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	'''Anwar Elahi''' (1936 or 1937 – 19 October 2016) was a Pakistani cricketer who played [[first-class cricket]] irregularly from 1953 to 1969.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/1137257.html\|title=Wisden Obituaries, 2016\|date=20 February 2018\|website=Cricinfo}}</ref>		'''Anwar Elahi''' (1936 or 1937 – 19 October 2016) was a Pakistani cricketer who played [[first-class cricket]] irregularly from 1953 to 1969.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/1137257.html\|title=Wisden Obituaries, 2016\|date=20 February 2018\|website=Cricinfo}}</ref>

	In November 1953, while still at school, Elahi made his first-class debut for [[Sindh cricket team\|Sind]] in the first-ever match in the [[Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]]. He took 4 for 64 with his leg-spin, Sind's best bowling figures, in [[Bahawalpur cricket team\|Bahawalpur's]] first innings. His brother [[Ikram Elahi]] top-scored for Sind with 63.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Bahawalpur v Sind 1953-54 \|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20902.html \|accessdate=14 December 2016 \|publisher=CricketArchive (subscription required)}}</ref> Anwar Elahi was Pakistan's [[Glossary of cricket terms#T\|twelfth man]] against India in the fifth Test at Karachi in [[Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1954–55\|1954-55]].<ref>[https://www-britishnewspaperarchive-co-uk.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/viewer/bl/0003221/19550320/116/0006 Civil and Military Gazette (Lahore)], 20 March 1955, p.6 </ref>		In November 1953, while still at school, Elahi made his first-class debut for [[Sindh cricket team\|Sind]] in the first-ever match in the [[Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]]. He took 4 for 64 with his leg-spin, Sind's best bowling figures, in [[Bahawalpur cricket team\|Bahawalpur's]] first innings. His brother [[Ikram Elahi]] top-scored for Sind with 63.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Bahawalpur v Sind 1953-54 \|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20902.html \|accessdate=14 December 2016 \|publisher=CricketArchive (subscription required)}}</ref> Anwar Elahi was Pakistan's [[Glossary of cricket terms#T\|twelfth man]] against India in the fifth Test at Karachi in [[Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1954–55\|1954-55]].<ref>[https://www-britishnewspaperarchive-co-uk.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/viewer/bl/0003221/19550320/116/0006 Civil and Military Gazette (Lahore)], 20 March 1955, p.6</ref>

	He worked as a businessman until his death from pneumonia in October 2016.<ref>{{cite news\|work=Dawn\|first=Qamar\|last=Ahmed\|author-link=Qamar Ahmed\|access-date=14 December 2016\|title=Anwar Elahi passes away\|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1296936/anwar-elahi-passes-away\|date=18 November 2016}}</ref>		He worked as a businessman until his death from pneumonia in October 2016.<ref>{{cite news\|work=Dawn\|first=Qamar\|last=Ahmed\|author-link=Qamar Ahmed\|access-date=14 December 2016\|title=Anwar Elahi passes away\|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1296936/anwar-elahi-passes-away\|date=18 November 2016}}</ref>

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{{short description|Pakistani cricketer}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Anwar Elahi
| image =
| caption =
| country = Pakistan
| fullname =
| birth_date = Born 1936 or 1937
| birth_place = [[Karachi]], [[British India]] (now in [[Pakistan]])
| death_date = 19 October 2016 (aged 79)
| death_place = Karachi
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm leg-spin
| family = [[Ikram Elahi]] (brother)
| club1 = [[Sindh cricket team|Sind]]
| year1 = 1953-54
| club2 = [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]
| year2 = 1954-55 to 1961-62
| club3 = [[Public Works Department cricket team|Public Works Department]]
| year3 = 1964-65 to 1969-70
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 21
| runs1 = 215
| bat avg1 = 9.34
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 45
| deliveries1 = 1215
| wickets1 = 28
| bowl avg1 = 21.64
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 4/64
| catches/stumpings1= 7/–
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41710/41710.html CricketArchive
| date = 14 December 2016
}}
'''Anwar Elahi''' (1936 or 1937 – 19 October 2016) was a Pakistani cricketer who played [[first-class cricket]] irregularly from 1953 to 1969.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/1137257.html|title=Wisden Obituaries, 2016|date=20 February 2018|website=Cricinfo}}</ref>

In November 1953, while still at school, Elahi made his first-class debut for [[Sindh cricket team|Sind]] in the first-ever match in the [[Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]]. He took 4 for 64 with his leg-spin, Sind's best bowling figures, in [[Bahawalpur cricket team|Bahawalpur's]] first innings. His brother [[Ikram Elahi]] top-scored for Sind with 63.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bahawalpur v Sind 1953-54 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20902.html |accessdate=14 December 2016 |publisher=CricketArchive (subscription required)}}</ref> Anwar Elahi was Pakistan's [[Glossary of cricket terms#T|twelfth man]] against India in the fifth Test at Karachi in [[Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1954–55|1954-55]].<ref>[https://www-britishnewspaperarchive-co-uk.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/viewer/bl/0003221/19550320/116/0006 Civil and Military Gazette (Lahore)], 20 March 1955, p.6 </ref>

He worked as a businessman until his death from pneumonia in October 2016.<ref>{{cite news|work=Dawn|first=Qamar|last=Ahmed|author-link=Qamar Ahmed|access-date=14 December 2016|title=Anwar Elahi passes away|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1296936/anwar-elahi-passes-away|date=18 November 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricketarchive|id=41710}}
*{{cricinfo|id=39601}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Elahi, Anwar}}
[[Category:1930s births]]
[[Category:2016 deaths]]
[[Category:Pakistani cricketers]]
[[Category:Public Works Department cricketers]]
[[Category:Karachi cricketers]]
[[Category:Sindh cricketers]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Karachi]]

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