A leg-spin bowler for the Pakistan Railways team, he achieved some remarkable figures in domestic first-class cricket.
In his third match, playing for Railways against Quetta in a quarter-final of the 1962-63 Ayub Trophy, he took 5 for 29 and 4 for 32 in an innings victory.
[1] He began the 1964–65 season by taking 5 for 122 and 3 for 35 in a friendly match for Railways against a strong Pakistan XI.
In the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1972-73 he took 6 for 27 and 3 for 18 against North-West Frontier Province,[12] then in the final against Sind he took 7 for 41 and 2 for 46 in an innings victory.
[15] Later in the season, in the final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy against Sind he took 3 for 47 and 3 for 29 and Railways won by 274 runs.