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Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer and author (d. 1996)

Abdul Hafeez Kardar (Urdu: عبد الحفیظ کاردار) pronunciation or Abdul Kardar (17 January 1925 – 21 April 1996) was a Pakistani cricketer, politician and diplomat. He was the first captain of the Pakistan Test cricket team. He is one of the only three players to have played Test cricket for both India and Pakistan, the other two being Amir Elahi and Gul Mohammad.He also served as the member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab and remained Punjab Minister for Food under the Bhutto government.He married an English woman, Helen Rosemary Hastilow, the daughter of the Warwickshire County Cricket Club chairman Cyril Hastilow and a Pakistani woman, Shahzadi, sister of Pakistani cricketer Zulfiqar Ahmed.He captained the Pakistan cricket team in its first 23 Test matches from 1952 to 1958 and was later the nation's leading cricket administrator. He is widely regarded as the father figure of Pakistan cricket. He received the Pride of Performance Award from the Government of Pakistan in 1958.