Mohammad Ilyas (cricketer) explained

Mohammad Ilyas
Fullname:Mohammad Ilyas Mahmood
Birth Date:19 March 1946
Birth Place:Lahore, Punjab, British India
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Legbreak
Family:Nazar Mohammad (uncle)
Feroz Nizami (uncle)
Mudassar Nazar (cousin)
Imran Farhat (son-in-law)
Columns:2
Column1:Test
Matches1:10
Runs1:441
Bat Avg1:23.21
100S/50S1:1/2
Top Score1:126
Deliveries1:84
Wickets1:0
Bowl Avg1:
Fivefor1:
Tenfor1:
Best Bowling1:
Catches/Stumpings1:6/–
Column2:First-class
Matches2:82
Runs2:4,607
Bat Avg2:35.71
100S/50S2:12/13
Top Score2:154
Deliveries2:1643
Wickets2:53
Bowl Avg2:31.00
Fivefor2:3
Tenfor2:0
Best Bowling2:6/66
Catches/Stumpings2:48/–
International:true
Country:Pakistan
Testdebutdate:4 December
Testdebutyear:1964
Testdebutagainst:Australia
Testcap:49
Lasttestdate:28 February
Lasttestyear:1969
Lasttestagainst:England
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/41286.html Cricinfo
Date:5 November
Year:2021

Mohammad Ilyas Mahmood (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|محمد الیاس محمود ; born 19 March 1946) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played in ten Test matches between 1964 and 1969.[1]

Cricket career

Ilyas was an opening batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler. He played first-class cricket in Pakistan from 1961 to 1972. He scored 126 in the Third Test against New Zealand in Karachi in April 1965, when Pakistan needed 202 to win in five and half hours, and reached the target with a session to spare for the loss of only two wickets.[2] [3] His highest first-class score came in December 1964 against South Australia, when he scored 154.[4]

He toured Australia a second time with the Pakistan team in 1972–73, but was injured early in the tour and omitted from the team before it left for the New Zealand leg of the tour. At the time he decided to stay in Australia to live, but he later returned to Pakistan.[5] He served for a time as a national selector, but was dismissed in 2011 for allegedly violating the Pakistan Cricket Board's code of conduct.[6]

Family

He is the father-in-law of Imran Farhat.[7] [8] Nazar Mohammad was his uncle.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mohammad Ilyas . CricketArchive . 11 March 2022.
  2. Wisden 1966, pp. 905–6.
  3. Web site: 3rd Test, Karachi, Apr 9 - 14 1965, New Zealand tour of Pakistan . Cricinfo . 11 March 2022.
  4. Web site: Adelaide, Dec 18 - 21 1964, Pakistan tour of Australia. Cricinfo . 11 March 2022.
  5. Wisden 1974, p. 913.
  6. Web site: Selector Ilyas suspended by PCB . Cricinfo . 11 March 2022.
  7. Web site: Cricketing dynasties: The 22 families of Pakistan Test cricket — Part 2 | Sports | thenews.com.pk. www.thenews.com.pk.
  8. http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/293588.html "Selector files complaint against Farhat"