Imtiaz Ahmed, a member of the country’s first Test team, died in a Lahore hospital on Saturday after a brief illness, his family said.
Imtiaz Ahmed, 88, featured in Pakistan’s first Test played in Delhi against India in October 1952 and went on to play 41 matches as a wicketkeeper-batsman of exceptional ability.
“He (Imtiaz) was suffering from chest infection and died early on Saturday,” a member of his family told local media.
He was known as an aggr¬essive batsman who had a variety of strokes, most notably the hook and the pull shot. He scored 2,079 Test runs for Pakistan with a car¬eer best of 209 against New Zealand in Lahore in 1955.
He put on 152 for the first wicket with the legendary Hanif Mohammad in the Bri-dgetown Test against West Indies in 1958, scoring 91.
His death means that middle-order batsman Waqar Hasan is now the only surviving member of the country’s first Test team.