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Shafqat Rana

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Shafqat Rana
Personal information
Full name
Shafqat Rana
Born (1943-08-10) 10 August 1943 (age 81)
Simla, Punjab, British India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RelationsAzmat Rana (brother)[1]
Shakoor Rana (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 46)24 October 1964 v Australia
Last Test8 November 1969 v New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 5 107
Runs scored 221 4947
Batting average 31.57 35.33
100s/50s -/2 9/25
Top score 95 174
Balls bowled 36 1091
Wickets 1 16
Bowling average 9.00 35.00
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - -
Best bowling 1/2 2/8
Catches/stumpings 5/- 83/-
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.[2] 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.[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.[citation needed]

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]

After retirement from cricket, Rana founded a cricket academy, now known as Shafqat Rana Club.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "From Daud to Dar: | Sports | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk.
  2. ^ Shafqat Rana at Cricinfo
  3. ^ R. T. Brittenden, "New Zealand in India and Pakistan, 1969", Wisden 1971, pp. 850–64.
  4. ^ "New Zealand in Pakistan, 1969-70". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  5. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
  6. ^ 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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