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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Afaq Hussain<br />
| image = <br />
| caption =<br />
|birth_date = {{birth date|1939|12|31|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Lucknow]], [[British India]]<br>(now [[India]])<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|2002|2|25|1939|12|31|df=y}}<br />
|death_place = [[Karachi]], Pakistan<br />
| batting = Right-hand bat<br />
| bowling = Right-arm offbreak<br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Tests]]<br />
| matches1 = 2<br />
| runs1 = 66<br />
| bat avg1 = -<br />
| 100s/50s1 = -/-<br />
| top score1 = 35*<br />
| deliveries1 = 240<br />
| wickets1 = 1<br />
| bowl avg1 = 106.00<br />
| fivefor1 = -<br />
| tenfor1 = -<br />
| best bowling1 = 1/40<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 2/-<br />
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches2 = 67 <br />
| runs2 = 1448<br />
| bat avg2 = 24.54<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 1/5<br />
| top score2 = 122*<br />
| deliveries2 = 9301<br />
| wickets2 = 214<br />
| bowl avg2 = 19.42<br />
| fivefor2 = 14<br />
| tenfor2 = 5<br />
| best bowling2 = 8/108<br />
| catches/stumpings2= 52/-<br />
| international = true<br />
| country = Pakistan<br />
| testdebutfor =<br />
| testdebutagainst = England<br />
| testdebutdate = 21 October<br />
| testdebutyear = 1961<br />
| lasttestdate = 4 December<br />
| lasttestfor =<br />
| lasttestagainst = Australia<br />
| lasttestyear = 1964<br />
| testcap = 38<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38975.html Cricinfo<br />
| date = 7 May<br />
| year = 2014<br />
}}<br />
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'''Afaq Hussain''' ({{lang-ur|آفاق حسین}}) (31 December 1939, [[Lucknow]], [[British India]] &ndash; 25 February 2002, [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]]) was a Pakistani [[cricket]]er who played in two [[Test cricket|Tests]] from 1961 to 1964.<ref name="Beard">{{cite book |title=Ask Bearders |last=Frindall |first=Bill |author-link=Bill Frindall |year=2009 |publisher=BBC Books|isbn=978-1-84607-880-4 |pages=24–25}}</ref><br />
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Afaq Hussain holds a unique record in Test cricket, having scored the most Test runs (66) without being dismissed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29889780/who-holds-record-most-runs-tests-being-dismissed? |title=Who holds the record for most runs in Tests without being dismissed? |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=15 September 2020}}</ref> He scored 10* and 35* against [[England cricket team|England]] at [[Gaddafi Stadium|Lahore]] in October 1961, and 8* and 13* against [[Australia cricket team|Australia]] at [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|Melbourne]] in December 1964.<ref name="Beard"/><br />
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He toured England with the Pakistan team in 1962, and again in 1963 with the [[Pakistan Eaglets cricket team|Pakistan Eaglets]], and was part of the Pakistan team that toured Australia and New Zealand in 1964–65.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}}<br />
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An "quickish" off-spin bowler<ref>''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 2003, p. 1613.</ref> and useful lower-order batsman, Hussain played for various [[first-class cricket|first-class]] teams in Pakistan between 1957 and 1974. His best bowling figures were 8 for 108 for [[Karachi University cricket team|Karachi University]] against a combined Railways and Quetta side in 1960–61.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/24/24596.html Karachi University v Railways and Quetta 1960-61]</ref> His highest score was 122 not out for [[Pakistan International Airlines cricket team|Pakistan International Airlines]] against [[Lahore cricket teams|Lahore B]] in 1969–70.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30480.html Lahore B v Pakistan International Airlines 1969-70]</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1155/1155.html Afaq Hussain at CricketArchive]<br />
* {{Cricinfo|id=38975}}<br />
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