 28 April 2003.
- ^ a b Ahmed, Qamar (30 January 2020). "Former Pakistan fast bowler Munaf passes away". DAWN.COM.
- ^ "Oldest Living Olympic Gold Medallist belongs to Field Hockey Living at Karachi Feroz Khan celebrates 100th anniversary". digital.la84.org.
- ^ "Cricketing Dynasties: The twenty two families of Pakistan Test cricket — Part 8". www.thenews.com.pk.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Ebrahim Ghazali". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Karachi v Combined Services 1953-54". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Punjab v Combined Services 1954-55". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ Wisden 1955, p. 220.
- ^ Wisden 2004, p. 1542.