Ahsan-ul-Haq

Ahsan-ul-Haq

Ahsan-ul-Haq

Indian cricketer


Ahsan-ul-Haq (16 July 1878 – died 29 December 1957) was an Indian cricketer. He was a hard-hitting right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium fast bowler.

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Ahsan-ul-Haq went to England to study law where he played for Hampstead in club cricket. In June 1901, Haq scored 135 for Middlesex Second XI against Sussex Second XI.[1] In the next year, he played three first-class matches for Middlesex. But his official work restricted his appearances and he soon returned to India.[citation needed]

At the age of 45 he captained the Muslims in the Lahore tournament of 1924. On what was his first appearance in a first-class match on Indian soil, he went in last against Sikhs and scored 100 not out in 40 minutes, adding 150 in an unbroken tenth-wicket partnership with Abdus Salaam. Excluding centuries made under contrived circumstances, it is the second-fastest hundred (in terms of minutes) ever made in first-class cricket.[citation needed]

Haq was later involved in the creation of the Indian cricket board.[citation needed]


References

  • Mohandas Menon, Indians in English county and university cricket, ACSSI Cricket Yearbook, 1990–91
  1. "Sussex Second XI v Middlesex Second XI". The Courier. 14 June 1901. Retrieved 13 November 2014 via British Newspaper Archive.

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