Abdur Rehman (cricketer, born 1917)

Sheikh Abdur Rehman (15 December 1917 – 22 October 2000) was a Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket in British India from 1937 to 1941 and in Pakistan from 1948 to 1960.

Abdur Rehman

Personal information
Full name	Sheikh Abdur Rehman
Born	(1917-12-15)15 December 1917 Amritsar, British India
Died	22 October 2000(2000-10-22) (aged 82) Lahore, Pakistan
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Batsman, wicketkeeper
Relations	Fazal-ur-Rehman (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1936-37 to 1941-42	Southern Punjab
1953-54 to 1960-61	Combined Services
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 27 Runs scored 795 Batting average 17.28 100s/50s 1/4 Top score 108 Balls bowled 390 Wickets 5 Bowling average 37.40 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 1/4 Catches/stumpings 15/9
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 November 2018

Abdur Rehman played as a wicketkeeper for Southern Punjab in the Ranji Trophy from 1936–37 to 1941–42.^[1] Later, in Pakistan, he played as a batsman and occasional pace bowler.

He scored one of the first centuries in Pakistani first-class cricket when he made 108 opening the batting for the Punjab Governor's XI against Punjab University in 1948–49.^[2] A few days later he was a member of Pakistan's first tour when they visited Ceylon, but he did not play in the international matches on the tour.^[1]

He scored 48 and 89 when Combined Services beat Karachi in the first round of the inaugural Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1953–54.^[3] He continued to play for Combined Services until 1960–61.^[1]

Abdur Rehman umpired three first-class matches in Pakistan between 1968 and 1971.^[4] His much younger brother Fazal-ur-Rehman played Test cricket for Pakistan in 1958.^{[citation needed]}