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{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (1920–2002)}}
{{other people|Anwar Hussain}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Anwar Hussain
| image =
| full_name = Anwar Hussain Khokhar
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|7|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|10|9|1920|7|16|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Lahore]], Pakistan
| nickname =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium
| family = [[Aslam Khokhar]] (cousin)
| internationalspan = 1952
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 4
| runs1 = 42
| bat avg1 = 7.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 17
| deliveries1 = 36
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 29.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/25
| catches/stumpings1= 0/–
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches2 = 45
| runs2 = 1,511
| bat avg2 = 26.98
| 100s/50s2 = 0/12
| top score2 = 81
| deliveries2 = 2,910
| wickets2 = 36
| bowl avg2 = 36.02
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 4/66
| catches/stumpings2= 14/–
| international = true
| country = Pakistan
| testdebutagainst = India
| testcap = 2
| testdebutdate = 16 October
| testdebutyear = 1952
| lasttestdate = 12 December
| lasttestagainst = India
| lasttestyear = 1952
| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/39001.html ESPNcricinfo
| date = 12 July
| year = 2019
}}
'''Anwar Hussain Khokhar''' (16 July 1920 – 9 October 2002) ([[Urdu]]:انور حسین کھوکھر) was a Pakistani cricketer who was a member of Pakistan's first [[Test cricket|Test]] team in 1952.

==Early life and family==
Born in [[Lahore]], Khokhar was a cousin of another Pakistani cricketer [[Aslam Khokhar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/672206-cricketing-dynasties-the-twenty-two-families-of-pakistan-test-cricket-part-4|title=Cricketing Dynasties: The Twenty Two Families of Pakistan Test Cricket – Part 4. Sports. thenews.com.pk|website=www.thenews.com.pk}}</ref>

==Career==
Khokhar played [[first-class cricket]] in Indian competitions from 1941 to 1947, and in Pakistan from 1947 to 1955.<ref name=fc>{{cite web |title=First-Class Matches played by Anwar Hussain |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/929/First-Class_Matches.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=5 July 2019}}</ref> He faced the first ball bowled in first-class cricket in Pakistan when he opened the batting for [[Sindh cricket team|Sind]] against West Punjab in December 1947.<ref name=WCA>''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 2003, pp. 1613–14.</ref>

His best first-class performances came when he [[captain (cricket)|captained]] Sind against the touring [[West Indian cricket team in India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1948–49|West Indians]] in 1948–49; he scored 12 and 81 and took 4 for 66 and 1 for 19 in the drawn match.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sind v West Indians 1948-49 |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18721.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=5 July 2019}}</ref> He was selected to play in Pakistan's first representative match a week later against the West Indians, but with little success. He was a member of Pakistan's first touring team later that season, playing in both matches against [[Sri Lanka cricket team|Ceylon]] in [[Colombo]]. He also played one of the representative matches when Ceylon toured [[Ceylonese cricket team in Pakistan in 1949–50|Pakistan in 1949-50]].<ref name=fc/>

When the [[English cricket team in India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1951–52|England]] team toured in 1951–52, he made 48 in Pakistan's second innings, adding a valuable 83 for the sixth wicket with the captain, [[Abdul Hafeez Kardar]], in Pakistan's four-wicket victory that secured the nation's Test status.<ref name=WCA/> He played in four of the five Test matches in Pakistan's inaugural series against [[Pakistani cricket team in India in 1952–53|India in 1952-53]] when he was Kardar's vice-captain, but had little personal success.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pakistan to India 1952-53 |url=http://test-cricket-tours.co.uk/page_1681673.html |website=Test Cricket Tours |access-date=5 July 2019 |archive-date=25 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525173226/http://test-cricket-tours.co.uk/page_1681673.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He announced his retirement from first-class cricket in November 1953 without citing a reason, although "power politics... in the cricket affairs" was speculated as the reason behind the decision.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anwar Hussain Also Retires |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rcw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3598%2C1555541 |access-date=13 May 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=22 October 1953 |page=6}}</ref>

Hussain died in Lahore on 9 October 2002 after suffering from liver cancer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Pakistan Test cricketer Anwar Hussain dies |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/122200.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=5 July 2019}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=39001}}

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[[Category:1920 births]]
[[Category:2002 deaths]]
[[Category:Pakistan Test cricketers]]
[[Category:Pakistani cricketers]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Lahore]]
[[Category:Northern India cricketers]]
[[Category:North Zone cricketers]]
[[Category:Karachi cricketers]]
[[Category:Sindh cricketers]]
[[Category:Mumbai cricketers]]
[[Category:Muslims cricketers]]

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