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INDIA'S 29th TEST PLAYER TO RECEIVE A TEST CAP.

CHEST NO 29

ABDUL HAFEEZ

SOME FACTS ABOUT HIM

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Abdul Hafeez Kardar was one of the only three players to have played cricket for both India and Pakistan. He was the first captain of the Pakistan cricket team.

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The Lahore-born made his international debut while representing India against England in 1946.
He played 3 Test matches for India from his 27 Test matches.

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He captained pakistan in their first ever Test match in 1952. In 23 matches as a captain, Kardar escorted his team to victory over all the then Test-playing countries except SouthAfrica, whom they never met.
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Lala Amarnath, accepted an invitation from Kardar for tea on pak tour. Lala rested on the sofa with his back facing the door. Umpire Begh came in the room and asked Kardar, "Any instructions for tomorrow's game, skipper?"

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Lala turned to him and asked, "What kind of instructions do you want?". On seeing Lala, the umpire fled and Kardar looked shaken. then the umpire changed for the match due to lala's threat to not play.
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He married twice, once to an English woman, Helen Hastilow, the daughter of the Warwickshire County Club chairman Cyril Hastilo and also to a Pakistani (Shahzadi), sister of Pakistani cricketer Zulfiqar Ahmed.

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Kardar served as the president of the Pakistan Cricket Board from 1972 to 1977. In the last years of his life he was Pakistan's ambassador to Switzerland,prior to his death in his hometown, Lahore in 1996.

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