Shafqat Rana

Shafqat Rana

Personal information
Full name	Shafqat Rana
Born	(1943-08-10) 10 August 1943 Simla, British india
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Relations	Azmat Rana (brother)
International information
National side	Pakistani
Test debut	24 October 1964 v Australia
Last Test	8 November 1969 v New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 5 107 Runs scored 221 4947 Batting average 31.57 35.33 100s/50s -/2 9/25 Top score 95 174 Balls bowled 36 1091 Wickets 1 16 Bowling average 9.00 35.00 5 wickets in innings - - 10 wickets in match - - Best bowling 1/2 2/8 Catches/stumpings 5/- 83/-
Source: Cricinfo, 26 October 2012

Shafqat Rana (born August 10, 1943, Simla, British india) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in five Tests from 1964 to 1969.

"Shafqat Rana was a very good right-handed batsman, strong on the drive and cut, who was not given that many opportunities in a broken career in which he played five Tests in six years. The highlight was an appearance against New Zealand in 1969-70 when he made a career-best 95, and a total of 167 runs, in the third Test at Lahore, and 65 at Dhaka where rioting caused the abandonment of the game."

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.

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.

External links

• Shafqat Rana at Cricket Archive