Google pays tribute to Abdul Hafeez Kardar on 94th birth anniversary
Abdul Hafeez Kardar remained captain of Pakistan team from 1952 to 1957.
LAHORE (Agencies) - Search engine Google Thursday celebrated the legacy of Abdul Hafeez Kardar by dedicating a special doodle to a man who captained Pakistan s first Test team and is widely remembered as the father of Pakistani cricket.
The search engine has changed its logo on occasion of Kardar’s 94th birth anniversary. An image of a batsman playing a stroke on front foot has appeared on the searching site.
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Kardar received the Pride of Performance Award from the Government of Pakistan in 1958.
Abdul Hafeez Kardar was born 17th January 1925 in Lahore and educated at Islamia College, Lahore and University College, Oxford. He played domestic cricket for a variety of teams, including Oxford University, Northern India and Muslims. He was a left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler, scoring 6,832 runs and taking 344 wickets in first-class cricket. He averaged 29.83 in batting, and 24.55 in bowling.
He was one of the few players of his generation who played for India in Tests against England (1946 tour), and following the independence representing Pakistan. After the 1946 tour, he stayed in England and went to Oxford to enhance his reputation as an idiosyncratic and fearless cricketer.
Kardar captained Pakistan against all the Test playing nations of the day leading his team to victory against each of them. Kardar famous was the series-levelling victory achieved touring England in 1954 at The Oval. Kardar and his men also created history by winning the first-ever and only Test against Australia in Karachi in 1957.
Abdul Hafeez Kardar went into politics and served as the president of the Pakistan Cricket Board in the 1970s.
