Frasat Ali Mughal (31 July 1949 – 13 October 2022) was a Pakistani-born cricketing all-rounder from Kenya[1] who played for the East African cricket team. He played in East Africa's inaugural One Day International against New Zealand, their first match of the 1975 World Cup. In that match, he made a score of 45, the highest ever by anybody from the East African cricket team. He played in all three of East Africa's matches in the World Cup, but did not take any wickets with his medium pacers.
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| Full name | Frasat Ali Mughal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 July 1949 Lahore, Punjab, Dominion of Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 October 2022 (aged 73) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 1) | 7 June 1975 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 14 June 1975 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 20 January 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
He died on 13 October 2022.[2]
Frasat Ali was the first player to open both the batting and the bowling in a One Day International, when he did it in the World Cup match against New Zealand.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Kenya's Greatest Cricket Club of the 60's and 80's". Coastweek. 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ "Frasat Ali profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Records | One-Day Internationals | All-round records | Opening the batting and bowling in the same match | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
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