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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Fasihuddin<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| country = Pakistan<br />
| fullname = Syed Fasihuddin<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1938|9|18|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Delhi]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| batting = Right-handed <br />
| role = Wicket-keeper<br />
| club1 = [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]<br />
| year1 = 1957–58 to 1959–60, 1961–62<br />
| club2 = [[Quetta cricket team|Quetta]]<br />
| year2 = 1960–61, 1962–63 to 1974–75<br />
| club3 = [[Baluchistan cricket team|Baluchistan]]<br />
| year3 = 1972–73 to 1973–74<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 51 <br />
| runs1 = 2286<br />
| bat avg1 = 29.30<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 6/8<br />
| top score1 = 237<br />
| hidedeliveries = true<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 80/36<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/player/42597.html Cricinfo<br />
| date = 2 January<br />
| year = 2014<br />
}} <br />
'''Syed Fasihuddin''' (born 18 September 1938) is a former Pakistani [[cricket]]er who played [[first-class cricket]] for several teams in [[Pakistan]] between 1957–58 and 1974–75. He toured [[Pakistani cricket team in England in 1967|England in 1967]] but did not play [[Test cricket]].<br />
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==Career with Karachi==<br />
A [[wicket-keeper]] who usually opened the batting, Fasihuddin made his first-class debut for [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi B]] in 1957–58. Playing for [[Karachi University cricket team|Karachi University]] against [[Punjab University cricket team|Punjab University]] in the final of the first-class Inter-Universities Championship in 1958–59, he batted for 607 minutes to score 195 and help his team to an innings victory.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/23/23328.html|title=Karachi University v Punjab University, Lahore in 1958-59|work=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=23 February 2018}}</ref> A few weeks later he kept wicket and opened the batting for a President's XI against the visiting [[West Indies cricket team|West Indians]]. He was in the Karachi team that won the [[Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]] in 1959–60, and in the combined [[Pakistan Railways cricket team|Railways team]] and [[Quetta cricket team|Quetta team]] that won the [[Ayub Trophy]] in 1960–61.<br />
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He hit 147 for the [[Pakistan Eaglets cricket team|Pakistan Eaglets]] against the visiting [[Associated Cement Company cricket team|Associated Cement Company team]] from India at the start of the 1961–62 season, and played two matches against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club|MCC]], for a President's XI in [[Rawalpindi]] and for a Combined XI in [[Bahawalpur]] later in the season. He also played for an East Pakistan Governor's XI against a touring International XI in [[Dhaka|Dacca]]. In 10 matches that season he scored 371 runs at 26.50 and took 19 catches and nine stumpings.<ref name=fcbatting>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34208/f_Batting_by_Season.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Fasihuddin|work=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=23 February 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Career with Quetta==<br />
After playing for Karachi in 1961–62, Fasihuddin returned to Quetta in 1962–63. In only four matches that season he made 471 runs at 67.28, including 55 and 147 against Karachi A and 237 in his next innings a few days later in an innings victory over [[East Pakistan cricket team|East Pakistan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/25/25873.html|title=Quetta v East Pakistan in 1962-63|work=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref> which enabled Quetta to progress to a quarter-final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy for the first time. His 237 remains the highest score ever made for Quetta.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Pakistan/Firstclass/Quetta/Batting_Records/Highest_Innings_For.html|title=Most runs in an innings for Quetta|work=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref><br />
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He captained Quetta from 1963–64 to 1972–73. In his first match as captain he made 107 in a drawn match against [[Hyderabad cricket team (Pakistan)|Hyderabad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26622.html|title=Hyderabad v Quetta 1963-64|work=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref> Again Quetta made the quarter-finals. He also played for a Punjab Governor's XI against the touring [[Commonwealth XI cricket team|Commonwealth XI]] in 1963–64.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}}<br />
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Fasihuddin toured [[Pakistani cricket team in England in 1967|England in 1967]] as reserve wicket-keeper to the 19-year-old [[Wasim Bari]], playing in six of the 17 first-class matches. He batted in the lower order, and made only 63 runs at an average of 9.00.<ref>''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]'' 1968, pp. 312-34.</ref><br />
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Captaining Quetta against [[Kalat cricket team|Kalat]] in 1969–70, Fasihuddin opened the batting and scored 111 and took three catches and three stumpings in an innings victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30408.html|title=Quetta v Kalat 1969-70|work=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref> While playing for Quetta in the [[Patron's Trophy]], he also played two matches for [[Baluchistan cricket team|Baluchistan]] in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1972–73 (as captain) and 1973–74. In his 18 matches for Quetta he scored 1242 runs at 42.40, with four centuries, and took 29 catches and 17 stumpings.<ref name=fcbatting/><br />
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His younger brother Salahuddin<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43312/43312.html|title=Salahuddin|work=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref> (not to be confused with the Test player [[Salahuddin (cricketer)|Salahuddin]] who also toured England in 1967) played first-class cricket in Pakistan in the 1960s. They played together in several matches for Quetta.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cricinfo|id=42597}}<br />
* {{cricketarchive|id=34208}}<br />
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