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Pakistan Test Pioneer Wazir Mohammad Dies at 95 in Birmingham

Tributes from the PCB underscore his status as a pillar of Pakistan’s pioneering Test side.

Overview

  • His nephew Shoaib Mohammad confirmed his death on Monday in Birmingham.
  • The Pakistan Cricket Board issued condolences and highlighted his 20 Tests from 1952 to 1959.
  • A member of Pakistan’s first Test squad, he debuted on the 1952 tour of India and featured in the drawn 1954 England series that included the Oval win.
  • He scored 801 Test runs with two centuries and three half-centuries, with a highest score against New Zealand.
  • Part of the prominent Mohammad cricketing family, he had been Pakistan’s oldest living Test cricketer since 2016, and funeral details were not announced.