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An opening batsman, he carried his bat for his score of '124 not out' in Pakistan's total of 331 in an innings victory over India, batting for 8 hours 35 minutes. [4][5] Shortly after the series, he injured his arm, ending his career.
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Nazar and Hanif opened Pakistan’s batting in the country’s maiden Test match against India in Delhi in October 1952. The two were off to a 64-run start. Nazar was run out for 27 runs, but Hanif went on to make 51.
Nazar Mohammad, who died on July 12, 1996, aged 75, faced the first ball received by a Pakistani in Test cricket, at Delhi in 1952-53, and in the next match became the country's first Test...
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- April 5, 1921
- Pakistan
Mar 8, 2016 · Abhishek Mukherjee looks at the man who faced the first ball and scored the first hundred for Pakistan in Tests. Nazar Mohammad was for Pakistan approximately what Charles Bannerman was for ...
Oct 3, 2021 · Its first pair of Test openers were a seventeen year old prodigy called Hanif Mohammad and a seasoned veteran Nazar Mohammad. While Nazar’s career came to a premature end after Pakistan’s inaugural Test series, Hanif would go on to acquire legendary status, serving as the sheet anchor of the national side for the next fifteen years.
Apr 12, 2010 · He holds the record for the slowest Test hundred, and alongside his father, Nazar Mohammad, is one of only four Pakistanis to carry their bat through a completed innings. In the right...
Nazar Mohammad, who died on July 12, 1996, aged 75, faced the first ball received by a Pakistani in Test cricket, at Delhi in 1952-53, and in the next match became the country's first Test centurion. On a matting wicket at Lucknow, he carried his bat for 124 not out in eight hours 35 minutes and set up an innings victory; he was the first ...
