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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Abdul Aziz
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| country = India/Pakistan
| fullname = Abdul Aziz Durrani
| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|8|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Emirate of Afghanistan]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1979|1|1|1905|8|15|df=yes}}
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| nickname = Master Aziz<ref name="WT1"/>
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| batting = Right-hand bat
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| role = [[Wicket-keeper]]
| family = [[Salim Durani]] (son)
| club1 = [[Sind cricket team|Sind]]
| year1 = 1932–1936
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| club2 = [[Nawanagar cricket team|Nawanagar]]
| year2 = 1936–1938
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| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 19
| runs1 = 394
| bat avg1 = 14.59
| 100s/50s1 = 0/3
| top score1 = 89
| deliveries1 = 0
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = 0
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| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 23/11
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26338.html ESPNcricinfo
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'''Abdul Aziz Durrani''' (15 August 1905 – 1 January 1979), also known as '''Master Abdul Aziz''', was an Afghan-born cricket coach and [[First-class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]]er.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/740452-forgotten-great|title=Forgotten Great | Sports | thenews.com.pk|website=www.thenews.com.pk}}</ref> He played as a [[wicket-keeper]] and batsman for [[Sind cricket team|Sind]] and [[Nawanagar cricket team|Nawanagar]] in the [[Ranji Trophy]]. He was the father of India [[Test cricket|Test]] cricketer [[Salim Durani]].<ref>{{CricketArchive|ref=Archive/Players/11/11447/11447|name=Abdul Aziz}}</ref>

== Career ==
News of Aziz's skills as a cricketer spread as he travelled to India from Afghanistan to play. He was a part of the [[India national cricket team|Indian team]] that played two unofficial [[Test cricket|Tests]] against the [[Australian cricket team in Ceylon and India in 1935–36|visiting Australian side in 1935–36]]. After the passing of [[Jam Sahib]] [[Ranjitsinhji]], his successor, in rebuilding the team, included Aziz in the [[Saurashtra cricket team|Nawanagar team]] that played in the Ranji Trophy alongside bowlers such as [[Amar Singh (cricketer)|Amar Singh]], [[Mubarak Ali (cricketer)|Mubarak Ali]] and [[Shute Banerjee]]. Impressed by his wicket-keeping and batting performances for Nawanagar in their tour of Karachi in 1935, he was offered a job as a [[sub-inspector]] by the then Jam Sahib [[Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji]], which was when the former's family settled in Jamnagar.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bezbaruah|first1=Ajit|title=Durani, an enigma mired in controversy|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/india-in-australia/top-stories/Durani-an-enigma-mired-in-controversy/articleshow/8670437.cms|accessdate=25 July 2017|work=The Times of India|date=1 June 2011}}</ref> With Nawanagar, Aziz won the [[1936–37 Ranji Trophy|third season]] of the Ranji Trophy, in 1936–37.<ref name="th1">{{cite news|last1=Guja|first1=Ramachandra|authorlink1=Ramachandra Guha|title=A man from Kabul|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/09/02/stories/13020785.htm|accessdate=25 July 2017|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2 September 2001}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

After [[Partition of India|India's partition in 1947]], Aziz moved to [[Pakistan]], while his family stayed in Jamnagar. Once there, he began his career as a coach, working in the [[Sindh Madressatul Islam University|Sindh Madrassah School]] in [[Karachi]]. Future Pakistan national cricketer [[Hanif Mohammad]] was his student there.<ref name="WT1">{{cite book|last1=Oborne|first1=Peter|authorlink1=Peter Oborne|title=Wounded Tiger: A History of Cricket in Pakistan|date=2015|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|isbn=9781849832489|page=147|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EXXGBwAAQBAJ|accessdate=25 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="th1"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Obituary: Hanif Mohammed|url=http://www.wisdenindia.com/wisden-india-almanack-2017/obituary-hanif-mohammed/256699|accessdate=25 July 2017|work=Wisden|date=8 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810220714/http://www.wisdenindia.com/wisden-india-almanack-2017/obituary-hanif-mohammed/256699|archive-date=10 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ahmed|first1=Qamar|title=TRIBUTE: Hanif Mohammad — a genius of our time|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1277237/tribute-hanif-mohammad-a-genius-of-our-time|accessdate=25 July 2017|work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|date=13 August 2016}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=26338}}
* {{CricketArchive|id=11447}}

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[[Category:1905 births]]
[[Category:1979 deaths]]
[[Category:Afghan emigrants to India]]
[[Category:Pakistani people of Afghan descent]]
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]
[[Category:Pakistani cricket coaches]]

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