Wazir Mohammad, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Wazir Mohammad

Cricket player

Date of Birth: 22-Dec-1929

Place of Birth: Junagadh, Gujarat, India

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: Pakistan

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Wazir Mohammad (born 22 December 1929) is a former Pakistani banker and cricketer who played in 20 Test matches from 1952 to 1959.
Wazir was a determined middle-order batsman with a strong defence.
His highest Test score was 189, in the Fifth Test against West Indies at Port of Spain in 1957-58, when he batted for six and three-quarter hours and laid the foundation for Pakistan's innings victory.
He was Pakistan's top-scorer with 42 not out when they won by 24 runs against England at The Oval in 1954.
His first-class career extended from 1950 to 1964, when he captained Karachi Whites to a narrow defeat in the final of the 1963-64 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.
He was appointed to captain the Pakistan Eaglets team of young players on their tour of England in 1963; 14 of the 18 players on the tour became Test cricketers, and four became Test captains. Wazir's younger brothers Hanif, Mushtaq and Sadiq also played Test cricket for Pakistan.
With the death of Israr Ali on 1 February 2016, Wazir became Pakistan's oldest living Test cricketer.He worked as a banker, mostly with the National Bank of Pakistan.