Wallis Mathias
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| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | Pakistani | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | First-class | ||
| Matches | 21 | 146 | ||
| Runs scored | 783 | 7520 | ||
| Batting average | 23.72 | 44.49 | ||
| 100s/50s | -/3 | 16/- | ||
| Top score | 77 | 278* | ||
| Balls bowled | 24 | 1090 | ||
| Wickets | - | 13 | ||
| Bowling average | - | 40.92 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - | ||
| 10 wickets in match | - | - | ||
| Best bowling | - | 2/4 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 22/- | 130/- | ||
| Source: [1], | ||||
Wallis Mathias (February 4, 1935, Karachi – September 1, 1994, Karachi) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 21 Tests from 1955 to 1962. He was the first non-Muslim cricketer to play for Pakistan.
Mathias was a right-handed middle order batsman and also a gifted slips fielder. He made three half centuries in his Test career, all of them against the West Indies.
He was a prolific run scorer in Pakistani domestic cricket, making his career best score of 278 not out for Karachi Blues against Railway Greens in the 1965-66 season. Four years later he joined the newly formed National Bank cricket team and became their first ever captain, later coaching the side.
Mathias died of a brain haemorrhage in 1994, aged 59.
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