Fazal Mahmood: Oval ka hero aur Pakistan ka pehla azeem bowler

Pakistan ko Test Cricket mein ibtidai kamyabiyan dilane walon ki fehrist banayi jaye to sab se oopar Fazal Mahmood (Fazal Mahmood) ka naam aata hai. Daraz qad, purkashish shakhsiyat aur gend ko dono taraf modne ke fan ne unhein pachas ki dahai ka ek mumtaz bowler bana diya. Bharat, England aur Australia ke khilaf Pakistan ki pehli Test fatuhat mein un ka kirdar markazi tha, aur 1954 mein London ke Oval (The Oval) maidan par un ki bowling aaj bhi Pakistani Cricket ki lok kahaniyon ka hissa hai.

Ibtidai zindagi aur Cricket ka aghaz

Fazal Mahmood 18 February 1927 ko Lahore mein paida hue. Unhon ne Islamia College Lahore mein Taleem hasil ki, jahan un ke walid muashiyat ke ustad aur college ke Cricket club ke sarbarah the. Walid ne bete ke liye subah savere uthne, meelon paidal chalne aur dourne ka sakht mamool muqarrar kiya, aur yahi mushaqqat aage chal kar un ki tawil bowling ki taqat bani².

Qiyam-e-Pakistan se pehle woh Ranji Trophy mein Northern India ki taraf se first class Cricket khel chuke the, aur un ki karkardagi aisi thi ke unhein 1947-48 mein Australia jane wali Hindustani team mein bhi muntakhab kiya gaya. Magar azadi ke baad unhon ne Pakistan ke sath rehne ka faisla kiya, aur phir naye mulk ko Test Cricket ka darja dilane ki koshishon mein un ki bowling ne aham kirdar ada kiya².

Fazal dayen hath se fast medium bowling karte the. Un ki asal taqat tez raftari nahin balke durust line o length, swing, aur leg cutter ka woh hathiyar tha jo mat ki wicketon par khas taur par khatarnak sabit hota tha.

Pehli series aur Lucknow ki fatah

16 October 1952 ko Delhi mein Pakistan ne apna pehla Test khela aur Fazal Mahmood is team ka hissa the. Apni pehli innings mein unhon ne 40 overs mein 92 runs de kar 2 wickets leen. Pakistan yeh match haar gaya, magar sirf ek hafte baad Lucknow mein halaat badal gaye. 23 October 1952 se shuru hone wale is Test mein Fazal ne Bharat ki doosri innings mein 42 runs ke awaz 7 wickets hasil kiye, jo un ke career ki behtareen innings bowling hai¹. Yeh Pakistan ki pehli Test fatah thi².

Oval 1954: ek yadgar din

1954 mein Pakistan pehli martaba England ke daure par gaya. Fazal is team ke naib captain the. Series ka aakhri Test 12 August 1954 ko Oval mein shuru hua, aur Pakistan is waqt series mein ek match se peechay tha. Fazal ne England ki pehli innings mein 30 overs mein 53 runs de kar 6 wickets leen. Doosri innings mein England ko jeet ke liye ek mamooli hadaf mila aur woh asani se manzil ki taraf barhta dikhayi de raha tha, magar Fazal ne ek bar phir 30 overs ka tawil spell kiya aur 46 runs ke awaz 6 wickets le kar mezban team ki batting bikher di. Yun match mein un ki wicketon ki tadad 12 ho gayi¹, Pakistan ne yeh Test jeet kar series barabar kar di, aur koi team England ke apne pehle hi daure par wahan Test jeetne mein kamyab hui².

Is karkardagi ke aitraf mein Wisden ne 1955 mein unhein saal ke behtareen cricketers mein shamil kiya, aur woh yeh azaz pane wale pehle Pakistani bane².

Karachi 1956 aur West Indies ka daura

October 1956 mein Australia ki team ek Test khelne Karachi aayi, jo Pakistan aur Australia ka pehla Test tha. 11 October ko shuru hone wale is match mein Fazal ne pehli innings mein 34 runs de kar 6 wickets aur doosri innings mein 80 runs de kar 7 wickets hasil kiye. Match mein 114 runs ke awaz 13 wickets un ke career ki behtareen match bowling hai¹, aur Pakistan ne yeh Test bhi jeet liya².

1958 ke West Indies daure mein batting ke liye sazgar wicketon par Fazal ko bohat zyada bowling karni padi. Isi daure mein 5 February 1958 ko Port of Spain mein unhon ne batting karte hue 60 runs banaye, jo un ka sab se bara Test score hai. March 1958 mein isi maidan par unhon ne pehli innings mein 83 runs de kar 6 wickets leen¹, aur is daure ke aakhri Test mein Pakistan ko fatah mili².

Captaini aur aakhri baras

Abdul Hafeez Kardar (Abdul Hafeez Kardar) ke baad Fazal Mahmood Pakistan ke captain bane aur 1959 se 1961 tak 10 Test matchon mein team ki qiyadat ki. Captaini ke dauran bhi un ki bowling ki dhaar kam nahin hui: in matchon mein unhon ne 41 wickets 19.14 ki average se hasil kiye. March 1959 mein West Indies ke khilaf Dhaka Test mein unhon ne pehli innings mein 34 runs de kar 6 aur doosri innings mein 66 runs de kar 6 wickets leen¹, aur Pakistan ne yeh match jeet kar series apne naam ki².

Un ka aakhri Test 16 August 1962 ko isi Oval maidan par England ke khilaf tha¹ jahan aath saal pehle unhon ne tareekh raqam ki thi.

Adad o shumar

Makhaz: ESPN Cricinfo Statsguru¹, adad International career ke hain.

Asar aur yadgar

Fazal Mahmood ne sirf 34 Test khele magar un mein 139 wickets hasil kiye, 13 martaba innings mein paanch ya zyada wickets leen aur 4 martaba match mein das ya zyada wickets hasil kiye¹. Yeh adad is baat ka saboot hain ke nauzaida Pakistani team un ki bowling ke sahare bari teemon ka muqabla karti rahi. Unhon ne baad mein aane wale Pakistani fast bowlers ke liye woh rasta khola jis par Sarfraz Nawaz, Imran Khan, Wasim Akram aur Waqar Younis jaise bowler chale.

Hukumat-e-Pakistan ne 1958 mein unhein sadarti tamgha-e-husn-e-karkardagi se nawaza, aur 2012 mein unhein baad az marg Hilal-e-Imtiaz diya gaya. Un ki khud nawisht "From Dusk to Dawn" ke naam se 2003 mein shaya hui. Fazal Mahmood 30 May 2005 ko Lahore mein intiqal kar gaye². Oval ki woh dopahar, jab ek nayi team ne Cricket ke ghar mein mezbanon ko hara diya, aaj bhi un ke naam ke sath yaad ki jati hai.