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| Full name | Shafqat Rana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1943-08-10) 10 August 1943 (age 81) Simla, Punjab, British India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Azmat Rana (brother) 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 (Punjabi, Urdu: شفقت رانا, born 10 August 1943) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played in five Tests from 1964 to 1969.
Shafqat Rana was a right-handed batsman, strong on the drive and cut, who played five Tests in six years. He made his highest Test score of 95 in the second Test against New Zealand in 1969, which was also the highest score by any batsman in the three-Test series. He also made 65 in the third Test.
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.
After retirement from cricket, Rana founded a cricket academy, now known as Shafqat Rana Club.
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.
- Yaqoob, Mohammad (12 March 2021). "Shafqat Rana decides to fold up his club in protest of PCB's unfair move". DAWN.COM.
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