Khalid Wazir
- Nazir Ali (uncle)
- Wazir Ali (father)
- Pakistan (1954)
Competition | Test | First-class |
---|---|---|
Matches | 2 | 18 |
Runs scored | 14 | 271 |
Batting average | 7.00 | 15.05 |
100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/1 |
Top score | 9* | 53 |
Balls bowled | – | 1,530 |
Wickets | – | 14 |
Bowling average | – | 53.28 |
5 wickets in innings | – | 0 |
10 wickets in match | – | 0 |
Best bowling | – | 3/82 |
Catches/stumpings | 0/– | 11/– |
Syed Khalid Wazir (27 April 1936 – 27 June 2020) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1954.[1][2]
Wazir Ali Summer League is named after him.[3]
Early education and family
Wazir was born on 27 April 1936 in Jullundur, Punjab. His father Wazir Ali played Test cricket for India in the 1930s.[4] His family moved to Karachi after partition in 1947.[3] He was educated at the St. Patrick's High School, Karachi.[5][6] During his school days, he played in Rubie Shield inter-school cricket tournament.[3]
Career
Wazir was selected for the 1954 tour of England when his uncle, Syed Nazir Ali, was one of selector of the team, raising questions such as nepotism.[3] He selection came after just two first-class matches in which he had made 18 runs and taken 5 wickets. In 16 first-class matches on the tour he made 253 runs at 16.86 as a middle-order batsman and took 9 wickets at 54.90.[7] He played in the first and third Tests, batting in the lower order and not bowling. He played no more first-class cricket after the tour,[8] and is thus the only Test cricketer whose first-class career ended before he turned 19.[5]
He played one match as a professional for East Lancashire in the Lancashire League in 1957, taking 5 for 57.[9]
References
- ^ "Khalid Wazir". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^ "Former Pakistan cricketer Khalid Wazir dies at 84". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d July 2020, Salim Parvez Thursday 2. "Khalid Wazir - An Obituary". Cricket World.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Cricketing Dynasties: The Twenty Two Families of Pakistan Test Cricket – Part 4. Sports. thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk.
- ^ a b Ahmed, Qamar (30 June 2020). "Test cricketer Khalid Wazir passes away". DAWN.COM.
- ^ "Notable Alumni – St. Patrick's High School". Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ Wisden 1955, p. 220.
- ^ Booth, Lawrence (2021). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. p. 261. ISBN 9781472975478.
- ^ "Lancashire Cricket League". lancashireleague.com.
External links
- Khalid Wazir at ESPNcricinfo
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