(Dunya News) – Former Test cricketer Wazir Mohammad has passed away in Birmingham at the age of 95, his nephew Shoaib Mohammad confirmed.
Wazir Mohammad was part of Pakistan’s squad that toured India in 1952, where he made his Test debut.
He represented Pakistan in 20 Test matches, scoring 801 runs, including two centuries and three fifties. His highest Test score was 189, in the fifth Test against the West Indies at Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain in 1957-58.
He was one of the five Mohammad brothers – Hanif Mohammad, Raees Mohammad, Mushtaq Mohammad and Sadiq Mohammad. Only Raees did not represent Pakistan in Test cricket.
Wazir was born on December 22, 1929, in Junagadh State.