Cricketer, born in Junagadh, W India. One of five Test-playing brothers, he made his first-class debut for Karachi at the age of 16. Noted for his dour play, he took 970 minutes to amass 337 runs against the West Indies in 19578, still the slowest innings in Tests, and established a world record score of 499 against Bahawalpur in 1959. He made his Test debut at the age of 17, and played in 55 Tests, scoring 3915 runs. He captained Pakistan 11 times between 1964 and 1967.
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Hanif Mohammad Pakistan (PAK) |
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |
| Bowling type | Right arm off-break(OB) | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 55 | 238 |
| Runs scored | 3915 | 17059 |
| Batting average | 43.98 | 52.32 |
| 100s/50s | 12/15 | 55/66 |
| Top score | 337 | 499 |
| Balls bowled | 206 | 2748 |
| Wickets | 1 | 53 |
| Bowling average | 95.00 | 28.49 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 |
| Best bowling | 1/1 | 3/4 |
| Catches/stumpings | 40/0 | 178/12 |
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Test debut: 16 October 1952 |
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Hanif Mohammed (Urdu: حنیف محمد) (born 21 December 1934 in Junagadh, Gujarat, British India) was one of Pakistan's greatest cricketers, playing for the Pakistani cricket team in 55 Test matches between 1952/53 and 1969/70 and averaging a fine 43.98, with twelve hundreds.
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