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was used for political purposes, to disguise Pakistan's neglect of cricket in East Pakistan: "There was a club-level cricketer from Dhaka called Niaz Ahmed who was Pakistan's perennial 12th man for quite some time, the Pakistan Cricket Board attempting to give the entirely unconvincing impression
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that East Pakistan was on the verge of national representation. The fact was that no effort was made by the governments of Pakistan or by the cricket boards to promote cricket in East Pakistan."
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in 1971, this participation ended. An East Pakistan Governor's XI also played a first-class match against the touring International XI in 1961–62.
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hit the highest score for an East Pakistan team when he scored 215 in the victory over Hyderabad in 1962–63.
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East Pakistan also played first-class matches against the touring
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once, and a combined Hyderabad-Khairpur-Quetta team once.
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Most first-class matches in East Pakistan were played at
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East Pakistan Greens v East Pakistan Railways 1967-68
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The only East Pakistan player to be selected in the
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Index

History of cricket in Bangladesh
first-class cricket
East Pakistan
Pakistan
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
Ayub Trophy
Bangladesh
Wisden
West Pakistan
Hyderabad
Khairpur
Indians
MCC
List of East Pakistan first-class cricketers
Pakistan
Test
Niaz Ahmed
Abdul Latif
Shamim Kabir
Bangladesh
MCC
Javed Masood
Shaharyar Khan
Niaz Ahmed
Dacca Stadium
History of cricket in Pakistan from 1947 to 1970
Cricket in Bangladesh
Abdul Latif at Cricket Archive
East Pakistan Greens v Dacca University 1967-68
East Pakistan Greens v East Pakistan Railways 1967-68

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