| Khalid Wazir | |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Fullname: | Syed Khalid Wazir |
| Birth Date: | 27 April 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Jullundur, Punjab, British India |
| Death Place: | Chester, England |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Role: | Batsman |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | Test |
| Matches1: | 2 |
| Runs1: | 14 |
| Bat Avg1: | 7.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 9* |
| Deliveries1: | – |
| Wickets1: | – |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
| Column2: | First-class |
| Matches2: | 18 |
| Runs2: | 271 |
| Bat Avg2: | 15.05 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/1 |
| Top Score2: | 53 |
| Deliveries2: | 1,530 |
| Wickets2: | 14 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 53.28 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 3/82 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 11/– |
| International: | true |
| Testdebutagainst: | England |
| Testcap: | 16 |
| Testdebutdate: | 10 June |
| Testdebutyear: | 1954 |
| Lasttestdate: | 22 July |
| Lasttestagainst: | England |
| Lasttestyear: | 1954 |
| Internationalspan: | 1954 |
| Source: | http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/41041.html ESPNcricinfo |
| Date: | 23 May |
| Year: | 2023 |
Syed Khalid Wazir (27 April 1936 - 27 June 2020) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1954.[1] [2]
Wazir Ali Summer League is named after him.[3]
Wazir was born on 27 April 1936 in Jullundur, Punjab. His father Wazir Ali played Test cricket for India in the 1930s.[4] His family moved to Karachi after partition in 1947.[3] He was educated at the St. Patrick's High School, Karachi.[5] [6] During his school days, he played in Rubie Shield inter-school cricket tournament.[3]
Wazir was selected for the 1954 tour of England when his uncle, Syed Nazir Ali, was one of selector of the team, raising questions such as nepotism.[3] He selection came after just two first-class matches in which he had made 18 runs and taken 5 wickets. In 16 first-class matches on the tour he made 253 runs at 16.86 as a middle-order batsman and took 9 wickets at 54.90.[7] He played in the first and third Tests, batting in the lower order and not bowling. He played no more first-class cricket after the tour,[8] and is thus the only Test cricketer whose first-class career ended before he turned 19.[5]
He played one match as a professional for East Lancashire in the Lancashire League in 1957, taking 5 for 57.[9]