Duncan Sharpe
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Duncan Albert Sharpe is a former Pakistan
i cricket
er who played in three Tests
in 1959. Sharpe was an Anglo-Pakistani, therefore he was one of the few Christian players to play for Pakistan.
Sharpe made his Test debut against Australia
on 13 November 1959. He top scored for Pakistan in both innings, scoring 56 and 35. He was dropped for the next series and emigrated to Australia in 1960. He played Sheffield Shield cricket with South Australia alongside the likes of Gary Sobers.
Sharpe lives with his wife in Victoria, Australia.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played in three Tests
Test cricket
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in 1959. Sharpe was an Anglo-Pakistani, therefore he was one of the few Christian players to play for Pakistan.
Sharpe made his Test debut against Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
on 13 November 1959. He top scored for Pakistan in both innings, scoring 56 and 35. He was dropped for the next series and emigrated to Australia in 1960. He played Sheffield Shield cricket with South Australia alongside the likes of Gary Sobers.
Sharpe lives with his wife in Victoria, Australia.