Abdul Hafeez Kardar
Abdul Hafeez Kardar PP, HI (Urdu: عبد الحفیظ کاردار) (17 January 1925 – 21 April 1996) was a Pakistani cricketer, politician and diplomat. He was the first captain of the Pakistan cricket team. He is one of the only three players to have played Test cricket for both India and Pakistan.
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| Full name | Abdul Hafeez Kardar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 January 1925 Lahore, Punjab, British India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 April 1996 (aged 71) Islamabad, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 29/7) | 22 June 1946 India v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 26 March 1958 Pakistan v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1943–1945 | Northern India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1944 | Muslims | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947–1949 | Oxford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1948–1950 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953–1954 | Combined Services | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 3 December 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
He also served as the member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab and remained Punjab Minister for Food under the Bhutto government.
He married twice, once to an English woman, Helen Rosemary Hastilow, the daughter of the Warwickshire County Cricket Club chairman Cyril Hastilow and also to a Pakistani woman, Shahzadi, sister of Pakistani cricketer Zulfiqar Ahmed. He has at least one son, the economist Shahid Hafeez Kardar.
He captained the Pakistan cricket team in its first 23 Test matches from 1952 to 1958, and was later the nation's leading cricket administrator. He is widely regarded as the father figure of Pakistan cricket. He received the Pride of Performance Award from the Government of Pakistan in 1958.