Fazal G. Lakda:
1 min readFazal G. Lakda:
He was a skipper of the Karachi Bohra Gymkhana and also played for the Muslim Gymkhana. He was a deadly slow left handed spin bowler and a fast left handed hat. First selected to play for the Muslim in Sindh Pentangular Cricket Tournament in 1939 and came out with flying colours, by scoring 80 not out and taking 6 wickets. He stood first in batting and second in bowling average among all the five teams participated in Sind pentangular Cricket in 1939. He completed l000 runs and captured 100 wickets in the first class matches, being the first Muslim to achieve such a record. He played in the Ranji Trophy matches for the Sindh Team from 1939-42 and has also played important matches at Multan, Lahore, Amritsar, Delhi, Aligarh, Rajkot, jodhpur and Bombay with great success. In one of the matches outside Karachi, he had the distinction of having a bowling average of 1-0-0-4 wickets including a hat trick.
