Waqar Hasan

Waqar Hasan
Personal information
Born (1932-09-12) 12 September 1932
Amritsar, Punjab, British India (now India)
Batting style Right-hand batsman
Bowling style Right-arm bowler
Role Batsman
Relations Pervez Sajjad (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut 16 October 1952 v India
Last Test 21 November 1959 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 21 99
Runs scored 1071 4741
Batting average 31.50 35.64
100s/50s 1/6 8/27
Top score 189 201*
Balls bowled 6 –
Wickets – 2
Bowling average – 86.00
5 wickets in innings – –
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling – 1/9
Catches/stumpings 10/– 47/–
Source: CricketArchive, 10 March 2013

Waqar Hasan (Urdu: وقارحسن‎; born 12 September 1932, Amritsar) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 21 Tests from 1952 to 1959.

Cricket career

An "attractive stroke-making right-handed batsman, who was ideal in a crisis",[1] Waqar Hasan played in Pakistan's first 18 Tests, including its first five victories.

In Pakistan's first Test series, against India in 1952-53, he was the highest scorer on either side, with 357 runs at an average of 44.62, playing several defiant innings when Pakistan were in trouble.[2] He was less successful on the 1954 tour of England, with 103 runs at 14.71, but impressed with his fielding in the covers.[3]

He scored his only Test century against New Zealand in 1955-56 at Lahore, when he made 189 in 430 minutes, adding 309 for the seventh wicket with Imtiaz Ahmed after the score had been 111 for 6.[4] His 189 set a new record for Pakistan's highest Test score which lasted only until Ahmed (who made 209) overtook it the next day.[5] Hasan played five more Tests without reaching 50.[6]

He played first-class cricket in Pakistan from 1949 to 1966, with a highest score of 201 not out for L. W. Cannon's XI against Hasan Mahmood's XI in 1953-54. [7] He captained Karachi Blues to victory in the final of the 1963-64 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy[8] and in his last first-class match he captained them to victory in the 1964-65 competition.[9]

Later life

In 1954 he joined the Pakistan Public Works Department, but in the 1960s he went into business.[10] He became Corporate Director of National Foods Limited, one of Pakistan's largest food companies.[11] In 2002, with the assistance of the cricket journalist Qamar Ahmed, he wrote For Cricket and Country: An Autobiography.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Christopher Martin-Jenkins, The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers, Rigby, Adelaide, 1983, p. 479.
  2. ↑ Wisden 1953, pp. 872-83.
  3. ↑ Wisden 1955, pp. 215-19.
  4. ↑ "Pakistan v New Zealand, Lahore 1955-56". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 240-41.
  6. ↑ "Waqar Hasan, Test batting by season". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Hasan Mahmood's XI v L. W. Cannon's XI, 1953-54". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Karachi Blues v Karachi Whites, 1963-64". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Karachi Blues v Lahore Greens, 1964-65". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  10. ↑ Chaudhry, Ijaz. "Pakistan's first tour of India was my most memorable". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "KalPoint Personality of the Week". KalPoint. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  12. ↑ Peter Oborne, Wounded Tiger: The History of Cricket in Pakistan, Simon & Schuster, London, 2014, p. 563.

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