Mian Yawar Saeed (22 January 1935 – 21 October 2015) was a Pakistani cricketer, who played 50
first-class matches for
Somerset County Cricket Club and nine matches for a variety of teams based in Pakistan between 1953 and 1959. A right-handed batsman and right-arm
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pace bowler, he claimed 106 career wickets.
Saeed was appointed
Pakistan cricket team
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manager but after Pakistan's scandal-filled England tour, including match fixing allegations against team members, and after losing all three series against England he resigned from his post on 27 September 27, 2010.
On 21 October 2015, Saeed died of a brain tumour in Lahore aged 80.
He was the father of
Mohammad Saeed and Taimur Saeed and father-in-law of
Raza Rabbani.
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1935 births
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Deaths from brain cancer in Pakistan
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