Wazir Mohammad
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| Born | 22 December 1929 Junagadh, Junagadh State, British India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Hanif Mohammad (brother) Raees Mohammad (brother) Mushtaq Mohammad (brother) Sadiq Mohammad (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 14) | 13 November 1952 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 13 November 1959 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 12 July 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wazir Mohammad (born 22 December 1929) is a former Pakistani cricketer and banker who played in 20 Test matches for Pakistan national cricket team between 1952 and 1959.[1]
Wazir was a determined middle-order batsman with a strong defence.[2] His highest Test score was 189, in the Fifth Test against the West Indies at Port of Spain in 1957-58, when he batted for six and three-quarter hours and laid the foundation for Pakistan's innings victory.[3] He was Pakistan's top-scorer with 42 not out when they won by 24 runs against England at The Oval in 1954.[4] His first-class career extended from 1950 to 1964, when he captained Karachi Whites to a narrow defeat in the final of the 1963-64 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.[5] He was appointed to captain the Pakistan Eaglets team of young players on their tour of England in 1963; 14 of the 18 players on the tour became Test cricketers, and four became Test captains.[1]
Wazir worked as a banker, mostly with the National Bank of Pakistan.[6] He was one of the five Mohammad brothers, four of whom (Hanif, Mushtaq, Sadiq and Wazir himself) played Test cricket for Pakistan.[7] Wazir lives in Solihull, England.[1] Since the death of Israr Ali on 1 February 2016, he has been Pakistan's oldest living Test cricketer.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Wazir Mohammad — Pakistan's oldest living Test cricketer | Sports | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk.
- ^ Christopher Martin-Jenkins, The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers, Rigby, Adelaide, 1983, p. 481.
- ^ Wisden 1959, pp. 817–18.
- ^ "4th Test, Pakistan tour of England at London, Aug 12-17 1954". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "Karachi Blues v Karachi Whites 1963-64". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ Chaudhry, Ijaz (2 October 2010). "I was known as Hanif's brother". The Cricket Monthly. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "Wazir Mohammad". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "Records | Test matches | Individual records (captains, players, umpires) | Oldest living players | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo.
External links
[edit]- Wazir Mohammad at ESPNcricinfo
- Wazir Mohammad at CricketArchive
- 1929 births
- Living people
- Pakistani cricketers
- Pakistan Test cricketers
- Bahawalpur cricketers
- Karachi cricketers
- People from Junagadh
- Cricketers from Karachi
- Karachi Blues cricketers
- Karachi Whites cricketers
- Karachi A cricketers
- East Zone (Pakistan) cricketers
- Pakistan Eaglets cricketers
- Pakistani people of Gujarati descent
- Pakistani bankers