Shafqat Rana

Shafqat Rana
Personal information
Full name	Shafqat Rana
Born	10 August 1943 (age 81); Simla, Punjab, British India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Relations	Azmat Rana (brother) ; Shakoor Rana (brother)
International information
National side	Pakistan;
Test debut (cap 46)	24 October 1964 v Australia
Last Test	8 November 1969 v New Zealand
Career statistics
	Source: Cricinfo, 26 October 2012

Shafqat Rana (Punjabi, Urdu: شفقت رانا, born 10 August 1943) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played in five Tests from 1964 to 1969.

Shafqat Rana was a right-handed batsman, strong on the drive and cut, who played five Tests in six years.^[2] He made his highest Test score of 95 in the second Test against New Zealand in 1969, which was also the highest score by any batsman in the three-Test series. He also made 65 in the third Test.^[3]^[4]

He made his first-class debut in 1959-60, and toured England with the Pakistan Eaglets in 1963. He toured Australia and New Zealand with the Pakistan team in 1964-65, scoring 182 runs at 18.20 and not playing in any of the Tests. He later toured England in 1971, scoring 228 runs at 17.53, also without playing a Test.^{[citation needed]}

He played his last first-class match in 1978-79. His highest score was 174 for Lahore against Sargodha in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1968-69 at Lahore, when he put on 330 for the fourth wicket with Waqar Ahmed.^[5]

After retirement from cricket, Rana founded a cricket academy, now known as Shafqat Rana Club.^[6]

References

^ "From Daud to Dar: | Sports | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk.
^ Shafqat Rana at Cricinfo
^ R. T. Brittenden, "New Zealand in India and Pakistan, 1969", Wisden 1971, pp. 850–64.
^ "New Zealand in Pakistan, 1969-70". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
^ Yaqoob, Mohammad (12 March 2021). "Shafqat Rana decides to fold up his club in protest of PCB's unfair move". DAWN.COM.

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[1] "From Daud to Dar: | Sports | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk.

[2] Shafqat Rana at Cricinfo

[3] R. T. Brittenden, "New Zealand in India and Pakistan, 1969", Wisden 1971, pp. 850–64.

[4] "New Zealand in Pakistan, 1969-70". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

[5] "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.

[6] Yaqoob, Mohammad (12 March 2021). "Shafqat Rana decides to fold up his club in protest of PCB's unfair move". DAWN.COM.

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