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Mohammad Ilyas (cricketer)

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Mohammad Ilyas
Personal information
Full name
Mohammad Ilyas Mahmood
Born(1946-03-19)19 March 1946(age 78)
Lahore,Punjab,British India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLegbreak
RelationsNazar Mohammad(uncle)
Feroz Nizami(uncle)
Mudassar Nazar(cousin)
Imran Farhat(son-in-law)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap49)4 December 1964 vAustralia
Last Test28 February 1969 vEngland
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 10 82
Runs scored 441 4,607
Batting average 23.21 35.71
100s/50s 1/2 12/13
Top score 126 154
Ballsbowled 84 1643
Wickets 0 53
Bowling average – 31.00
5 wickets in innings – 3
10 wickets in match – 0
Best bowling – 6/66
Catches/stumpings 6/– 48/–
Source:Cricinfo,5 November 2021

Mohammad Ilyas Mahmood(Urdu:محمد الیاس محمود;born 19 March 1946) is a Pakistani formercricketerwho played in tenTest matchesbetween 1964 and 1969.[1]

Cricket career

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Ilyas was an opening batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler. He playedfirst-class cricketin Pakistan from 1961 to 1972. He scored 126 in the Third Test againstNew ZealandinKarachiin April 1965, when Pakistan needed 202 to win in five and half hours, and reached the target with a session to spare for the loss of only two wickets.[2][3]His highest first-class score came in December 1964 againstSouth Australia,when he scored 154.[4]

He toured Australia a second time with thePakistan team in 1972–73,but was injured early in the tour and omitted from the team before it left for theNew Zealand leg of the tour.At the time he decided to stay in Australia to live, but he later returned to Pakistan.[5]He served for a time as a national selector, but was dismissed in 2011 for allegedly violating thePakistan Cricket Board's code of conduct.[6]

Family

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He is the father-in-law ofImran Farhat.[7][8]Nazar Mohammadwas his uncle.[7]

References

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  1. ^"Mohammad Ilyas".CricketArchive.Retrieved11 March2022.
  2. ^Wisden1966, pp. 905–6.
  3. ^"3rd Test, Karachi, Apr 9 - 14 1965, New Zealand tour of Pakistan".Cricinfo.Retrieved11 March2022.
  4. ^"Adelaide, Dec 18 - 21 1964, Pakistan tour of Australia".Cricinfo.Retrieved11 March2022.
  5. ^Wisden1974, p. 913.
  6. ^"Selector Ilyas suspended by PCB".Cricinfo.Retrieved11 March2022.
  7. ^ab"Cricketing dynasties: The 22 families of Pakistan Test cricket — Part 2 | Sports | thenews.com.pk".www.thenews.com.pk.
  8. ^"Selector files complaint against Farhat"Retrieved 25 January 2015.
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