:Raees Mohammad
{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (1932–2022)}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Raees Mohammad
| image = Cricket_no_pic.png
| country = Pakistan
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|12|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Junagadh, Junagadh State, British India
|family = {{ubl|Wazir Mohammad (brother)|Hanif Mohammad (brother)|Mushtaq Mohammad (brother)|Sadiq Mohammad (brother)|Asif Mohammad (son)|Shoaib Mohammad (nephew)}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|2|14|1932|12|25|df=yes}}
| death_place = Karachi, Pakistan
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm legbreak, googly
| role = Batsman
| club1 = Karachi
| year1 = {{nowrap|1953/54–1961/62}}
| club2 = Peshawar
| year2 = 1959/60
| columns = 1
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 30
| runs1 = 1,344
| bat avg1 = 32.78
| 100s/50s1 = 2/8
| top score1 = 118*
| deliveries1 = 1,032
| wickets1 = 33
| bowl avg1 = 31.27
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 4/82
| catches/stumpings1 = 21/–
| date = 14 March
| year = 2013
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/42504.html ESPNcricinfo
}}
Raees Mohammad ({{langx|ur|رئيس محمد}}; 25 December 1932 – 14 February 2022) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 30 first-class matches from 1948 to 1963.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/raees-mohammad-brother-of-hanif-wazir-mushtaq-and-sadiq-dies-aged-89-1301215 |title=Raees Mohammad, brother of Hanif, Wazir, Mushtaq and Sadiq, dies aged 89 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 February 2022}} A right-handed batsman and a leg-spinner, he scored 1,344 runs with the help of two centuries, and took 33 wickets.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/42504.html|title=Player profile: Raees Mohammad|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=14 March 2013}} He was one of the five Mohammad brothers, four of whom (Wazir, Hanif, Mushtaq and Sadiq) played Test cricket for Pakistan. Former Test cricketer Shoaib Mohammad is his nephew.
Personal life
Raees came from a large and famous Pakistani cricketing family. His brothers, Wazir Mohammad, Hanif Mohammad, Mushtaq Mohammad and Sadiq Mohammad played Test cricket for Pakistan.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152560.html|title=The family Pakistan cannot play without, 1976 – The greatly-praised Hanif and his brothers|first=Basil |last=Easterbrook|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=1976|accessdate=14 March 2013}} His nephew, Shoaib Mohammad, also represented Pakistan at Test level, as well as playing One Day International cricket.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/42658.html|title=Player profile: Shoaib Mohammad|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=14 March 2013}} His son, Asif Mohammad, played first-class and List A cricket.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/502404.html|title=Sadiq Mohammad – 'Self-belief was my best attribute'|first=Ijaz |last=Chaudhry|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=22 February 2011|accessdate=14 March 2013}}
He died in Karachi on 14 February 2022, at the age of 89.{{cite news |title=Raees Muhammad of famed Raees clan in Pakistan passes away|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/raees-muhammad-of-famed-raees-clan-in-pakistan-passes-away/articleshow/89572665.cms |access-date=14 February 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=14 February 2022}}
Career
Raees started his first-class career for Karachi and Sind against Commonwealth XI in December 1949 at Karachi Gymkhana Ground.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19130.html|title=Karachi and Sind v Commonwealth XI – Commonwealth XI in India, Pakistan and Ceylon 1949/50|publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=14 March 2013}} He played his next match against the rest in March 1953 in which he scored 8 and 66 runs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43152/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-class matches played by Raees Mohammad (30)|publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=17 March 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20544.html|title=Pakistan v The Rest – First-class matches in Pakistan 1952/53|publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=17 March 2013}} In the next two seasons, Raees played eight matches, aggregating 603 runs, including his career best 118 not out against Sind.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43152/f_Batting_by_Season.html|title=First-class batting and fielding in each season by Raees Mohammad|publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=17 March 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21352.html|title=Karachi v Sind – Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1954/55|publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=14 March 2013}} He also took 15 wickets in the 1954–55 season.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43152/f_Bowling_by_Season.html|title=First-class bowling in each season by Raees Mohammad|publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=17 March 2013}} In the final match of the 1954–55 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, he made his second century, 110 not out, against the Combined Services. He also achieved his best bowling performance in the match, taking four wickets for 82.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21462.html|title=Karachi v Combined Services – Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1954/55 (Final)|publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=17 March 2013}}
In the same season, he was named 12th man for the Dhaka Test match against India, the first ever hosted by Pakistan.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/raees-mohammad-brother-of-hanif-wazir-mushtaq-and-sadiq-dies-aged-89-1301215 |title=Raees Mohammad, brother of Hanif, Wazir, Mushtaq and Sadiq, dies aged 89 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 February 2022}}
From 1955 to 1958, he played nine matches, scored 341 runs averaged under 25 and took 10 catches.
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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/25/25255.html|title=Karachi Blues v Karachi Whites – Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1961/62 (Semi-final)|publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=17 March 2013}} 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.
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