Ebrahim Maka

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{{short description|Indian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Ebrahim Maka
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Ebrahim Suleman Maka
| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|03|05|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Daman, Daman and Diu|Daman]], [[Portuguese India]]
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|11|07|1922|03|05|df=yes}}
|death_place = [[Daman, Daman and Diu|Daman]], India
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role = Wicket-keeper
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Tests]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 2
| bat avg1 = -
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 2*
| deliveries1 = -
| wickets1 = -
| bowl avg1 = -
| fivefor1 = -
| tenfor1 = -
| best bowling1 = -
| catches/stumpings1= 2/1
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches2 = 34
| runs2 = 607
| bat avg2 = 15.56
| 100s/50s2 = 0/2
| top score2 = 66*
| deliveries2 = -
| wickets2 = -
| bowl avg2 = -
| fivefor2 = -
| tenfor2 = -
| best bowling2 = -
| catches/stumpings2= 58/27
| international = true
| country = Indian
| testdebutdate = 28 November
| testdebutyear = 1952
| testdebutagainst = Pakistan
| testcap = 67
| lasttestdate = 19 February
| lasttestyear = 1953
| lasttestagainst = West Indies
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/946/946.html
| date =
| year =
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'''{{audio|Ebrahim_Maka.ogg|Ebrahim Suleman Maka}}''' (5 March 1922 – 7 November 1994) was a [[wicket-keeper]] who represented [[Indian cricket team|India]] in [[Test cricket]]. He was born in [[Daman District, India|Daman]], at the time part of [[Portuguese India]].

Maka appeared at a time when the Indian cricket had many wicket-keepers of nearly the same class. His first appearance was in the fourth Test against [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]] in 1952-53. The selectors had already tried out [[Probir Sen]], [[Nana Joshi]] and [[Vijay Rajindernath]] as wicket-keepers in the previous Tests and Maka himself was replaced for the fifth Test.{{fact|date=December 2020}}

His other Test was in [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]] in the same season when he was understudy to Joshi. While batting he had two bones of his right hand broken by fast bowler [[Frank King (West Indian cricketer)|Frank King]]. [[Vijay Manjrekar]] substituted for him and effected a stumping.{{fact|date=December 2020}}

Maka came from a poor family. His father was a cargo ship captain who earned Rs.150 a month and had to take care of a family of ten which lived near [[Crawford Market]] in [[Mumbai|Bombay]].{{ref|PPC}}

==References==
* {{note|PPC}} Richard Cashman, ''Patrons, Players and the Crowd'' (1979), p. 93

==External links==
* [http://content.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/30908.html Cricinfo Profile]
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/946/946.html CricketArchive Profile]
* [http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/ebrahim-maka-stumper-whose-batting-held-him-back-113950 "Ebrahim Maka: Stumper whose batting held him back"]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maka, Ebrahim}}
[[Category:1922 births]]
[[Category:1994 deaths]]
[[Category:India Test cricketers]]
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[[Category:Mumbai cricketers]]
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[[Category:West Zone cricketers]]
[[Category:Associated Cement Company cricketers]]
[[Category:Gujarati people]]
[[Category:People from Daman district, India]]

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