Wazir Mohammad

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Wazir Mohammad
Personal information
Born (1929-12-22) 22 December 1929 (age 94)
Junagadh, Junagadh State, British India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm
Relations Hanif Mohammad (brother)
Raees Mohammad (brother)
Mushtaq Mohammad (brother)
Sadiq Mohammad (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut(cap  14)13 November 1952 v  India
Last Test13 November 1959 v  Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches20105
Runs scored8014,930
Batting average 27.6240.40
100s/50s2/311/26
Top score189189
Balls bowled24102
Wickets 00
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 5/–35/–
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]

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