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Khizer Hayat

Khizer Hayat
خضرحيات
Personal information
Born (1939-01-05) 5 January 1939 (age 78)
Lahore, Pakistan
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Leg-spin
Domestic team information
Years Team
1956 – 1957 Punjab A
1959 – 1968 Pakistan Railways
First-class debut 13 January 1957 Punjab A v Pakistan Railways
Last First-class 26 January 1968 Pakistan Railways v Karachi Blues
Umpiring information
Tests umpired 34 (1980–1996)
ODIs umpired 55 (1978–1996)
FC umpired 151 (1974–1997)
LA umpired 118 (1978–1997)
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 21
Runs scored 539
Batting average 22.45
100s/50s 1/2
Top score 121
Balls bowled 52
Wickets 0
Bowling average -
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 0-5
Catches/stumpings 15/3
Source: Cricket Archive, 25 August 2011

Khizer Hayat (Urdu: خضرحيات, born 5 January 1939) is a Pakistani former cricket player and umpire. He played first-class cricket for ten years before taking up umpiring and retired having officiated in 34 Test matches ("Tests") and 55 One Day International matches.

Hayat was born in Lahore, Punjab, when it was part of British India. His brother Sikander played three first-class matches for Lahore B cricket team in 1962–63.

Before becoming an umpire, Hayat played in 21 first-class matches. He played once for the Punjab A cricket team in January 1957, in the 1956/7 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy against Pakistan Railways, but failed to score a run in either innings. He then played for Pakistan Railways in January 1960, in their 1959/60 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy quarter-final match against Lahore, making small scores. He played twice for a combined Railways and Quetta team in January 1961, helping them to win the semi-final and final of the 1960/1 Ayub Trophy, scoring 52 not out in their winning first-innings score of 468 in the final. He played as wicket-keeper for Pakistan Railways from 1961 to 1965, scoring 121 against Pakistan Universities in December 1962, and bowling 10 balls against Karachi Blues in a losing match in March 1964. Ijaz Hussain took over as wicket-keeper in December 1964, and Hayat captained Pakistan Railways against the Sargodha cricket team, a combined Punjab University and Lahore Education Board team, and against Lahore Greens in 1964/5, making 58 in the latter match. He played for the Pakistan Railways Greens against Karachi University and Karachi Blues in April 1966, bowling a few overs in both matches. His last two matches were played for Pakistan Railways against Hyderabad and Karachi Blues in January 1968 under the captaincy of Arif Butt.


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