Ahsan-ul-Haq (16 July 1878 – died 29 December 1957) was an Indian cricketer. He was a hard-hitting right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium fast bowler.

Ahsan-ul-Haq
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 7
Runs scored 172
Batting average 21.50
100s/50s 1/0
Top score 100*
Balls bowled 90
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 October 2022

Born in Jullundur, Ahsan-ul-Haq went to England to study law where he played for Hampstead in club cricket. In June 1901, Haq scored 135 for Middlesex Second XI against Sussex Second XI.[1] In the next year, he played three first-class matches for Middlesex. But his official work restricted his appearances and he soon returned to India.[2]

At the age of 45 he captained the Muslims in the Lahore tournament of 1924. On what was his first appearance in a first-class match on Indian soil, he went in last against Sikhs and scored 100 not out in 40 minutes, adding 150 in an unbroken tenth-wicket partnership with Abdus Salaam. Excluding centuries made under contrived circumstances, it is the second-fastest hundred (in terms of minutes) ever made in first-class cricket.[3]

Haq was later involved in the creation of the Indian cricket board.[3]

References

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  • Mohandas Menon, Indians in English county and university cricket, ACSSI Cricket Yearbook, 1990–91
  1. ^ "Sussex Second XI v Middlesex Second XI". The Courier. 14 June 1901. Retrieved 13 November 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Chats on the Cricket Field - Mr. Ahsan-ul-Hak". Cricket Weekly. Vol. 21, no. 610. 7 August 1902. p. 321. Retrieved 14 June 2024 – via ACS.
  3. ^ a b "Player Profile: Ahsan-ul-Haq". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
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