| Nayyar Hussain | |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Fullname: | Syed Nayyar Hussain |
| Birth Date: | 16 January 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, British India |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm leg-spin |
| Club1: | Punjab |
| Year1: | 1954/55 |
| Club2: | Combined Services |
| Club3: | Rawalpindi Greens |
| Year3: | 1964/65 |
| Club4: | Lahore Greens |
| Year4: | 1966/67–1967/68 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 36 |
| Runs1: | 1,343 |
| Bat Avg1: | 22.38 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/8 |
| Top Score1: | 125 |
| Deliveries1: | 3,456 |
| Wickets1: | 70 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 21.61 |
| Fivefor1: | 5 |
| Tenfor1: | 1 |
| Best Bowling1: | 7/55 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 29/– |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43058/43058.html CricketArchive |
| Date: | 24 June |
| Year: | 2014 |
Syed Nayyar Hussain (born 16 January 1936) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1955 and 1978.
Nayyar Hussain made his first-class debut for Central Zone against the touring Indians in 1954-55, scoring 60 not out in a team total of 123 in the first innings, and taking two wickets.[1] Over the next few seasons he appeared regularly for Combined Services, having moderate success as a middle-order batsman and occasional leg-spinner.
He established himself as an all-rounder in 1964-65, when in six matches he took 23 wickets at an average of 14.34[2] and scored 427 runs at 47.44.[3] Combined Services played two matches that season in the Ayub Trophy: he took 5 for 25 and 6 for 61 and top-scored in each innings with 57 and 28 in a four-wicket victory over Sargodha,[4] then a few days later he took 7 for 55 and 1 for 63 and top-scored with 58 and then second-top-scored with 46 in a three-wicket loss to Lahore Education Board.[5] Playing for Rawalpindi Greens in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, he scored his only first-class century, 125 against Pakistan International Airlines.[6]
The Combined Services team went into abeyance after the 1964-65 season. Nayyar Hussain played two matches for Lahore Greens in the next three seasons. When Combined Services returned to first-class level in 1976-77 he was appointed captain, and resumed his career at the age of 41 to lead the team in the Patron's Trophy in 1976-77 and 1977-78. In his last match, against Peshawar, he bowled 59 overs and took 4 for 77 and 4 for 161.[7]