Antao D'Souza

Antao D'Souza
Personal information
Full name	Antao D'Souza
Born	17 January 1939 (age 85); Nagoa, Goa, British India; (now India)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium; Right-arm off-break
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Pakistan;
Test debut (cap 29)	20 February 1959 v West Indies
Last Test	20 August 1962 v England
Career statistics
	Source: Cricinfo, 29 October 2012

Antao D'Souza (born January 17, 1939) is a former cricketer who played in six Tests for the Pakistan cricket team, from 1959 to 1962. He was the second (out of four) Christian to play Test cricket for Pakistan.^[1] He was a medium pace bowler and obdurate tail-end batsman.

Born and raised in Nagoa, Salcete, Goa (at the time part of Portuguese India), D'Souza's father emigrated to Karachi, Pakistan, at the time of independence in 1947, where D'Souza attended St Patrick's High School.^[2] His brothers, Marshall and Paul D'Souza, also played first-class cricket.

D'Souza toured England in 1962, heading the batting averages (53) as he remained not out in five of his six innings. His bowling was as ineffective as everyone else on that tour, which Pakistan lost 0–4. Domestically, D'Souza played for Pakistan International Airlines, Karachi Blues, Karachi, and Peshawar.^[3]

Given a minimum of ten innings, D'Souza is one of only two Test cricketers whose batting averages exceeded their highest score.^[4] The other was the Indian cricketer Sadashiv Shinde.^[4]

In 1999, D'Souza emigrated with his wife and four children to Ontario, Canada.^[2]

References

^ Wisden. Engel, Matthew (ed.). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 132nd edition (1995 ed.). London: John Wisden & Co Ltd. p. 1388.
^ ^a ^b Dias, Jude (2011) Goan who Shone on the International Cricket Arena Archived January 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine – Navhind Times online. Published April 17, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
^ Teams Antao D'Souza played for – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
^ ^a ^b Frindall, Bill (2009). Ask Bearders. BBC Books. pp. 91–92. ISBN 978-1-84607-880-4. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |coauthors= (help)

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[1] Wisden. Engel, Matthew (ed.). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 132nd edition (1995 ed.). London: John Wisden & Co Ltd. p. 1388.

[navhind-2] Dias, Jude (2011) Goan who Shone on the International Cricket Arena Archived January 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine – Navhind Times online. Published April 17, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2012.

[3] Teams Antao D'Souza played for – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 October 2012.

[Beard-4] Frindall, Bill (2009). Ask Bearders. BBC Books. pp. 91–92. ISBN 978-1-84607-880-4. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |coauthors= (help)

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