Aslam Khan (cricketer, born 1935)

Aslam Khan, sometimes known as Prince Aslam Khan (15 March 1935 – 29 April 1980) played first-class cricket in Pakistan between 1955 and 1978.

Aslam Khan
Personal information
Full nameMohammad Aslam Khan
Born(1935-03-15)15 March 1935
Manavadar, Gujarat, India
Died29 April 1980(1980-04-29) (aged 45)
Karachi, Pakistan
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1955-56 to 1970-71Karachi
1977-78Pakistan Security Printing Corporation
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 28
Runs scored 398
Batting average 19.90
100s/50s 1/0
Top score 112 not out
Balls bowled 5170
Wickets 84
Bowling average 22.63
5 wickets in innings 5
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 6/45
Catches/stumpings 27/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 August 2015

A son of Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji, he was a member of the royal family of Manavadar, a princely state which is now part of the Indian state of Gujarat.

Aslam Khan was a left-arm spinner. In the final of the Ayub Trophy in 1964-65 he took 6 for 45 and 5 for 92 (match figures of 81.5–43–137–11) to help Karachi to an innings victory over Lahore Education Board.[1] In a semi-final of the Ayub Trophy in 1965-66, playing for Karachi Blues against Public Works Department, he took 3 for 35 and 5 for 41 in another victory.[2]

He played his last first-class match in February 1978 for the Pakistan Security Printing Corporation team in the Patron's Trophy. A month short of his 43rd birthday, he took 6 for 154 off 47 eight-ball overs against Sargodha, who won by an innings and 143 runs.[3]

He batted at number 10 or 11 and only once reached 40 in first-class cricket. On that occasion he scored 112 not out as Karachi Whites scored 762 and beat Karachi Blues by an innings in a semi-final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1956-57. He also took three catches and three wickets in the match.[4]

He was a flamboyant character, "playing practical jokes, dating a series of movie stars, driving to matches (often late) in a Cadillac, firing revolver shots in the air in protest at an umpire's decision". Mushtaq Mohammad credited him with the invention of the doosra.[5]

His father, the last Nawab of Manavadar, also played first-class cricket and represented India at hockey.

References
  1. "Lahore Education Board v Karachi 1964-65". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. "Karachi Blues v Public Works Department 1965-66". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  3. "Sargodha v Pakistan Security Printing Corporation 1977-78". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  4. "Karachi Blues v Karachi Whites 1956-57". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  5. Peter Oborne, Wounded Tiger: The History of Cricket in Pakistan, Simon & Schuster, London, 2014, p. 139.
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