Mohammad Azam Khan (born March 1, 1969, Karachi, Sindh) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in one Test and 6 ODIs from 1996 to 1998. He also appeared in 120 first-calss matches and scored more than 6,000 runs at 36.37 average.
Sunday, August 23, 2020
Saturday, August 22, 2020
Manny Martindale and Derek Sealy walk off at the end of the drawn Oval Test on August 22, 1939
This would rank in my top five cricket photos. Manny Martindale and Derek Sealy walk off at the end of the drawn Oval Test on August 22nd, 1939. There is something poignant in the lengthening shadows as this was to be the last Test for seven and a half years. The start of WW2 was less than a fortnight away and the West Indies tourists canceled the rest of their tour and returned home, Neither Martindale nor Sealy played Test cricket again, and this was Martindale's final first-class match.
1938 Old Trafford Test Match was washed out
Two diehard optimists finally prepare to head home after another day washed out during the 1938 Old Trafford Test where not a ball was bowled during the five days. In those times people paid to get in with no refunds and no guarantee of play. Few tickets were sold in advance. This was only the second Test to have been abandoned without a ball being bowled. The first was also between England and Australia and was also at Old Trafford in 1890.
Don Bradman and Bill Ponsford
The News heading of Sunday Fictorial On August 18th, 1934 Bill Ponsford (266) and Don Bradman (244) added a world record 451 for Australia's 2nd wicket at The Oval, breaking their own record set at Leeds a month earlier. Newspaper speculation was rife that they could go on to total 1000 as it was they made 701.
KS Ranjitsinhji - The Stylish Man
On August 22nd, 1896 KS Ranjitsinhji scored two hundred in a day for Sussex against Yorkshire at Hove. He made 100 in the first innings (resuming on 0* after a rain-affected second day) and when Sussex followed on saved the match with 125*. Ranji, 23, who had made his Test debut the previous month, scored his first hundred in 90 minutes and his second in just under two hours. His achievement has never been matched. Matthew Elliott completed two hundred on the same day in 1995 but had resumed his first innings on 98, Stylish Man. We still have Ranji Trophy named after him.
Friday, August 21, 2020
Pakistan Tour to England 1954
Pakistan's inaugural tour of England was a success for them as they drew the four-Test series 1-1 but it was a dreadfully wet summer with no fewer than seven days of the Test series completely washed out - three at Lord's, three at Old Trafford and one at The Oval in 1954.
Bill Ponsford 266, against England at The Oval.
Saving the best till last when on August 19th, 1934 Bill Ponsford bowed out of Test cricket with his best score, 266, against England at The Oval. He was out when he turned his back on a short ball from Gubby Allen and as he swung round his bat clipped his stumps.
He started Test cricket with a century too, in 1924-5. He may have retired in 1934 because he didn't want to serve under Bradman, but that is disputed. Like Hammond, he would have been a super-hero in any other era. Not spectacular to watch, but hey he could accumulate runs. He seems to have fallen out of love for the game as much as anything, with Bodyline a souring factor. As a run accumulator, he was outstanding but in terms of elegance and appeal he could not really hold a candle up to someone like Hammond.
On August 20th 1930 Don Bradman was dismissed for 232 in the 5th Test at The Oval
On August 20th, 1930 Don Bradman was dismissed for 232 in the 5th Test at The Oval, taking his aggregate for the summer's Ashes series to 974 runs at 139.14, overtaking the previous record for a series of 905 set by Wally Hammond in 1928-29.
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