Wazir Mohammad , the eldest of Pakistan's famous Mohammad brothers, has died. He was 95 years old.

Wazir played 20 Tests for Pakistan in the earliest years of their international cricket history, the least of Hanif, Mushtaq and Sadiq. Raees , now the eldest of the brothers, didn't play a Test for Pakistan. Hanif passed away in 2016.

As a lower-middle order batter, Wazir's average of 27.62 does little justice to his impact in some of Pakistan's most celebrated performances in the 1950s, when they arrived as a Test-playing nation in such style. His career first-class average of 40 was much more reflective of his value, though Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Wazir's Test captain, was long an admirer.

The most seminal contribution came in the Oval Test win of 1954 , when Pakistan became the fir

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