Munir Hussain

Who was Munir Hussain?

Munir Hussain was a cricket commentator, administrator, and journalist from Pakistan who also played a First-class cricket match for Kalat cricket team in 1969–70. He was the first who introduced Urdu commentary to cricket, and was the founder of the first Urdu cricket magazine, Akhbar-e-Watan. During the 1970s, Hussain commentated on the game for Pakistan Television and Radio Pakistan, and wrote weakly columns on cricket for the Daily Jang for many years. He received many accolades for his work for cricket. ESPNcricinfo writer Saad Shafqat described him as "a pioneering commentator, groundbreaking publisher, Karachi City Cricket Association mandarin, and sagacious elder presence in the nation's cricket circles".