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{{short description|Indian cricketer}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Eddie Aibara
| image =
| country = India
| fullname = Edulji Bujorji Aibara
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|4|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|11|7|1914|4|25|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Secunderabad]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
| family = [[Sorabji Mehta]] (uncle)<br/>[[Naushir Mehta]] (cousin)<ref name="death"/>
| batting = Right-handed batsman
| bowling =
| role = [[Batsman]]
| club1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1934–1959}}
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 71
| runs1 = 3,819
| bat avg1 = 36.72
| 100s/50s1 = 9/18
| top score1 = 144[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 116
| wickets1 = 2
| bowl avg1 = 39.50
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 1/5
| catches/stumpings1 = 15/0
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26647.html ESPNcricinfo
}}
'''Edulji Bujorji 'Eddie' Aibara''' (25 April 1914 – 7 November 2000) was an Indian [[first-class cricket]]er who played for [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] in the [[Ranji Trophy]].

Although most of his first-class games were for Hyderabad (51), Aibara represented several additional sides, the other twenty being divided mostly between the [[Parsees cricket team]] and [[South Zone cricket team|South Zone]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/38/38065/f_Batting_by_Team.html| title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Edulji Aibara| publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>

Aibara was a right-handed middle order batsman and often captained Hyderabad. He played a part in both of Hyderabad's two Ranji Trophy wins despite them being 50 years apart, as a player in [[1937–38 Ranji Trophy|1937–38]] where he scored the match winning hundred and as coach in [[1986–87 Ranji Trophy|1986–87]]. His effort in the 1937–38 Final against Nawanagar is what he is best remembered for, his innings of 137 not out came in a game where the next highest score by a player from either team was 67 and it was his maiden first-class hundred. Hyderabad had been dismissed for just 113 in their first innings and were set the task of chasing 310 to win in the fourth innings. Aibara came into bat with his side at 3 for 67 and guided Hyderabad home with just one wicket to spare.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16507.html| title=Hyderabad v Nawanagar Ranji Trophy Final 1937/38| publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>

He retired in 1959 after making 2849 runs at 38.50 for Hyderabad with nine hundreds. The highest of those was an unbeaten 144 which he made as captain in a win against Central Provinces and Berar in 1949/50.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19134.html| title=Hyderabad v Central Provinces and Berar 1949/50| publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>

Aibara died at the age of 86 in 2000 after he had a fall on the way to a coaching clinic in Vijayawada and his health deteriorated in the following months before he slipped into a coma from which he would never wake.<ref name="death">{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2000/11/08/stories/0708096c.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]| title=Eddie Aibara passes away|date = 8 November 2000}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=26647}}
* {{Cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/38/38065/38065|name=Edulji Aibara}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aibara, Edulji}}
[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:2000 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]
[[Category:Hyderabad cricketers]]
[[Category:Parsees cricketers]]
[[Category:South Zone cricketers]]

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