Anwar Hussain

Anwar Hussain Khokhar (16 July 1920 – 9 October 2002) (Urdu:انور حسین کھوکھر) was a Pakistani cricketer who was a member of Pakistan's first Test team in 1952.

Early life and family Born in Lahore, Khokhar was a cousin of another Pakistani cricketer Aslam Khokhar.

Career Khokhar played first-class cricket in Indian competitions from 1941 to 1947, and in Pakistan from 1947 to 1955. He faced the first ball bowled in first-class cricket in Pakistan when he opened the batting for Sind against West Punjab in December 1947.

His best first-class performances came when he captained Sind against the touring West Indians in 1948–49; he scored 12 and 81 and took 4 for 66 and 1 for 19 in the drawn match. He was selected to play in Pakistan's first representative match a week later against the West Indians, but with little success. He was a member of Pakistan's first touring team later that season, playing in both matches against Ceylon in Colombo. He also played one of the representative matches when Ceylon toured Pakistan in 1949-50. He announced his retirement from first-class cricket in November 1953 without citing a reason, although "power politics... in the cricket affairs" was speculated as the reason behind the decision.

Hussain died in Lahore on 9 October 2002 after suffering from liver cancer.