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| Born | 10 August 1943 Simla, Punjab, British India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Azmat Rana (brother)[1] Shakoor Rana (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 46) | 24 October 1964 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 8 November 1969 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 October 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shafqat Rana (Punjabi, Urdu: شفقت رانا, born 10 August 1943) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played in five Test matches from 1964 to 1969.
Shafqat Rana was a right-handed batsman, strong on the drive and cut, who played five Tests in six years.[2] He made his highest Test score of 95 in the second Test against New Zealand in 1969, which was also the highest score by any batsman in the three-Test series. He also made 65 in the third Test.[3][4]
Rana made his first-class debut in 1959–60, and toured England with the Pakistan Eaglets in 1963. He toured Australia and New Zealand with the Pakistan team in 1964-65, scoring 182 runs at 18.20 and not playing in any of the Tests. He later toured England in 1971, scoring 228 runs at 17.53, also without playing a Test.[5]
He played his last first-class match in 1978–79. His highest score was 174 for Lahore against Sargodha in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1968-69 at Lahore, when he put on 330 for the fourth wicket with Waqar Ahmed.[6]
After retirement from cricket, Rana founded a cricket academy, now known as Shafqat Rana Club.[7]
- ^ "From Daud to Dar: | Sports | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk.
- ^ "Shafqat Rana". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ^ R. T. Brittenden, "New Zealand in India and Pakistan, 1969", Wisden 1971, pp. 850–64.
- ^ "New Zealand in Pakistan, 1969-70". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "Pakistan in England, 1971", Wisden 1972, pp. 295–318.
- ^ "Lahore v Sargodha 1968–69". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ^ Yaqoob, Mohammad (12 March 2021). "Shafqat Rana decides to fold up his club in protest of PCB's unfair move". DAWN.COM.