Gulraiz Wali (born 13 November 1943) is a former

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er who played first-class cricket in Pakistan from 1964 to 1970.

Life and career

Gulraiz Wali was the youngest of the four sons of Sheikh Mohammed Waliullah, a military accountant. After moving from Sialkot to Karachi, the family settled in Lahore in 1954, where Gulraiz attended Muslim High School, captaining the school cricket team. While studying for an MA in Psychology at Government College Lahore, he played several first-class matches for

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in the 1964-65 Ayub Trophy. Batting at number six he scored 110 out of a team total of 212 against

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, taking part in a partnership of 111 for the tenth wicket. In 1967 he was appointed as a lecturer at Sadiq Egerton College in Bahawalpur. He was also appointed to captain the

Bahawalpur cricket team Bahawalpur cricket team was a first-class cricket side in Pakistan, representing the city of Bahawalpur. It won the inaugural season of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy in 1953–54, under the captaincy of Khan Mohammad. Bahawalpur competed in Pakistan's ...

for the 1967-68 Ayub Trophy and the 1969-70 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy. He moved to England in 1971 and played league cricket as a professional in Birmingham. A stroke in 1980 ended his cricket-playing days. He worked for Habib Bank in England from 1978 to 1995, then retired. He and his wife Rihana have two sons, and live in Bedfont, a south-western suburb of London.

References

External links

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Gulraiz Wali at CricketArchive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wali, Gulraiz 1943 births Living people Pakistani cricketers Government College University, Lahore alumni Lahore cricketers Punjab University cricketers Bahawalpur cricketers Cricketers from Sialkot Pakistani emigrants to the United Kingdom People from Bedfont Cricketers from the London Borough of Hounslow