Wazir Ali
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Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 11) | 25 June 1932 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 15 August 1936 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 10 May 2020 |
Syed Wazir Ali (ⓘ; 15 September 1903 – 17 June 1950) was a prominent figure in early Indian cricket. He was a right-handed batsman and a medium pace bowler.[1]
Early life
Wazir played in all the Tests that India played before the second world war. In the
First class cricket
Wazir was educated at Aligarh Muslim University. He made his first-class debut, aged 19, for Muslims against Sikhs at Lawrence Gardens (now Bagh-e-Jinnah), Lahore in the 1922-23 Lahore Tournament.[2] For most of his
As a cricketing figure, Wazir Ali was second only to
Wazir captained India in two unofficial Tests against an Australian XI in 1935/36. Nayudu had captained the side in the first two matches of the series and dropped out of the matches in which Wazir captained the side. "Wazir went to his grave nursing a deep grievance against Nayudu",[6] though it seems that Nayudu was genuinely unable to play.
Later life
After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, Wazir migrated to Pakistan and ended his life in poverty. Cashman quotes a Pakistani official that "during his last days, Wazir lived precariously on his own meagre savings in a small quarters in Soldiers Bazar where he struggled against poverty and disease".[7]
His son
.References
- ^ "Wazir Ali". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ Parvez, Salim; August 2020, Cricket World Monday 24. "Syed Wazir Ali - A champion Muslim cricketer". Cricket World. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Bose, p. 71
- ^ Bose, pp. 76–77
- ^ Bose, p. 76
- ^ Bose, p. 99
- ^ Richard Cashman (1980) Patrons, Players and the Crowd, Orient Longman.
- ^ "Khalid Wazir". ESPNcricinfo.com.
Cited sources
- Mihir Bose (1990) A History of Indian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, ISBN 0-233-98563-8
External links
- Media related to Wazir Ali at Wikimedia Commons
- Wazir Ali at ESPNcricinfo