Ahmed Raza (cricketer, born 1910)

Ahmed Raza

Personal information
Full name	Agha Ahmed Raza Khan
Born	20 August 1910 Jullundur, Punjab, India
Died	21 December 1996 (aged 86) Lahore, Pakistan
Nickname	Aghajan
Batting style	Right-handed
Relations	Javed Burki (nephew) Asad Jahangir Khan (nephew) Majid Khan (nephew) Imran Khan (nephew)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1934-35 to 1945-46	Northern India
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 15 Runs scored 597 Batting average 28.42 100s/50s 1/4 Top score 101 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 August 2015

Ahmed Raza (20 August 1910 – 21 December 1996) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket in India and Pakistan from 1929 to 1960.

His highest score was 101 in 1934-35 in Northern India's first match in the Ranji Trophy, when he added 304 for the second wicket with George Abell.^[1] Between 1931-32 and 1960-61 he played 14 times in the annual match between Punjab University and Punjab Governor's XI, at first for the university, and later for the Governor's XI, which he captained in his last first-class match when he was 50.

He was a member of the Burki clan, of whom about 40 men have played first-class cricket.^[2] Three of his sisters became the mothers of Pakistan Test cricket captains: Iqbal Bano was the mother of Javed Burki; Mubarak married the Test cricketer Jahangir Khan and was the mother of Majid Khan; Shaukat was the mother of Imran Khan.^[3]

References

1. "Northern India v Army 1934-35". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
2. Peter Oborne, Wounded Tiger: The History of Cricket in Pakistan, Simon & Schuster, London, 2014, p. 185.
3. Oborne, p. 189.

External links

• Ahmed Raza at Cricket Archive
• Ahmed Raza at Cricinfo