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Mohammad Nissar

Shaikh Mohammad Nissar
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Personal information
Full name Mohammad Nissar
Born (1910-08-01)1 August 1910
Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India
Died 11 March 1963(1963-03-11) (aged 52)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 9) 25 June 1932 v England
Last Test 15 August 1936 v England
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 6 93
Runs scored 55 1120
Batting average 6.87 10.98
100s/50s -/- -/-
Top score 14 49
Balls bowled 1211 -
Wickets 25 396
Bowling average 28.28 17.70
5 wickets in innings 3 32
10 wickets in match - 3
Best bowling 5/90 6/17
Catches/stumpings 2/- 65/-
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Shaikh Mohammad Nissar About this sound pronunciation (born 1 August 1910, death 11 March 1963) was a cricketer, who played as a fast bowler for the independence Indian cricket team and domestic teams in India and Pakistan. He was born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, and is considered the fastest pre-independence Indian pace bowler. He was arguably one of the fastest bowlers in the world during his time.

Indian batsman C.K. Nayudu claimed in writings that during his first spell, Nissar was faster than Englishman Harold Larwood, who terrorized Australia in 1932 in the infamous Bodyline series.

Nissar along with Amar Singh formed an Indian fast bowling duo that was considered one of the best in the world during the 1930s.

Outside of cricket he was a tribal leader of a large Pushtun tribe and also a pro-Pakistan leader. His memoirs are being compiled and include letters from Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Lord Mountbatten of Burma, and Gandhi. He was one of the founders of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and considered to be the first Pakistani cricketer.


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