Mohammad Saeed (cricketer, born 1910)
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| Full name | Mian Mohammad Saeed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
31 August 1910 Lahore, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
23 August 1979 (aged 68) Lahore, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations |
Yawar Saeed (son) Fazal Mahmood (son-in-law) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1929-30 | Muslims | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1933-34 to 1946-47 | Southern Punjab | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1945-46 to 1946-47 | North Zone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947-48 to 1954-55 | Punjab | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 11 February 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mian Mohammad Saeed (August 31, 1910 - August 23, 1979) was a Pakistani cricketer, born in Lahore.
A right-handed batsman, Mohammad was the first captain of the Pakistan cricket team, before they were awarded Test status. He led them against West Indies in 1948-49, when he scored a century in the drawn match,[1] and against Ceylon in 1948-49 (Pakistan's first cricket tour) and 1949-50.
In a career that extended from 1930 to 1954, he played for various Indian teams, including Southern Punjab in the Ranji Trophy, in the 1930s and 1940s, and for Punjab cricket teams in Pakistan in the 1940s and 1950s. In all first-class matches he made 2439 runs at an average of 29.74 with three centuries and a highest score of 175 for Northern India against Southern Punjab in 1946-47.
His son Yawar Saeed played for Somerset, and his daughter married the Pakistani Test bowler Fazal Mahmood.
After retirement he served as a cricket administrator and at one stage was chairman of the Pakistan Test selectors.
References
External links
- Player profile: Mohammad Saeed from ESPNcricinfo
- Mohammad Saeed at Cricket Archive
- Mian Mohammad Saeed at PTV Sports website