Pakistan pioneer dies

ABDUL HAFEEZ KARDAR, who captained Pakistan in  their  first   23
Tests,  died  yesterday  in Islamabad, aged 72.  Kardar,  a left-
handed batsman and slow  left-arm  bowler,  toured  England  with
India   in  1946 and played three Tests before becoming a citizen
of  Pakistan  following Partition in 1947.

He won a Blue at  Oxford  and  also   played   for   Warwickshire
between  1948  and  1950.  His  knowledge  of English  conditions
proved  useful when he  led  Pakistan  on  their  first  tour  of
England  in  1954.  Kardar became a leading cricket administrator
when his playing days finished.

Source :: Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk)
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