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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Daud Khan<br />
| image = Daud Khan.jpg<br />
| country = Pakistan<br />
| full_name = <br />
| birth_date = 1912<br />
| birth_place = [[Karachi]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = 21 June {{death year and age|1979|1912}}<br />
| death_place = <br />
| batting = Right-handed <br />
| bowling = <br />
| club1 = [[Sindh cricket team|Sind]]<br />
| year1 = 1936-37 to 1947-48 <br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 20 <br />
| runs1 = 764<br />
| bat avg1 = 28.29<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/6<br />
| top score1 = 74 not out<br />
| deliveries1 = 54<br />
| wickets1 = 0<br />
| bowl avg1 = –<br />
| fivefor1 = –<br />
| tenfor1 = –<br />
| best bowling1 = –<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 12/–<br />
| role = <br />
| umpire = true<br />
| testsumpired = 14<br />
| umptestdebutyr = 1955<br />
| umptestlastyr = 1973<br />
| fcumpired = 136<br />
| umpfcdebutyr = 1948<br />
| umpfclastyr = 1976<br />
| date = 6 September<br />
| year = 2015<br />
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41988/41988.html CricketArchive<br />
}}<br />
'''Daud Khan''' (1912–1979) was a [[cricket]] player and [[umpire (cricket)|umpire]]. He played for the [[Sindh cricket team]] before and after Pakistan's independence from India. He later became a [[Test cricket|Test]] umpire.<br />
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==Playing career==<br />
Daud played 20 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches as a middle-order batsman for [[Sindh cricket team|Sind]] between 1936 and 1947.<ref name="cricketarchive-fc-played">{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41988/First-Class_Matches.html | title=First-Class Matches played by Daud Khan | publisher=CricketArchive | accessdate=18 June 2013}}</ref> His highest score was 74 not out against [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] in the [[Ranji Trophy]] in 1938–39.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sind v Bombay in 1938-39|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16835.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Umpiring career==<br />
Khan stood as an umpire in 136 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches in Pakistan between 1948 and 1976, most of them in [[Karachi]], including nine finals of the [[Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]]. Between 1955 and 1973, he officiated in 14 [[Test cricket|Tests]].<ref name="cricketarchive-umpire-tests">{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41988/Umpire_in_Test_Matches.html | title=Daud Khan as Umpire in Test Matches | publisher=CricketArchive | accessdate=18 June 2013}}</ref> Along with [[Idrees Baig]] he stood in the first Test ever played in Pakistan, the First Test against [[India cricket team|India]] in [[Dhaka|Dacca]] beginning on New Year's Day 1955.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pakistan v India, Dacca 1954-55|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21396.html|website=Cricket Archive|accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref><br />
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The Daud Khan Memorial Cricket Tournament, a 40-over competition held annually among clubs in Karachi, is named in his honour.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41988/41988.html Daud Khan] at CricketArchive<br />
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/40052.html Daud Khan] at [[Cricinfo]]<br />
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[[Category:1912 births]]<br />
[[Category:1979 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistani Test cricket umpires]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistani cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Sindh cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Cricketers from Karachi]]<br />
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