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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (1928–2016)}}<br />
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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Imtiaz Ahmed <br />
| honorific_prefix = [[Pride of Performance|PP]]<br />
| image = ImtiazAhmed(cricketer)Image.jpg<br />
| caption =<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1928|01|05}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2016|12|31|1928|01|5}}<br />
| death_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab Province (Pakistan)|Punjab]], Pakistan<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm [[off-break]]<br />
| role = [[Wicket-keeper]]<br />
| family =<br />
| international = yes<br />
| country = Pakistan<br />
| internationalspan = 1952–1962<br />
| testcap = 5<br />
| testdebutagainst = India<br />
| testdebutdate = 16 October<br />
| testdebutyear = 1952<br />
| lasttestagainst = England<br />
| lasttestdate = 16 August<br />
| lasttestyear = 1962<br />
| club1 = [[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]]<br />
| year1 = 1944–1947<br />
| club2 = [[North Zone cricket team (India)|North Zone]] <small>(India)</small><br />
| year2 = 1945–1947<br />
| club3 = [[Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|Punjab]]<br />
| year3 = 1947<br />
| club4 = [[Punjab University cricket team|Punjab University]]<br />
| year4 = 1948–1949<br />
| club5 = [[Pakistan Universities cricket team|Pakistan Universities]]<br />
| year5 = 1950<br />
| club6 = [[Combined Services (Pakistan) cricket team|Combined Services]]<br />
| year6 = 1953–1964<br />
| club7 = [[Rawalpindi cricket team|Rawalpindi]]<br />
| year7 = 1960<br />
| club8 = North Zone cricket team (Pakistan)<br />
| year8 = 1960<br />
| club9 = [[Pakistan Air Force cricket team|Pakistan Air Force]]<br />
| year9 = 1969–1972<br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]<br />
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| matches1 = 41<br />
| matches2 = 180<br />
| runs1 = 2,079<br />
| runs2 = 10,393<br />
| bat avg1 = 29.28<br />
| bat avg2 = 37.38<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 3/11<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 22/45<br />
| top score1 = 209<br />
| top score2 = 300[[not out|*]]<br />
| deliveries1 = 6<br />
| deliveries2 = 277<br />
| wickets1 = 0<br />
| wickets2 = 4<br />
| bowl avg1 = –<br />
| bowl avg2 = 41.50<br />
| fivefor1 = –<br />
| fivefor2 = 0<br />
| tenfor1 = –<br />
| tenfor2 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = –<br />
| best bowling2 = 2/12<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 77/16<br />
| catches/stumpings2= 322/82 <br />
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/932/932.html CricketArchive<br />
| date = 26 June<br />
| year = 2013<br />
}}<br />
'''Imtiaz Ahmed''' [[Pride of Performance|PP]] ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|امتیاز احمد}}}}), (5 January 1928 &ndash; 31 December 2016)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/thestands/content/story/1074904.html|title=The Stands : Former Pakistan wicketkeeper Imtiaz Ahmed dies aged 88|last=Farooq|first=Umar|date=31 December 2016|newspaper=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2017-01-02}}</ref> was a cricketer who played for [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan's]] first Test team in 1952 and in 40 subsequent Test matches.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/768122-imtiaz-ahmed-pakistan-crickets-icon|title=Imtiaz Ahmed – Pakistan cricket's icon. Sports. thenews.com.pk|website=www.thenews.com.pk}}</ref> He played in Pakistan's first 39 Test matches, setting a record for the most consecutive Tests played from a team's inaugural match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ask-steven-how-many-batters-have-scored-four-or-more-centuries-in-three-successive-tests-1324046 |title=How many batters have scored four or more centuries in three successive Tests? |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref><br />
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His score of 209<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan vs New Zealand, 2nd Test at Lahore, Oct 26 1955 - Full Scorecard |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-zealand-tour-of-pakistan-1955-56-62113/pakistan-vs-new-zealand-2nd-test-62800/full-scorecard |access-date=13 September 2025 |website=www.espncricinfo.com}}</ref> for [[Pakistan cricket team|Pakistan]] against [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] in 1955 stood for almost 35 years as the highest score made by a [[wicket-keeper]] in Test cricket, until broken by his compatriot [[Taslim Arif]] (210*) in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Most runs in an innings by a wicketkeeper in Tests |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/most-runs-in-an-innings-by-a-wicketkeeper-282898 |access-date=13 September 2025 |website=www.espncricinfo.com}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=WISDEN – Second Test Match – PAKISTAN v AUSTRALIA 1979–80 |date=13 March 2008 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153599.html |publisher=[[ESPNCricinfo]] |access-date=13 September 2025}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
[[File:Waqar_Hasan_(left)_and_Imtiyaz_Ahmed_(right).jpg|alt=|left|thumb|[[Waqar Hasan]] (left) and Imtiaz Ahmed (right) come out to bat during their second test [[New Zealand cricket team in Pakistan in 1955–56|against New Zealand]], c. 1955.]]<br />
Born in [[Lahore]], Ahmed was educated at [[Government Islamia College, Civil Lines, Lahore|Islamia College Lahore]]. He played in 41 Tests and scored over 2000 runs. He was a middle order batsman who also sometimes batted in the top order. He was Pakistan's second Test [[wicketkeeper]] as Hanif Mohammad had kept wickets in Pakistan's inaugural Test. He made the first Test double hundred by a wicketkeeper when he scored 209 against [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] in October 1955.<br />
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On 6 March 1951, playing for India Prime Minister's XI against a Commonwealth XI, Ahmed scored a triple century (300 [[not out]]) while following on, a feat that has been achieved by only two others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19648.html|title=India Prime Minister's XI v Commonwealth XI|website=CricketArchive|access-date=2017-01-02}}</ref> He received [[Pride of Performance]] Award from the [[Government of Pakistan]] for sports in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sports.gov.pk/Awards/award_cricket.htm|title=Pakistan Sports Board {{ndash}} Awards|website=sports.gov.pk|access-date=2017-01-02|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226053552/http://www.sports.gov.pk/Awards/award_cricket.htm%20|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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Ahmed also played in the [[Ranji Trophy]] in India.<br />
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Ahmed died in Lahore, Punjab on 31 December 2016 due to a chest infection. He was 88 years old.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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