A stocky right-hand opener, he was often proved to be a reliable and effective batsman. He toured England in 1971, coming second in the averages with 1154 runs at 41.16. He was one of those batsmen who was unable to repeat his success in first-class cricket on a higher stage - his Test-best was 33 in six Tests. In 1968-69 he became the first player to appear in first-class cricket while on bail for political activities. Such was his following as a student leader that it was said that Pakistan officials did not dare to play the Lahore Test without him in the team.
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Aftab Gul Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	6s	Ct
Tests	6	8	0	182	33	22.75	0	0	0	3
FC	101	175	7	6179	140	36.77	11	42	-	47
List A	9	9	1	477	107	59.62	3	1	-	1

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w
Tests	6	1	6	4	0	-	-	-	4.00	-	0
FC	101	-	733	483	14	2/20	-	34.50	3.95	52.3	-
List A	9	-	80	92	3	2/75	2/75	30.66	6.90	26.6	0

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Recent Matches of Aftab Gul

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
Lahore A vs Pak Univ	0 & 15	1/21	11-Dec-1973	Lahore	FC
Lahore A vs Bahawalpur	33	--	06-Dec-1973	Lahore	FC
Lahore A vs Multan	10 & 66	--	30-Nov-1973	Lahore	FC
Pakistan vs England	27 & 18	--	08-Jul-1971	Leeds	Test # 689
Pakistanis vs Derbyshire	53 & 77*	--	03-Jul-1971	Chesterfield	FC