Mohammad Saeed (cricketer, born 1910)

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Mohammad Saeed
Personal information
Full name Mian Mohammad Saeed
Born (1910-08-31)31 August 1910
Lahore, British India
Died 23 August 1979(1979-08-23) (aged 68)
Lahore, Pakistan
Batting style Right-handed
Relations Yawar Saeed (son)
Fazal Mahmood (son-in-law)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1929-30 Muslims
1933-46 Southern Punjab
1945-46 North Zone
1947-54 Punjab
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 53
Runs scored 2439
Batting average 29.74
100s/50s 3/13
Top score 175
Balls bowled 514
Wickets 5
Bowling average 53.60
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/6
Catches/stumpings 31/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 February 2015

Mian Mohammad Saeed (August 31, 1910 - August 23, 1979) was a Pakistani cricketer, born in Lahore.

A right-handed batsman, Mohammad was the first captain of the Pakistan cricket team, before they were awarded Test status. He led them against West Indies in 1948-49, when he scored a century in the drawn match,[1] and against Ceylon in 1948-49 (Pakistan's first cricket tour) and 1949-50.

In a career that extended from 1930 to 1954, he played for various Indian teams, including Southern Punjab in the Ranji Trophy, in the 1930s and 1940s, and for Punjab cricket teams in Pakistan in the 1940s and 1950s. In all first-class matches he made 2439 runs at an average of 29.74 with three centuries and a highest score of 175 for Northern India against Southern Punjab in 1946-47.

His son Yawar Saeed played for Somerset, and his daughter married the Pakistani Test bowler Fazal Mahmood.

After retirement he served as a cricket administrator and at one stage was chairman of the Pakistan Test selectors.

References

  1. ↑ Pakistan v West Indians 1948-49
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