Imtiaz Ahmed, a member of Pakistan's first-ever cricket Test team, died in a Lahore hospital today after a brief illness, his family said. The 88-year-old Ahmed featured in Pakistan's first Test played in Delhi against India in October 1952 and went on to play 41 matches as a wicketkeeper-batsman. Ahmed scored 2,079 Test runs for Pakistan with a career best of 209 against New Zealand in Lahore in 1955. He put on 152 for the first wicket with the legendary Hanif Mohammad in the Bridgetown Test against West Indies in 1958, scoring 91. Ahmed's death means that middle-order batsman Waqar Hasan is now the only surviving member of Pakistan's first Test team.
News On AIR | December 31, 2016 9:15 PM
Pakistan first Test team member Imtiaz dies<br/>