Hanif Mohammad
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| Full name | Hanif Mohammad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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21 December 1934 Junagadh, Junagadh State, British India |
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| Died | 11 August 2016 (aged 81) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Little Master | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 4) | 16 October 1952 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 24 October 1969 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 3 August 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 1958 |
| Country | Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
| Presented by | Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
Hanif Mohammad (Urdu: حنیف محمد, 21 December 1934 – 11 August 2016) was a Pakistani cricketer. He played for the Pakistani cricket team in 55 Test matches between the 1952–53 season and the 1969–70 season. He averaged 43.98 scoring twelve centuries. At his peak, he was considered one of the best batsmen in the world despite playing at a time when Pakistan played very little Test cricket; Hanif played just 55 Test matches in a career spanning 17 years. In his obituary by ESPNcricinfo, he was honoured as the original Little Master, a title later assumed by Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar. He was the first Pakistani to score a triple hundred in a test match.
Hanif was trained by Abdul Aziz, an Afghan cricket player, who had earlier played in Ranji Trophy for Jamnagar and father of Indian cricketer, Salim Durani.
The highest of Hanif's Test centuries was a famous 337 made against West Indies in a six-day test at Bridgetown in 1957/58. After Pakistan found itself following on from a first-innings deficit of 473 runs on the afternoon of the third day, Hanif spent more than sixteen hours at the crease compiling his runs, allowing Pakistan to draw the game. It remains the longest innings in Test history (and stood as the longest in all first-class cricket for over 40 years). It was the only Test match instance of a triple century in a team's second innings until it was equaled by New Zealand cricketer Brendon McCullum against India in 2014. Displays such as this earned him the nickname "Little Master".Hanif Mohammad also has the world record for scoring the slowest test triple century in terms of minutes(858) and the only player in test history to have spent over 800 minutes to score a test triple ton.
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