Nazar Mohammad
{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Nazar Mohammad
نذر محمد
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| fullname =
| birth_date = 5 March 1921
| birth_place = Lahore, Punjab, British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|7|12|1921|3|5|df=yes}}
| death_place = Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
| family = Feroz Nizami (brother)
Mudassar Nazar (son)
Mohammad Ilyas (nephew)
| nickname =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm
| columns = 2
| column1 = Test
| matches1 = 5
| runs1 = 277
| bat avg1 = 39.57
| 100s/50s1 = 1/1
| top score1 = 124*
| deliveries1 = 12
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1= 7/–
| column2 = First-class
| matches2 = 45
| runs2 = 2,739
| bat avg2 = 41.50
| 100s/50s2 = 8/9
| top score2 = 175
| deliveries2 = 486
| wickets2 = 5
| bowl avg2 = 51.00
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 1/3
| catches/stumpings2= 40/–
| international = true
| country = Pakistan
| testdebutagainst = India
| testcap = 10
| testdebutdate = 16 October
| testdebutyear = 1952
| lasttestdate = 12 December
| lasttestagainst = India
| lasttestyear = 1952
| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/42068.html ESPNcricinfo
| date = 11 March
| year = 2019
}}
Nazar Mohammad (5 March 1921 – 12 July 1996) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in five Test matches in 1952. He was educated at Islamia College, Lahore.
Family
His brother Feroz Nizami was a famous music composer while his other brother Siraj Nizami was a writer specializing in Sufism.{{Cite web |last=Ali |first=Sarwat |date=24 November 2013 |title=Art of composition |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/554205-art-of-composition |website=The News International |quote=Known to the world as Feroze Nizami, he was born in a family endowed with great talent. His brother Nazar Muhammad was an elegant opening batsman who scored the first century for the country in test cricket and his other brother Siraj was much into mysticism and wrote about it.}}
His son Mudassar Nazar also represented Pakistan in cricket for many years in the 1970s and 1980s, and he was the uncle of Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Ilyas.{{Cite web |title=Cricketing dynasties: The 22 families of Pakistan Test cricket — Part 2. Sports. thenews.com.pk |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/665476-cricketing-dynasties-the-22-families-of-pakistan-test-cricket-part-2 |website=www.thenews.com.pk}}
Career
In October 1952, in Pakistan's second Test match and first Test victory, he became the first player to score a Test century for Pakistan,{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149199.html |title=An Australian menace |access-date=7 March 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo|date=4 March 2007 }} and the first player to remain on the ground for an entire Test match. An opening batsman, he carried his bat for his score of '124 not out' in Pakistan's total of 331 in an innings victory over India, batting for 8 hours 35 minutes.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20438.html India v Pakistan, Lucknow, 1952–53], Retrieved 31 Jan 2016Wisden 1997, p. 1411., Retrieved 31 Jan 2016
Shortly after the series, he injured his arm, ending his career. According to Omar Noman, "as the famous story goes," Nazar sustained the injury jumping out from the house window of the renowned film actress and singer Noor Jehan when her film producer husband Shaukat Hussain Rizvi returned home unexpectedly and surprised them. There were persistent rumors in the local newspapers, at the time, of a romantic affair going on between Noor Jehan and Nazar Mohammad.Omar Noman, Pride and Passion: An Exhilarating Half Century of Cricket in Pakistan, OUP, Karachi, 1998, p. 82.
He was also a right-am bowler, with five first-class wickets to his name.
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=42068}}
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Category:Pakistan Test cricketers
Category:Pakistani cricket umpires
Category:Cricketers from Lahore
Category:North Zone cricketers
Category:Punjab (Pakistan) cricketers
Category:Northern India cricketers
Category:Punjab University cricketers
Category:Government Islamia College alumni
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