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ALIM-UD-DIN. A STRAIGHT BAT - CRICKETING TIMES OF PAKISTAN OPENER FROM THOSE HALCYON DAYS

ALIM-UD-DIN. A STRAIGHT BAT - CRICKETING TIMES OF PAKISTAN OPENER FROM THOSE HALCYON DAYS

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Cricket biography of the Pakistani opening batsman who played in the historic Oval Test of 1954, when Pakistan beat England and so achieved their first Test victory.

8vo. 284pp. Dust-wrapper, very good. Signed by one of the authors (Mohammed Salim Parvez) to title-page.

Date
2014
Publisher
Lahore: Jumhoori Publications
Author
Dr. Khadim Hussain BALOCH, Mohammed Salim PARVEZ & Najum LATIF

£20.00 (Code: 100120)

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