Gulraiz Wali | |
Country: | Pakistan |
Birth Date: | 13 November 1943 |
Birth Place: | Sialkot, British India |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm off-spin |
Club1: | Lahore |
Year1: | 1963-64 to 1965-66 |
Club2: | Punjab University |
Year2: | 1964-65 |
Club3: | Bahawalpur |
Year3: | 1967-68 to 1969-70 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 15 |
Runs1: | 569 |
Bat Avg1: | 27.09 |
100S/50S1: | 1/2 |
Top Score1: | 110 |
Deliveries1: | 90 |
Wickets1: | 0 |
Bowl Avg1: | – |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | – |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 8/– |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/40364.html Cricinfo |
Date: | 27 January 2019 |
Gulraiz Wali (born 13 November 1943) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket in Pakistan from 1964 to 1970.
Gulraiz Wali was the youngest of the four sons of Sheikh Mohammed Waliullah, a military accountant. After moving from Sialkot to Karachi, the family settled in Lahore in 1954, where Gulraiz attended Muslim High School, captaining the school cricket team.[1]
While studying for an MA in Psychology at Government College Lahore, he played several first-class matches for Punjab University in the 1964-65 Ayub Trophy.[1] Batting at number six he scored 110 out of a team total of 212 against Railways, taking part in a partnership of 111 for the tenth wicket.[2]
In 1967 he was appointed as a lecturer at Sadiq Egerton College in Bahawalpur. He was also appointed to captain the Bahawalpur cricket team for the 1967-68 Ayub Trophy and the 1969-70 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy.[1]
He moved to England in 1971 and played league cricket as a professional in Birmingham. A stroke in 1980 ended his cricket-playing days.[1] He worked for Habib Bank in England from 1978 to 1995, then retired. He and his wife Rihana have two sons, and live in Bedfont, a south-western suburb of London.[1]