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| Full name | Syed Khalid Wazir | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 April 1936 Jullundur, Punjab, British India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 June 2020 (aged 84) Chester, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 16) | 10 June 1954 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 22 July 1954 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 July 2020, Salim Parvez Thursday 2. "Khalid Wazir - An Obituary". Cricket World.
{{cite web}}: 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.
- 1 2 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.