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{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer and umpire}}
{{for|the politician|Malik Ahmad Khan}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Malik Ahmed Khan
| image =
| full_name = Malik Ahmed Khan
| death_place =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
| role =
| family =
| country =
| international =
| internationalspan =
| club1 = [[Patiala cricket team|Patiala]]
| year1 = 1932
| club2 = [[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]]
| year2 = 1934–1944
| club3 = [[Muslims cricket team|Muslims]]
| year3 = 1941
| umpire = true
| fcumpired = 10
| umpfcdebutyr = 1953
| umpfclastyr = 1973
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 =8
| runs1 = 133
| bat avg1 = 11.08
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 31
| deliveries1 = 1,006
| wickets1 = 16
| bowl avg1 = 26.62
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 3/29
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–
| date = 24 May
| year = 2015
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41588/41588.html CricketArchive
}}

'''Malik Ahmed Khan''', known as '''Ahmed Khan''', was a Pakistani [[cricket]] player and umpire. His [[first-class cricket|first-class]] playing career spanned from 1932 to 1950, with all but one match coming prior to the [[partition of India]] in 1947. He made his first-class umpiring debut in 1953, and continued until 1973, having officiated in various Pakistani domestic competitions.

Ahmed made his first-class debut in November 1932, playing a once-off game for the [[Rawalpindi Sports Club]] in the semi-final of the [[Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament]].<ref name="fc">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41588/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Ahmed Khan (8)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2015.</ref> A right-arm medium pacer, he took 3/145 on debut in the only innings of his opponent, the [[Freelooters cricket team|Freelooters]], with his victims including future [[India national cricket team|Indian]] [[Test cricket|Test]] players [[Amar Singh (cricketer)|Amar Singh]] and [[Vijay Merchant]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14501.html Freelooters v Rawalpindi Sports Club], Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament 1932/33 (Semi-Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2015.</ref> Ahmed's performance there led to a guest appearance for [[Patiala cricket team|Patiala]] later in the season, playing under the captaincy of [[Bhupinder Singh of Patiala|Maharajah of Patiala]]'s son, [[Yadavindra Singh]]. The team's opponent was the touring [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Ceylonese national team]], and Ahmed took the wickets of two top-order batsmen in Ceylon's first innings, finishing with 2/15. While batting in Patiala's second innings, he put on 35 runs for the last wicket with [[Mohammad Nissar]], though this was not enough to prevent Ceylon winning by 63 runs.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14516.html Patiala v Ceylon], Ceylon in India 1932/33 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2015.</ref>

In December 1934, Ahmed was selected to appear for [[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]] in [[1934–35 Ranji Trophy|the inaugural edition]] of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. In the first game of the tournament, against the [[Indian Army cricket team|Indian Army team]] in [[Lahore]], he took four wickets for the match, including what were to be career-best figures of 3/29 in the second innings.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15253.html Northern India v Army], Ranji Trophy 1934/35 (North Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2015.</ref> However, after a poor performance in the next match against [[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]], he was dropped for both the semi-final against [[Central India cricket team|Central India]] and the final against [[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1934-35.html Ranji Trophy 1934/35] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2015.</ref> Ahmed is not recorded as playing in any further major matches until August 1940, during the [[1940 English cricket season|1940 English season]], when he appeared for an Indian side in a fundraising game against a "British Empire XI".<ref name="misc">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41588/Miscellaneous_Matches.html Miscellaneous matches played by Ahmed Khan (8)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 May 2015.</ref> He was back in India for the 1940–41 season, and there played two first-class fixtures, one in the [[Amritsar Tournament]] (for a [[Muslims cricket team|Muslims team]] against [[The Rest cricket team|The Rest]]), and then a Ranji match for Northern India against [[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]].<ref name="fc"/> Ahmed again played a single Ranji match during the 1943–44 season, against [[Western India cricket team|Western India]], and also featured in a match played in Lahore for the war fund. His team in that game was named for [[George Barne (bishop)|George Barne]], the [[Anglican Bishop of Lahore|Bishop of Lahore]] and himself an ex-first-class cricketer.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/136/136596.html Bishop of Lahore's XI v Sir Arthur Griffin's XI], Other matches in India 1943/44 (North Western Railway War Fund Match) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2015.</ref>

After partition in 1947, Ahmed remained involved in cricket in the newly independent Pakistan. His last major matches as a player came during the 1949–50 season, and both for a "[[Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army|Commander-in-Chief]]'s XI". Ahmed played a two-day game against [[Commonwealth XI cricket team in India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1949–50|the touring Commonwealth XI]] side, in [[Rawalpindi]] in November 1949,<ref name="misc"/> and made his eighth and final first-class appearance in March 1950, against Ceylon.<ref name="fc"/> Subsequently, taking up umpiring, during [[1953–54 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy|the inaugural 1953–54 season]] of the [[Quaid-i-Azam Trophy]] he officiated the match between [[Combined Services cricket team (Pakistan)|Combined Services]] and [[Karachi cricket team|Karachi]], thus becoming one of the few people involved in the inaugural editions of both the Ranji and the Quaid-i-Azam tournaments. During his first few years of umpiring, Ahmed umpired mostly in [[Karachi]], but he later switched to [[Peshawar]], with five out of his six post-1960 matches as umpire coming in that city. His final appearance as a first-class umpire came during the 1973–74 [[President’s Trophy Grade-I|Patron's Trophy]], after a gap of almost nine years.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41588/Umpire_in_First-Class_Matches.html Ahmed Khan as umpire in first-class matches] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2015.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/41/41588/41588.html Ahmed Khan] at CricketArchive
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/39473.html Ahmed Khan] at ESPNcricinfo

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