Waheed Mirza

Waheed Mirza (born 4 May 1955) is a former Pakistani first-class cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he is notable for having partnered Mansoor Akhtar in a world record opening stand of 561 in 1977. It occurred on 7 and 8 February, while playing for Karachi Whites against Quetta at the National Stadium in Karachi. Mirza scored 324 as part of that opening stand; he had not previously scored a first class hundred.^[1] Unusually, Akhtar and Mirza not only opened the batting, but also opened the bowling in both innings. The partnership remains the highest for the 1st wicket in first-class cricket.

Waheed Mirza

Personal information
Born	(1955-05-04) 4 May 1955 (age 70) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm fast-medium
Role	All-rounder, occasional wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1975/76	Karachi Blues
1975/76–1976/77	Karachi Whites
1976/77–1977/78	Sindh
1977/78	Habib Bank Limited
1978/79–1987/88	United Bank Limited
1983/84	Karachi Whites
First-class debut	29 August 1975 Karachi Blues v Pakistan International Airlines
Last First-class	19 February 1987 United Bank Limited v Pakistan Automobiles Corporation
List A debut	4 February 1976 Sind v National Bank of Pakistan
Last List A	8 September 1987 United Bank Limited v House Building Finance Corporation
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 60 17 Runs scored 2371 143 Batting average 25.77 11.00 100s/50s 2/9 0/0 Top score 324 25 Balls bowled 3030 514 Wickets 53 11 Bowling average 28.05 25.54 5 wickets in innings 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a Best bowling 5/36 3/28 Catches/stumpings 56/1 5/–
Source: CricketArchive, 25 September 2008

Despite scoring this triple century, Mirza scored only one other first class century in his 60 matches, and averaged only just over 25.

He is a maternal uncle of the Pakistani Test cricketer Fawad Alam.^[2]