Nazar Mohammad

Nazar Mohammad (5 March 1921 – 12 July 1996) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in five Test matches in 1952. He was educated at Islamia College, Lahore.

For other people named Nazar Mohammad, see Nazar Mohammad (disambiguation).

Nazar Mohammad
نذر محمد
Personal information
Born5 March 1921
Lahore, Punjab, British India
Died12 July 1996(1996-07-12) (aged 75)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm
RelationsFeroz Nizami (brother)
Mudassar Nazar (son)
Mohammad Ilyas (nephew)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 10)16 October 1952 v India
Last Test12 December 1952 v India
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 5 45
Runs scored 277 2,739
Batting average 39.57 41.50
100s/50s 1/1 8/9
Top score 124* 175
Balls bowled 12 486
Wickets 0 5
Bowling average – 51.00
5 wickets in innings – 0
10 wickets in match – 0
Best bowling – 1/3
Catches/stumpings 7/– 40/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 March 2019

Family

His brother Feroz Nizami was a famous music composer while his other brother Siraj Nizami was a writer specializing in Sufism.[1]

His son Mudassar Nazar also represented Pakistan in cricket for many years in the 1970s and 1980s, and he was the uncle of Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Ilyas.[2]

Career

In October 1952, in Pakistan's second Test match and first Test victory, he became the first player to score a Test century for Pakistan,[3] and the first player to remain on the ground for an entire Test match.[3] 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. According to Omar Noman, "as the famous story goes," Nazar sustained the injury jumping out from the house window of the film actress Noor Jehan when her film producer husband Shaukat Hussain Rizvi returned home unexpectedly and surprised them. There were persistent rumors in the local newspapers, at the time, of a romantic affair going on between Noor Jehan and Nazar Mohammad.[6]

References
  1. Ali, Sarwat (24 November 2013). "Art of composition". The News International. Known to the world as Feroze Nizami, he was born in a family endowed with great talent. His brother Nazar Muhammad was an elegant opening batsman who scored the first century for the country in test cricket and his other brother Siraj was much into mysticism and wrote about it.
  2. "Cricketing dynasties: The 22 families of Pakistan Test cricket — Part 2 | Sports | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk.
  3. "An Australian menace". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 March 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  4. India v Pakistan, Lucknow, 1952–53, Retrieved 31 Jan 2016
  5. Wisden 1997, p. 1411., Retrieved 31 Jan 2016
  6. Omar Noman, Pride and Passion: An Exhilarating Half Century of Cricket in Pakistan, OUP, Karachi, 1998, p. 82.


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