Combined Services (Pakistan) cricket team

Combined Services (Pakistan) cricket team were a first-class cricket team for members of the Pakistan Armed Forces. They competed in Pakistan's first-class tournaments between 1953-54 and 1978-79.

Combined Services were one of the seven teams that competed in the first season of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy in 1953-54. They dominated their first match, against Karachi, Mohammed Ghazali scoring 160. In their second match their total of 405 was not enough to secure a first-innings lead against Bahawalpur, who proceeded to the finals and won the trophy. Combined Services then made a short tour of India and Ceylon, where they won the only first-class match, against the Ceylon Cricket Association.

They played a match against the touring Indians in 1954-55, losing by an innings. They were more successful in that season's Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, reaching the final, where they lost by nine wickets to Karachi, for whom the Mohammad brothers Wazir, Hanif and Raees, all scored centuries. They drew a match against the touring MCC in 1955-56, Shujauddin making 147 and taking 6 for 71.

Combined Services easily won their first two matches in 1956-57, against East Pakistan Greens and East Pakistan Whites in Dacca. When they dismissed East Pakistan Whites for 33, Miran Bux took 6 for 15. They were in turn beaten by an innings by Punjab, Fazal Mahmood taking 6 for 33 and 9 for 43 and top-scoring with 91.

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