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Full name Anwar Hussain Khokhar
Born July 16, 1920, Lahore, Punjab
Died October 9, 2002, Lahore, Punjab (aged 82 years 85 days)
Major teams Pakistan,Karachi,Mumbai,Northern India,Sind
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
4
6
0
42
17
7.00
0
0
0
0
0
First-class
45
65
9
1511
81
26.98
0
12
14
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
4
2
36
29
1
1/25
1/29
29.00
4.83
36.0
0
0
0
First-class
45
2910
1297
36
4/66
36.02
2.67
80.8
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v Pakistan at Delhi, Oct 16-18, 1952 scorecard
Last Test
India v Pakistan at Kolkata, Dec 12-15, 1952 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1940/41 - 1954/55
Profile
Anwar Hussain died in Lahore on October 9, 2002, aged 82. It was 50 years to the
month since he had played in Pakistan's first Test, at Delhi in 1952-53. However, his
four games in that series against India realised only 42 runs and one wicket and he
never represented Pakistan again. Anwar Hussain Khokar faced the first ball bowled
in first-class cricket in Pakistan, though he wouldn't have been aware of that when he
opened for Sind against West Punjab at Lahore in December 1947 - it was the 1990s
before the match was reckoned to warrant first-class status. He had made his debut at
20 for the Muslims against The Rest in the 1940-41 Pentangular and went on to play
for Northern India and Bombay in the Ranji Trophy, batting in the top half of the
order and bowling fast-medium. He could also keep wicket in an emergency.
After Partition, Anwar lived in Karachi. Captaining Sind against the 1948-49 West
Indians, he produced two career-bests, four for 66 and a match-saving 81, whereupon
he was selected for the unofficial Test in Lahore. He went to Ceylon that same season,
opening the bowling in the "Tests", but somehow his performances at this level rarely
reached expectations. However, his steadfast 48 against MCC at Karachi in December
1951 did his young country great service: in adding 83 with his captain, A. H. Kardar,
he took Pakistan to the brink of a victory that helped secure Test status the following July. Anwar's reward was the vice-captaincy for the tour of India. In 1954-55 he
captained Karachi to the final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. It should have been a
memorable swansong. Instead he was replaced as captain by the 20-year-old Hanif
Mohammad, who along with his brothers Wazir and Raees hit a hundred in Karachi's
nine-wicket victory over Combined Services. Anwar Hussain's time had passed.
