a tall off-spinner, he had taken five wickets in a two-day match against the touring west indians in 1948-49, and 10 in another two-day match against the commonwealth xi in 1949-50. after his brief test career ended, he continued playing first-class cricket in pakistan until 1958-59, when at the age of 51, he took four wickets in his last match, playing for rawalpindi against peshawar. his best bowling figures came in a match for combined services at dacca in 1956-57, when he took 6 for 15 to dismiss east pakistan whites for 33.