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Karachi Education Board cricket team

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The Karachi Education Board cricket team was a first-class cricket team based in Karachi, Pakistan. The team played a single first-class match in the Ayub Trophy in November 1964 against Hyderabad at the National Stadium, Karachi.[1] The team won the toss and batted first, making 253 all out, during which Akhtar Sadiq top–scored with 53. Hyderabad were then dismissed for 255 in their first-innings, with Vakil Tatari claiming the best bowling figures with 4/65. Responding in their second-innings, the team made 129/4 declared, with Aftab Ahmed top-scoring in the innings with 60. Hyderabad then reached 61/5 in their second-innings, with Tatari and Sadiq each taking two wickets. At this point the match was declared a draw.[2] Of the starting eleven, only Tariq Javed would go on to play international cricket, with him playing in One Day Internationals for Canada.

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  1. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Karachi Education Board". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Karachi Education Board v Hyderabad, 1964/65 Ayub Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
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