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{{short description|Indian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Ghulam Guard
| image = Ghulam guard 1.jpg
| caption =
| batting = Right-hand bat
| bowling = Left-arm fast-medium
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Tests]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 11
| bat avg1 = 5.50
| 100s/50s1 = -/-
| top score1 = 7
| deliveries1 = 396
| wickets1 = 3
| bowl avg1 = 60.66
| fivefor1 = -
| tenfor1 = -
| best bowling1 = 2/69
| catches/stumpings1= 2/-
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches2 = 41
| runs2 = 238
| bat avg2 = 11.90
| 100s/50s2 = -/-
| top score2 = 26
| deliveries2 = 5920
| wickets2 = 124
| bowl avg2 = 20.53
| fivefor2 = 9
| tenfor2 = -
| best bowling2 = 6/46
| catches/stumpings2= 13/-
| international = true
| country = Indian
| testdebutfor =
| testdebutagainst =
| testdebutdate = 28 November
| testdebutyear = 1958
| lasttestdate = 1 January
| lasttestfor =
| lasttestagainst =
| lasttestyear = 1960
| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28861.html
| date =
| year =
}}

'''Ghulam Mustafa Guard''' {{audio|Ghulam_Guard.ogg|pronunciation}} (12 December 1925, [[Surat]], [[Gujarat]] – 13 March 1978, [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]]) was an [[India]]n [[cricket]]er who played in two [[Test cricket|Tests]] from 1958 to 1960.

Ghulam Guard, 'a tall, high-shouldered man, who shuffled up to the wicket in twelve steps and ran the ball away from the right-handed batsmen at distinctly above medium pace, especially when fresh',<ref>Sujit Mukherjee, ''Playing for India'', Orient Longman (1988), p.62</ref> was the first left-hander to open the bowling for India. At 6' 3", he was the tallest cricketer to play for India between [[Ladha Ramji]] in the 1930s and [[Abey Kuruvilla]] in the nineties. Guard bowled successfully in Indian domestic cricket for [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] and [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]] for more than 15 years from 1946-47.

But he was almost 33 before he was picked for his first Test appearance, the first match against [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]] at Bombay (Mumbai) in 1958-59. He took three good wickets – [[John Holt (Jr)]], [[Conrad Hunte]], and [[Gary Sobers]] – but was dropped for the rest of the series, and did not tour England in 1959.

Guard reappeared in the third Test against [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] in 1959-60, also at Bombay (Mumbai), but failed to take a single wicket and was again dropped. That season, his wickets, allied to a strong batting line-up, were instrumental in Bombay's winning of the [[Ranji Trophy]], and he took nine wickets for 135 runs against [[Karnataka cricket team|Mysore]] in the trophy final. He took 31 wickets in the season at an average of 15.

He went on to become the Superintendent of Police in Gujarat.<ref>Richard Cashman, ''Patrons, players and the crowd'', Orient Longman (1980), p.179</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28861.html Cricinfo profile]
* [http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/1/1085/1085.html Cricketarchive profile]

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