Nazir Ali
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Syed Nazir Ali (June 8, 1906, Jullundur
, Punjab
– February 18, 1975, Lahore
) was a prominent player from the early days of Indian cricket
.
Nazir Ali was an attacking right-handed batsman, a fast-medium bowler and a good fielder. He was younger brother of Wazir Ali
.
When MCC
toured India in 1926/27, he impressed the MCC captain Arthur Gilligan
who suggested that Nazir should qualify for Sussex. Some months later Nazir Ali wakened up the secretary of Sussex at 1 am asking for hospitality or to be sent where he could find it. .
Nazir was lucky to have a patron in the Maharaja of Patiala
who sent him to England to study electrical engineering. There he represented Sussex once and played in other matches, resuming his career in India four years later.
He played in India's first Test match in 1932 scoring 13 and 6 and picked up an injury while fielding during England's second innings. He scored 1020 runs and took 23 wickets in the tour. Nazir's most memorable feat was perhaps the 52, with five fours and three sixes, that he scored against Yorkshire out of India's 66 allout http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/f/13/f13731.html. No other batsmen scored more than three. This is still the lowest first class total to include an individual fifty.
Nazir played one other Test, against England at Madras in 1933/34. After 1947, he settled in Pakistan
and was an administrator.
Jalandhar
Jalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh...
, Punjab
Punjab (British India)
Punjab was a province of British India, it was one of the last areas of the Indian subcontinent to fall under British rule. With the end of British rule in 1947 the province was split between West Punjab, which went to Pakistan, and East Punjab, which went to India...
– February 18, 1975, Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
) was a prominent player from the early days of Indian cricket
Cricket in India
Cricket is the most popular sport in India; it is played by many people in open spaces throughout the country though it is not the nation's official national sport . The India national cricket team won the 1983 Cricket World Cup, the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, and the 2011 Cricket World Cup, and...
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Nazir Ali was an attacking right-handed batsman, a fast-medium bowler and a good fielder. He was younger brother of Wazir Ali
Wazir Ali
Syed Wazir Ali was a prominent figure in early Indian cricket. He was a right-handed batsman and a medium pace bowler.-Early life:...
.
When MCC
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
toured India in 1926/27, he impressed the MCC captain Arthur Gilligan
Arthur Gilligan
Arthur Edward Robert Gilligan was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Sussex, Surrey and England....
who suggested that Nazir should qualify for Sussex. Some months later Nazir Ali wakened up the secretary of Sussex at 1 am asking for hospitality or to be sent where he could find it. .
Nazir was lucky to have a patron in the Maharaja of Patiala
Maharaja of Patiala
The Maharaja of Patiala was a maharaja in India and the ruler of the princely state of Patiala in Punjab. The first Maharaja of Patiala was Baba Ala Singh , who was granted the title by Ahmed Shah Abdali of Afghanistan in 1764....
who sent him to England to study electrical engineering. There he represented Sussex once and played in other matches, resuming his career in India four years later.
He played in India's first Test match in 1932 scoring 13 and 6 and picked up an injury while fielding during England's second innings. He scored 1020 runs and took 23 wickets in the tour. Nazir's most memorable feat was perhaps the 52, with five fours and three sixes, that he scored against Yorkshire out of India's 66 allout http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/f/13/f13731.html. No other batsmen scored more than three. This is still the lowest first class total to include an individual fifty.
Nazir played one other Test, against England at Madras in 1933/34. After 1947, he settled in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
and was an administrator.