Vale Hanif Mohammad

[sherb]

RIP.

One of four brothers to play Test Cricket for Pakistan.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/1044219.html

 

[sherb]

Played the longest Test innings ever and held the highest f-c score record until beaten by Lara.

He must have been some player. I remember two of his brothers, Mushtaq and Sadiq.

 

[worbod]

There is a story about Hanif when he once played a limited overs game for A World XI in 1966. The World were batting second and Hanif was batting with South African legend Graeme Pollock. Limited overs cricket still in its early stages back then, and it obviously took certain players a while to get used to the rules. At one point Hanif came down the pitch to chat with Pollock and expressed his concern as to whether the World would score the required runs by stating,"Perhaps we should play for a draw."

 

[worbod]

RIP.

One of four brothers to play Test Cricket for Pakistan.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/1044219.html

Three of these brothers scored 50 first class centuries, (Mushtaq 72, Hanif 55, Sadiq 50), the only case of three brothers having achieved this particular stat.

 

[Shifty1]

Three of these brothers scored 50 first class centuries, (Mushtaq 72, Hanif 55, Sadiq 50), the only case of three brothers having achieved this particular stat.

Dean Waugh is only 50 FC centuries away from achieving this for the Waughs.