Shafqat Rana
Shafqat Rana (Punjabi, Urdu: شفقت رانا, born 10 August 1943) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in five Tests from 1964 to 1969.
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| Full name | Shafqat Rana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 August 1943 Simla, Punjab, British India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Azmat Rana (brother)[1] Shakoor Rana (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 46) | 24 October 1964 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 8 November 1969 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 October 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shafqat Rana was a right-handed batsman, strong on the drive and cut, who played five Tests in six years.[2] He made his highest Test score of 95 in the Second Test against New Zealand in 1969, which was also Pakistan's highest score in the three-Test series. He also made 65 in the Third Test.[3][4]
He made his first-class debut in 1959-60, and toured England with the Pakistan Eaglets in 1963. He toured Australia and New Zealand with the Pakistan team in 1964-65, scoring 182 runs at 18.20 and not playing in any of the Tests. He later toured England in 1971, scoring 228 runs at 17.53, also without playing a Test.
He played his last first-class match in 1978-79. His highest score was 174 for Lahore against Sargodha in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1968-69 at Lahore, when he put on 330 for the fourth wicket with Waqar Ahmed.[5]
References
- "From Daud to Dar: | Sports | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk.
- Shafqat Rana at Cricinfo
- R. T. Brittenden, "New Zealand in India and Pakistan, 1969", Wisden 1971, pp. 850–64.
- "New Zealand in Pakistan, 1969-70". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.