Syed Khalid Wazir (27 April 1936 – 27 June 2020) was a Pakistani
cricket
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er who played in two
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in 1954.
He was selected for the 1954 tour of England after just two first-class matches in which he had made 18 runs and taken 5 wickets. In 16 first-class matches on the tour he made 253 runs at 16.86 as a middle-order batsman and took 9 wickets at 54.90. He played in the first and third Tests, batting in the lower order and not bowling. He played no more first-class cricket after the tour, and is thus the only Test cricketer whose first-class career ended before he turned 19.
He played one match as a professional for East Lancashire in the
Lancashire League in 1957, taking 5 for 57.
Early education and family
He was educated at the
St. Patrick's High School, Karachi
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His father
Wazir Ali
Syed Wazir Ali (; 15 September 1903 – 17 June 1950) was a prominent figure in early Indian cricket. He was a right-handed batsman and a medium pace bowler.
Early life
Wazir played in all the Tests that India played before the second world w ...
played Test cricket for India in the 1930s.
References
External links
Khalid Wazir at Cricinfo
1936 births
2020 deaths
Pakistani cricketers
Khalid Wazir
Syed Khalid Wazir (27 April 1936 – 27 June 2020) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in two Test cricket, Test matches in 1954.
He was selected for the 1954 tour of England after just two first-class matches in which he had made 18 runs ...
Cricketers from Jalandhar
St. Patrick's High School, Karachi alumni
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