Wazir Mohammad

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 Mohammad

Personal information
Born	(1929-12-22) 22 December 1929 (age 95) Junagadh, Junagadh State, British India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm
Relations	Hanif Mohammad (brother) Raees Mohammad (brother) Mushtaq Mohammad (brother) Sadiq Mohammad (brother)
International information
National side	Pakistan (1952–1959)
Test debut (cap 14)	13 November 1952 v India
Last Test	13 November 1959 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 20 105 Runs scored 801 4,930 Batting average 27.62 40.40 100s/50s 2/3 11/26 Top score 189 189 Balls bowled 24 102 Wickets 0 0 Bowling average – – 5 wickets in innings – – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling – – Catches/stumpings 5/– 35/–
Source: CricInfo, 12 July 2019

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]