Raees Mohammad ( ur, رئيس محمد; 25 December 1932 – 14 February 2022) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 30 first-class matches from 1948 to 1963. A right-handed batsman and a leg-spinner, he scored 1,344 runs with the help of two centuries, and took 33 wickets. He was one of the five Mohammad brothers, four of whom played

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for

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. Former Test cricketer

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is his nephew.

Personal life

Raees came from a large and famous Pakistani cricketing family. His brothers,

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, Hanif Mohammad,

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and Sadiq Mohammad played

for

. His nephew,

, also represented Pakistan at Test level, as well as playing

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cricket. His son, Asif Mohammad, played first-class and List A cricket. He died in Karachi on 14 February 2022, at the age of 89.

Career

Raees started his first-class career for Karachi and Sind against Commonwealth XI in December 1949 at Karachi Gymkhana Ground. He played his next match against the rest in March 1953 in which he scored 8 and 66 runs. In the next two seasons, Raees played eight matches, aggregating 603 runs, including his career best 118

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against

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. He also took 15

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s in the 1954–55 season. In the final match of the 1954–55 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, he made his second

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, 110 not out, against the Combined Services. He also achieved his best bowling performance in the match, taking four wickets for 82. From 1955 to 1958, he played nine matches, scored 341 runs

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under 25 and took 10

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. During Raees' next three seasons—1959–60, 1960–61 and 1961–62—he played in two, one and three matches scoring 68, 12 and 117 runs respectively; his highest score remained 73 against Karachi Blues, in the semi-final of the 1961–62 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy. He played for the last time in the 1962–63 Pakistani domestic season, playing five matches, scoring 192 runs at the average of above 27, including a half century. In all, Raees played 30 first-class matches and scored 1,344 runs at the average of 32.78, including two centuries and eight half centuries. He also took 33 wickets and 21 catches.

References

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