15 Facts About Dilawar Hussain

Dilawar Hussain was a Pakistani administrator and cricketer.

Dilawar Hussain played for India national cricket team as a Test cricketer in the 1930s.

Dilawar Hussain was hit on the head by a delivery from Morris Nichols and retired.

Dilawar Hussain returned with a bandage over his head, and was hit on the thumb by Nobby Clark, but top scored with 59.

Dilawar Hussain made 57 in the second innings and is one of the few Test cricketers to top-score in both innings on debut.

Dilawar Hussain had started his first-class career making 64 and 112 in his first match.

Dilawar Hussain was a tall and bulky person with a prominent stomach and invariably played with a clean shaven head without any hat or cap or any kind of headgear.

Dilawar Hussain always wore very loose pants and after batting for a while or keeping wicket for sometime his shirt will be hanging out of the trousers and somebody must tuck it in, now and then.

Dilawar Hussain had a rather ugly and uncouth stance at the wicket as he held his bat very low and bent his body forward so much that his head was practically in line with the top of the wickets.

Those who watched him from the on side could only see his prominent hind portion of the body sticking up while the head, bat and the rest of Dilawar Hussain were hardly visible.

Dilawar Hussain was the most selfish batsman that I have ever seen.

Dilawar Hussain played first-class cricket in India from 1925 to 1941, with a gap between 1935 and 1938 while he was studying at Cambridge.

Dilawar Hussain took a doctorate in Philosophy and was a double MA degree holder.

Dilawar Hussain served as the Principal of the Government College, London, and the Muslim Anglo-Oriental College in Lahore.

Dilawar Hussain was a founder member of the Cricket Control Board in Pakistan and a selector.