Faqir Aizazuddin

Faqir Syed Aizazuddin (17 August 1935 – 8 May 2017), also known as Aizaz Faqir,Fakir Aizazuddin and S.A.V. Fakir, was a Pakistani cricketer.

Aizazuddin made his first-class debut during his five years of study at Cambridge University. In the 1957 season, when the university side was looking for opening batsmen, he was one of numerous batsmen tried in that position, but in five games he made only 61 runs and took one wicket with his leg-spin, and he lost his place.

When he returned to Pakistan he began playing for Khairpur, with one appearance in 1959–60. He captained Khairpur in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy in 1961–62, beginning the season by taking three wickets and top-scoring in each innings for Khairpur against Bahawalpur – 29 and 53 in a low-scoring match that Khairpur won by eight runs. It was Khairpur's first victory in first-class competition.

In January 1962 he was selected for a Combined XI of mostly young cricketers to play against the touring MCC in Bahawalpur. In a low-scoring match ruined by rain he made the second-top score of 20 in the Combined XI's total of 162. He then captained South Zone in two matches in the Ayub Trophy. In the first match his 4 for 36 played a part in victory over Pakistan Education Board, while in the second he scored his first century, 102, batting at number three in the second innings in a loss to Karachi.

Captaining the side again in Khairpur's three matches in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy in 1962–63, Aizazuddin made 89 (top score), 24 (top score), 31 (second-top score), 101 (top score in a two-wicket victory over Bahawalpur), 34 (second-top score) and 10. He toured England with the Pakistan Eaglets, a team of promising young players, in 1963, heading the first-class averages with 280 runs at 56.00, including 187 in an innings victory over Cambridge University, his highest first-class score, made in six hours.