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maqsood ahmed

maqsood ahmed -lrb- 26 march 1925 in amritsar , india -- 4 january 1999 in rawalpindi , punjab -rrb- was a pakistani cricketer who played in 16 tests from 1952 to 1955 .
he was educated at islamia college , lahore .
maqsood ahmed was a useful all rounder in the first ever cricket team of pakistan .
before the creation of pakistan , he played for southern punjab in india , scoring 144 in his very first match .
an aggressive hitter of the ball , maqsood played a vital role in the recognition of pakistan as test playing nation when he made 137 against the visiting mcc in 1951-52 .
a right-handed middle-order batsman , maqsood was a hard hitter of the ball and is one of the test cricketers whose highest score was 99 , which he made in the third test against india in 1954-55 .
though a brilliant batsman , his performance in test matches was rather irregular because of his carefree attitude .
in england in 1952 he became the first pakistani to play as a professional cricketer .
the english press dubbed him `` merry max '' .
he played 16 test matches , scoring a total of 507 runs .
he was also a right-arm medium fast bowler with three wickets in test matches to his credit .
his first-class record is better , with 3815 runs in 85 matches between 1945 and 1964 , including six centuries .
he also took 124 wickets , with 7 for 39 and 6 for 44 against sargodha in 1962-63 his best bowling figures .
he was the leading bowler in the quaid-i-azam trophy in 1962-63 with 34 wickets at an average of 9.29 .
he captained karachi blues and rawalpindi in the quaid-i-azam trophy .
after retiring from cricket , maqsood ahmed worked as a commentator and sports journalist for ptv , bbc and radio pakistan .
he also served as the chief national cricket coach and coached many test stars including intikhab alam , asif iqbal , mushtaq mohammad , sadiq mohammad and majid khan .
he was the chairman of the national selection committee of the pakistan cricket board which selected the world cup winning team in 1991-92 .
from independence to the time of his death he was associated with cricket in pakistan and dedicated all his life and abilities for the promotion of pakistan cricket .
in recognition of his service one of the gates of the rawalpindi cricket stadium carries his name , `` maqsood ahmed enclosure '' and so does one of the benches at the bagh-e-jinnah cricket ground located inside the historic lahore gymkhana .
maqsood ahmed died on 4 january 1999 in rawalpindi .
