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{{short description|Pakistani cricketer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Ahmed Mustafa
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|8|10|1944|3|7|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Karachi]], Pakistan
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
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| club2 = [[Khairpur cricket team|Khairpur]]
| year2 = 1959-60
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
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| best bowling1 = 3/15
| catches/stumpings1= 10/–
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/338953.html CricinfoESPNcricinfo
| date = 31 May 2016
| year = 2016
}}
'''Ahmed Mustafa''' (7 March 1944 – 10 August 2013) was a Pakistani [[cricket]]er in the 1950s and 1960s who later became a prominent coach. He was the younger player ever to play First-class cricket. At 10 years 352 days, Ahmed Mustafa was, wayofficially youngerat thanleast, anyonethe else to playyoungest-ever First[[first-class cricket]]er.<ref>[http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/when-10-year-old-ahmed-mustafa-made-his-first-class-debut-365328 "When 10-year-old Ahmed Mustafa made his first-class debut"]</ref>
==Playing career==
Mustafa was one of the schoolboys who made their [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debuts for [[Pakistan Combined Schools]] against the touring [[Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1954–55|Indian Test team]] in February 1955.<ref>{{cite web | url =httphttps://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21444.html| title = Pakistan Combined Schools v Indians 1954-55| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdateaccess-date = 31 May 2016}}</ref> Mustafa’sMustafa's stated birth date was 7 March 1944, which would have made him only 10 years old during the match, and the youngest first-class cricketer of all time, but in later life he revealed that he had been "actually about 15".<ref name="WCM">''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 2014, p. 191.</ref>
He played first-class cricket in Pakistan irregularly until 1969-701969–70, but his career was hampered by injuries sustained in a car accident.<ref name="WCM"/> He scored one century, 110 for [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi C]] against [[Sindh cricket team|Sind A]] in 1957-581957–58, when he added 165 for the fifth wicket with Salimuddin, one of his former team-matesteammates in the Pakistan Combined Schools team.<ref>{{cite web | url = httphttps://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22704.html| title = Karachi C v Sind A 1957-58| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdateaccess-date = 31 May 2016}}</ref> He toured the UK and Ireland with the [[Pakistan Eaglets]] in 1959, and opened the batting for the Karachi team that won the [[Ayub Trophy]] in 1964-651964–65.
==Coaching career==
Mustafa founded Pakistan’sPakistan's first cricket academy in 1987, the Cricket Coaching Centre in [[Karachi]]. With financial support from friends and with many past players willing to lend their services to coach, he provided free coaching to young players for overmore than 20 years until deteriorating health forced him to retire. He received the [[International Cricket Council|ICC]] Centenary Medal for volunteers in 2010. His pupils included the [[Test cricket|Test]] players [[Azam Khan (cricketer, born 1969)|Azam Khan]], [[Faisal Iqbal (cricketer)|Faisal Iqbal]] and [[Owais Shah]].<ref>{{cite news| work=Karachi Observer | first=Syed Khalid |last=Mahmood |accessdateaccess-date=1 June 2016| title=Well deserved ICC recognition for Ahmed Mustafa|url=http://karachiobserver.blog.com/2009/12/14/well-deserved-icc-recognition-for-ahmed-mustafa/|date=14 December 2009}}{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| work=Dawn| accessdateaccess-date=1 June 2016| title= CCC founder Ahmed Mustafa dies|url= http://www.dawn.com/news/1035258/ccc-founder-ahmed-mustufa-dies |date=12 August 2013}}</ref> In 2003 the [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] allowed the Cricket Coaching Centre to move to the [[National Stadium, Karachi]].<ref>{{cite news| work=Dawn| accessdateaccess-date=1 June 2016| title= PCB allows CCC coaching facilities at NSK|url= http://www.dawn.com/news/104194/pcb-allows-ccc-coaching-facilities-at-nsk|date=30 May 2003}}</ref>
==References==
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*[http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/when-10-year-old-ahmed-mustafa-made-his-first-class-debut-365328 "When 10-year-old Ahmed Mustafa made his first-class debut"]
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