Was surprised to know that Nawaz Sharif was a cricketer!

[KingKhanWC]

Nawaz Sharif's First Class Record

Full name Nawaz Sharif

Born December 25, 1949, Lahore

Current age 61 years 271 days

Major teams Pakistan Railways

Batting style Right-hand bat


Batting and fielding averages

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 4s 6s Ct St

FC 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nawaz Sharif was a right-hand batsman who made a duck in his only appearance for Railways against PIA in 1973-74. He later served two terms as Pakistan's prime minister, firstly between November 1990 and July 1993 and then from February 1997 to October 1999 when he was ousted by a coup led by General Pervez Musharraf. He was subsequently banned from holding public office for 21 years and exiled to Saudi Arabia.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/42259.html

I never knew about this so I thought I would share. Couldn't find a thread on it.


What went wrong? Anyone with more info on this career would be appreciated.


p.s mods please move to cricket if you think it is. I don't.

 

[batfirst]

Nawaz ganja was a flop in cricket and a flop in politics!

 

[talha3]

) is this for real?

Just checked and it is. I wonder what kind of batsman he was?

 

[KingKhanWC]

) is this for real?

Just checked and it is. I wonder what kind of batsman he was?

A politically correct technique.

 

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

Yeah, I have seen this before!

 

[Markhor]

Another talent wasted. If only PCB gave him a run of 10-15 games.

Nawaz Sharif was a right-hand batsman who made a duck in his only appearance for Railways against PIA in 1973-74. He later served two terms as Pakistan's prime minister, firstly between November 1990 and July 1993 and then from February 1997 to October 1999 when he was ousted by a coup led by General Pervez Musharraf. He was subsequently banned from holding public office for 21 years and exiled to Saudi Arabia.

I love how the writer of the article nonchalantly puts that in

 

[SIMBA]

Was he bowled by: Imran Khan for a duck??

 

[Mohsin]

Another example of the PCB ruining a youngsters career. No doubt he could have been a youngsta legend...

 

[WiiiCKET]

Talent Wasted

Nawaz > Imran, Miandad, Inzi

if PCB would have given him a chance, Pakistan would have been in peace since.

 

[anakwalajinn]

I demand a smiley!

Edit: There already is one

 

[Sledger]

I love how the writer of the article nonchalantly puts that in

I thought the same. ) As you do..

There was a thread on this a couple of years back, I couldn't find it either. Maybe it got delete for getting too political.

 

[Sakss]

)

nawaz couldve made it big,,,,zalim samaaj

 

[dell79]

You know Bradman was also out for a duck in his final game

 

[WiiiCKET]

Teenda Scored Duck on his ODI Debut


Legends are made my getting ducks.

 

[ahsan88]

He impressed in a charity match in Zimbabwe during his first tenure as PM.

Still got it.

 

[shahrukh619]

I wonder who got him out. Hope that bowler is ok

 

[SIMBA]

I wonder who got him out. Hope that bowler is ok

I am sure that: IMRAN Khan was playing that game and he got him out.

Hope some MOD can clarify this.

 

[A.M.]

he didnt make it big )

 

[Free Hit]

[utube]xUfmomZQSnQ[/utube]

 

[saj001]

He made his debut when he was CM of Punjab!against mighty Windies and opened the batting. Survived first ball (bouncer) , clean bowled on second.

 

[CORNERED-TIGER]

He made his debut when he was CM of Punjab!against mighty Windies and opened the batting. Survived first ball (bouncer) , clean bowled on second.

READ again ...bhai

Nawaz Sharif was a right-hand batsman who made a duck in his only appearance for Railways against PIA in 1973-74

 

[saj001]

READ again ...bhai

Nawaz Sharif was a right-hand batsman who made a duck in his only appearance for Railways against PIA in 1973-74

I read that in IK book.

 

[KingKhanWC]

READ again ...bhai

Nawaz Sharif was a right-hand batsman who made a duck in his only appearance for Railways against PIA in 1973-74

Knowing Sharif he probably fixed his own

 

[Black Zero]

I read that in IK book.

1973....Bhutto ruled Punjab and Sindh..

so no chance for Nawaz to be a CM at that time (who wasn't part of any political party then)

 

[saj001]

1973....Bhutto ruled Punjab and Sindh..

so no chance for Nawaz to be a CM at that time (who wasn't part of any political party then)

The match i'm talking about was in 80's.

 

[Black Zero]

as per above clip that was a side match against WI
and NS opened against WI and batted without any guard and helmet.

 

[saj001]

as per above clip that was a side match against WI
and NS opened against WI and batted without any guard and helmet.

He is lucky he is still alive .

 

[saj001]

as per above clip that was a side match against WI
and NS opened against WI and batted without any guard and helmet.

I dare SM to do the same.

 

[msb314]

You read this right!

Nawaz Sharif played a a grand total of one FC game for Pakistan Railways back in 1973 and was dismissed used for a duck.

Here is his profile.

http://m.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/42259.html

What is his funny is how his profile talks about his entire political career and almost nothing about cricket

 

[badsha001]

Not sure how true it is but I heard Nawaz Shirif was actually a decent batsman and scored lots of runs at Lahore Gymkhana while playing club cricket...

 

[ArsenalFC]

Imran Khan once mentioned they tried to stop him from batting because they feared for his safety since he was nowhere near the level required to be a professional, so it was to much relief to him that he got out without any scares.

Piers Morgan tried to do something similar more recently against Brett Lee and that was stupid as well because he was left with several bruises.

I think the only way Sharif managed to play in this game was via nepotism through the connections he had.

 

[Majid Khan]

Rumour has it that he was once clean bowled with middle stump cartwheeling but stood his ground and refused to walk, accusing the bowler (Imran K) and umpire (Saqib N) of 'saazish' behind that dismissal - he stood there demanding to know 'mujhe kyoon nikalaa' , must be the khalai makhlooq (aliens) sponsoring it all.

 

[Asch Ali]

I wonder if there is someone related to Nawaz Sharif playing cricket right now?