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**Abdul Aziz**
Personal information
Full name	Abdul Aziz
Born	1941; Karachi, Sind, India
Role	Wicketkeeper
Domestic team information
1958/59	Karachi
1957/58	Karachi C
First-class debut	11 October 1957 Karachi C v Sind A
Last First-class	16 January 1959; Karachi v Pakistan Combined Services
Career statistics
Matches	8
Runs scored	149
Batting average	21.28
100s/50s	–/–
Top score	35
Balls bowled	–
Wickets	–
Bowling average	–
5 wickets in innings	–
10 wickets in match	–
Best bowling	–
Catches/stumpings	17/5
	Source: CricketArchive, 21 August 2008

Abdul Aziz (born 1941, Karachi, Sind and died 17 January 1959, aged 17,^[2] Karachi) was a Pakistani cricketer. A wicket keeper and opening batsman, Abdul Aziz played eight first-class matches for Karachi, before he was tragically killed after being struck by the ball. He was a student at S. M. College and worked for the Pakistan State Bank.^[2]

In the semi-final of the 1958/59 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Abdul Aziz was the non-striker as Hanif Mohammed was run out for 499 on the last ball of the third day's play.^[3] This was the highest-score in first-class cricket that stood until Brian Lara scored 501 not out in 1994. Karachi won the match by an innings and 479 runs.

A week later, whilst batting in the first-innings of the Quaid-e-Azam final against Pakistan Combined Services, Aziz was struck "over the heart by a slow off break from Dildwar Awan [sic]. While preparing to receive the next ball, Aziz fell to the ground and never regained conciousness", dying en route to hospital.^[2] It is believed the blow aggravated an existing, undiagnosed heart condition.^[3] A player who does not bat in a innings is recorded in the scorecard as "absent". In some scorecards, Aziz is recorded as "absent dead"^[3]^[4] in the second innings.

Aziz's death was the third instance of the death of a cricketer during a first-class cricket match, succeeding those of Maurice Nichol and Charlie Bull in the thirties. George Summers died in 1870 of a head injury sustained in a match, but a few days after it.

Two of Aziz's brothers also played first-class cricket: Abdul Kadir played one match for North-West Frontier Province;^[5] Abdur Rasheed played 28 matches between 1953/54 and 1964/65.^[6]

[edit] Notes

^ Became part of Pakistan in 1947
^ ^a ^b ^c Haigh, Gideon ed. (2006). Peter, The Lord's Cat. London: Aurum Press. pp. 16. ISBN 1-84513-163-0.
Extract from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1959 Obituaries (requires registration). Published in 1960.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lynch, Stephen (2007) Out for 99, and the highest totals without a century, 2007-08-27, Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2008-08-21.
^ Karachi v Combined Services in 1958/59 scorecard, 1959-01-21, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2008-08-21.
^ Abdul Kadir profile, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2008-08-21
^ Abdur Rasheed profile, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2008-08-21

[edit] References

Haigh, Gideon ed. (2006). "Aziz, Abdul" in Peter, the Lord's Cat. London, Aurum Press. ISBN 1-84513-163-0

[edit] External links

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[0] Became part of Pakistan in 1947

[haigh-1] Haigh, Gideon ed. (2006). Peter, The Lord's Cat. London: Aurum Press. pp. 16. ISBN 1-84513-163-0.
Extract from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1959 Obituaries (requires registration). Published in 1960.

[lynch-2] Lynch, Stephen (2007) Out for 99, and the highest totals without a century, 2007-08-27, Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2008-08-21.

[3] Karachi v Combined Services in 1958/59 scorecard, 1959-01-21, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2008-08-21.

[4] Abdul Kadir profile, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2008-08-21

[5] Abdur Rasheed profile, CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2008-08-21

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