Waheed Mirza (born 4 May 1955) is a former Pakistani first-class cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he is notable for having partnered Mansoor Akhtar in a world record opening stand of 561 in 1977. It occurred on 7 and 8 February, while playing for Karachi Whites against Quetta at the National Stadium in Karachi. Mirza scored 324 as part of that opening stand; he had not previously scored a first class hundred.[1] Unusually, Akhtar and Mirza not only opened the batting, but also opened the bowling in both innings. The partnership remains the highest for the 1st wicket in first-class cricket.
waheed, mirza, born, 1955, former, pakistani, first, class, cricketer, right, handed, batsman, notable, having, partnered, mansoor, akhtar, world, record, opening, stand, 1977, occurred, february, while, playing, karachi, whites, against, quetta, national, sta. Waheed Mirza born 4 May 1955 is a former Pakistani first class cricketer A right handed batsman he is notable for having partnered Mansoor Akhtar in a world record opening stand of 561 in 1977 It occurred on 7 and 8 February while playing for Karachi Whites against Quetta at the National Stadium in Karachi Mirza scored 324 as part of that opening stand he had not previously scored a first class hundred 1 Unusually Akhtar and Mirza not only opened the batting but also opened the bowling in both innings The partnership remains the highest for the 1st wicket in first class cricket Waheed MirzaPersonal informationBorn 1955 05 04 4 May 1955 age 68 Karachi Sindh PakistanBattingRight handedBowlingRight arm fast mediumRoleAll rounder occasional wicket keeperDomestic team informationYearsTeam1975 76Karachi Blues1975 76 1976 77Karachi Whites1976 77 1977 78Sindh1977 78Habib Bank Limited1978 79 1987 88United Bank Limited1983 84Karachi WhitesFirst class debut29 August 1975 Karachi Blues v Pakistan International AirlinesLast First class19 February 1987 United Bank Limited v Pakistan Automobiles CorporationList A debut4 February 1976 Sind v National Bank of PakistanLast List A8 September 1987 United Bank Limited v House Building Finance CorporationCareer statisticsCompetition First class List AMatches 60 17Runs scored 2371 143Batting average 25 77 11 00100s 50s 2 9 0 0Top score 324 25Balls bowled 3030 514Wickets 53 11Bowling average 28 05 25 545 wickets in innings 1 010 wickets in match 0 n aBest bowling 5 36 3 28Catches stumpings 56 1 5 Source CricketArchive 25 September 2008 Despite scoring this triple century Mirza scored only one other first class century in his 60 matches and averaged only just over 25 He is a maternal uncle of the Pakistani Test cricketer Fawad Alam 2 References edit Wisden 1978 page 1024 Cricketing Dynasties The Twenty Two Families of Pakistan Test Cricket Part 6 Sports thenews com pk www thenews com pk External links editWaheed Mirza at ESPNcricinfo Waheed Mirza at CricketArchive subscription required nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to a Pakistani cricket person born in the 1950s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Waheed Mirza amp oldid 1057799710, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
