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Born | Junagadh, Junagadh State, British India | 25 December 1932||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 February 2022 Karachi, Pakistan | (aged 89)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm legbreak, googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1953/54–1961/62 | Karachi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1959/60 | Peshawar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
ESPNcricinfo, 14 March 2013 |
Raees Mohammad ( Urdu: رئيس محمد; 25 December 1932 – 14 February 2022) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 30 first-class matches from 1948 to 1963. [1] A right-handed batsman and a leg-spinner, he scored 1,344 runs with the help of two centuries, and took 33 wickets. [2] He was one of the five Mohammad brothers, four of whom ( Wazir, Hanif, Mushtaq and Sadiq) played Test cricket for Pakistan. Former Test cricketer Shoaib Mohammad is his nephew.
Raees came from a large and famous Pakistani cricketing family. His brothers, Wazir Mohammad, Hanif Mohammad, Mushtaq Mohammad and Sadiq Mohammad played Test cricket for Pakistan. [3] His nephew, Shoaib Mohammad, also represented Pakistan at Test level, as well as playing One Day International cricket. [4] His son, Asif Mohammad, played first-class and List A cricket. [5]
He died in Karachi on 14 February 2022, at the age of 89. [1] [6]
Raees started his first-class career for Karachi and Sind against Commonwealth XI in December 1949 at Karachi Gymkhana Ground. [7] He played his next match against the rest in March 1953 in which he scored 8 and 66 runs. [8] [9] In the next two seasons, Raees played eight matches, aggregating 603 runs, including his career best 118 not out against Sind. [10] [11] He also took 15 wickets in the 1954–55 season. [12] In the final match of the 1954–55 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, he made his second century, 110 not out, against the Combined Services. He also achieved his best bowling performance in the match, taking four wickets for 82. [13]
In the same season, he was named 12th man for the Dhaka Test match against India, the first ever hosted by Pakistan. [1]
From 1955 to 1958, he played nine matches, scored 341 runs averaged under 25 and took 10 catches. [10] [12]
During Raees' next three seasons—1959–60, 1960–61 and 1961–62—he played in two, one and three matches scoring 68, 12 and 117 runs respectively; his highest score remained 73 against Karachi Blues, in the semi-final of the 1961–62 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy. [10] [14] He played for the last time in the 1962–63 Pakistani domestic season, playing five matches, scoring 192 runs at the average of above 27, including a half century. [10] In all, Raees played 30 first-class matches and scored 1,344 runs at the average of 32.78, including two centuries and eight half centuries. He also took 33 wickets and 21 catches. [2]