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Khairpur cricket team, from the town of Khairpur, Pakistan, in the district of Khairpur in the north of Sindh province, played in the Pakistan domestic first-class cricket competitions between 1958-59 and 1973-74. The team no longer plays first-class cricket. ==First-class history== Khairpur made their debut in the 1958-59 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, playing Quetta in Sukkur. Khairpur won a low-scoring match by four wickets.〔(Khairpur v Quetta 1958-59 )〕 Tahir Ali〔(Tahir Ali at Cricket Archive )〕 took 5 for 36 and 2 for 27, and Iqbal Sheikh〔(Iqbal Sheikh at Cricket Archive )〕 took 3 for 31 and 5 for 23. Khairpur lost their next match and drew their third. In 1959-60 they played only one match, losing to Hyderabad after being dismissed for 57, which was their lowest-ever total, in the first innings.〔(Hyderabad v Khairpur 1959-60 )〕 In 1960-61 they formed a combined team with Hyderabad, which competed in the Ayub Trophy as Hyderabad-Khairpur, losing one match and drawing the other. Resuming as an independent entity in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, Khairpur won their first match in 1961-62, beating Bahawalpur by 8 runs in another low-scoring match. Faqir Aizazuddin,〔(Faqir Aizazuddin at Cricket Archive )〕 the captain, top-scored in each innings with 29 and 53, and Tahir Ali took 3 for 24 and 4 for 31. Khairpur lost their next two matches. In the match against Lahore B they reached 150 for the first time, eventually being dismissed for 242. They began 1962-63 with their highest-ever total, 321, against Multan, although in the end they narrowly escaped with a draw. Once again Aizazuddin top-scored in each innings, making 89 and 24, as well as taking three wickets.〔(Khairpur v Multan 1962-63 )〕 They won their next match, against Bahawalpur, by two wickets, thanks to outstanding performances by Aizazuddin, who made 31 and 101 (Khairpur's first century), and Abdul Aziz,〔(Abdul Aziz at Cricket Archive )〕 who took 7 for 66 and 5 for 97.〔(Bahawalpur v Khairpur 1962-63 )〕 They lost their next four matches over three seasons by large margins. Their only appearance in 1966-67 was in a combined Hyderabad-Khairpur-Quetta team, which lost its only match to East Pakistan in the Ayub Trophy. In 1967-68 Khairpur played one match, a draw. In 1968-69 they began with a 200-run victory over Quetta in Sukkur. Aged only 12 years and seven months, and batting at number eight, Mohammad Akram〔(Mohammad Akram at Cricket Archive )〕 made 111 in the first innings on his first-class debut. Tahir Ali took 6 for 44 and 4 for 51.〔(Khairpur v Quetta 1968-69 )〕 In their next match they were trounced by Karachi, for whom Pervez Sajjad took 15 wickets in the match for 112 runs. Khairpur began 1969-70 with what was to be their last victory, and their only innings victory, when they beat Hyderabad Whites in Sukkur by an innings and 29 runs. Tahir Ali took 6 for 38 and 4 for 39, and Abdul Aziz took 4 for 27 and 5 for 68.〔(Khairpur v Hyderabad Whites 1969-70 )〕 They lost their other three matches that season by an innings. Khairpur's last 10 first-class matches resulted in eight losses by large margins and two drawn matches that ended with Khairpur nine wickets down in their second innings and a long way short of their target. But there were still some notable individual performances. Zafar Mahmood〔(Zafar Mahmood at Cricket Archive )〕 made 106 and 39 in the draw against Karachi Whites in 1971-72.〔(Karachi Whites v Khairpur 1971-72 )〕 In Khairpur's final first-class match, in 1973-74, Mohammad Akram, still only 17 years old but now batting at number three, top-scored in each innings with 39 and 102, although Khairpur still lost by an innings to Commerce Bank.〔(Commerce Bank v Khairpur 1973-74 )〕 In their 28 first-class matches between December 1958 and December 1973 (not counting the three by combined teams) Khairpur won five, lost 17 and drew six. Several Khairpur players later played for the neighbouring team of Sukkur when it assumed first-class status in the 1974-75 season. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Khairpur cricket team」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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