Aftab Baloch interviewed by Peter Oborne and Richard Heller

Reference

MCC/AAL/3/233/5

Level of description

item

Extent

1 hour 6 minutes 33 seconds

Part of

Peter Oborne and Richard Heller Wounded Tiger Interviews (MCC/AAL/3/233)

Scope and Content

Aftab Baloch, cricketer, interviewed by Peter Oborne and Richard Heller with a man named Afsal as a guest. The recording consists of 1 track.

Track 1: [0:00-0:37] The interviewers and subjects talk about an unnamed Pakistani wicketkeeper, [0:38-2:57] Baloch talks about always staying in hotel room no.428 during the 1974 tour of England due to scoring that many runs in a match for Sind and getting 500 rupees as a reward for the innings, [2:14-4:34] Baloch talks about achieving the record of highest amount of runs actually run in an innings, [4:35-6:09] Baloch talks about his father and his family heritage being horse breeders from Balochistan, [6:10-6:22] Oborne orders drink, [6:23-7:18] Baloch talks about his family settling in India, [7:19-8:31] Baloch talks about the Maharaja of Bahawalpur being a promoter of cricket, being friends his father and his father’s career, [8:32-10:16] Oborne and Baloch talk about Baloch's father playing in the final of the 1944 Bombay Pentangular Tournament, [10:17-12:39] Baloch talks about his family's partition experience and his father playing in the first ever first-class match in Pakistan, [12:40-13:47] Baloch talks about what his father working for the trademark office in Karachi and being around to watch Baloch's career, [13:48-15:10] Baloch talks about the school he went to and learning to play cricket from his father, [15:11-15:48] Baloch talks about a coach named Master Aziz, [15:49-16:33] Baloch talks about making his international debut as a 16 year old, [16:34-18:53] Baloch talks about making his debut in 1969 Test against New Zealand in Dhaka and Intikhab Alam eventually being made captain, [18:54-22:26] Baloch talks about the pro-Bangladesh crowd in his debut game and a batsman (Abdur Raqib Ali ?) having a Bangladesh sticker on his bat, [22:27-23:29] Baloch talks about how much he was paid for his debut Test match and accommodation provided in Dhaka, [23:30-24:20] Afsal talks about Baloch's father playing his last match in India, [24:21-25:50] Oborne and Baloch talk about making his debut at sixteen and then having to wait until 1970 for next international appearance, [25:51-27:01] Baloch talks about captaining Karachi Blues as a teenager, [27:02-28:00] Baloch talks about small for crowds for the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy matches and only being paid in expenses, [28:01-28:50] Baloch talks about the only available media fans were newspapers and what coverage was like, [28:51-29:09] Baloch talks about playing at his peak in the mid-1970's, [29:10-30:13] Baloch talks about playing for and winning trophies with National Bank, [30:14-31:44] Baloch talks about not actually doing any work for National Bank, and Wallis Matthias, [31:45-33:57] Baloch talks about attendances for National Bank and difference with province matches, [33:58-35:28] Baloch talks about how some players actually worked for the banks they played for, [35:29-39:23] Baloch talks about a one-sided nature between bank and province teams and a desire for province teams to have first-class status, [39:24-40:55] Baloch talks about how crowds built up during his innings of 428, Hanif Mohammad being there to see it and getting out caught and bowled, [40:56-42:23] Heller talks about Bill Ponsford getting out on 352 and discusses players who have made 400 runs in an innings, [42:24-43:57] Baloch talks about wanting to meet Graeme Hick at an airport but failing to do so, [43:58-46:18] Baloch talks about being the reserve wicket keeper on the 1974 Pakistan tour of England and replacing the New Zealand wicketkeeper for a few overs on his debut, [46:19-48:15] Baloch talks about not playing in many matches on the 1974 tour, [48:16-48:56] Baloch talks about being selected for his second Test against West Indies in 1975, [48:57-50:15] Baloch talks about people briefing against him to Kardar, [50:16-52:10] Baloch talks about Lancashire League cricket for Rishton, [52:11-52:39] Baloch talks about his father's bowling, [52:40-52:59] Baloch talks about being a coach for Pakistan for one year, [53:00-53:25] another gentleman joins the group, [53:26-55:23] Baloch talks about being a coach and selector and the politics around the roles (the other two gentlemen talk loudly in background until the end of the recording), [55:24-57:28] Baloch talks about the scouting and selection of players and failure to develop them, [57:29-1:01:11] Baloch talks about women's cricket in Pakistan and how it has grown, [1:01:12-1:01:48] Baloch and Heller don’t talk, [1:01:49-1:02:50] Baloch talks about playing well against visiting touring teams and his domestic career, [1:02:51-1:05:41] Heller and Baloch talks about Mohammad Akram who only scored 2 in the 428 match but was brought on to bowl so he could take a wicket and the scores of the match, [1:05:42-1:06:33] Baloch talks about captaining Javed Miandad.

Associations

Zafar Altaf
Peter Oborne
Aftab Baloch
National Bank Cricket Club
Graeme Ashley Hick
Rishton Cricket Club

Subject

Pakistan Cricket, Pakistan cricketers, cricket in Pakistan, Bombay Pentangular Tournament, Indian Partition, Pakistan in England 1974, attendances, Quaid-E-Azam Trophy, wicket keeper, Lancashire League

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English, 6574, , , , , , , , ,

Size

1 hour 6 minutes 33 seconds

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