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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (1936–2020)}}<br />
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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Khalid Wazir <br />
| image = <br />
| country = Pakistan<br />
| fullname = Syed Khalid Wazir<br />
| nickname = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|04|27|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Jalandhar|Jullundur]], [[British Punjab|Punjab]], [[British India]]<br>(now [[India]])<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|6|27|1936|4|27|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = Chester, England<br />
| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium<br />
| role = Batsman<br />
| family = [[Nazir Ali (cricketer)|Nazir Ali]] (uncle) <br> [[Wazir Ali]] (father)<br />
| batting = Right-hand bat<br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Tests]]<br />
| matches1 = 2<br />
| runs1 = 14<br />
| bat avg1 = 7.00<br />
| 100s/50s1 = -/-<br />
| top score1 = 9*<br />
| deliveries1 = -<br />
| wickets1 = -<br />
| bowl avg1 = -<br />
| fivefor1 = -<br />
| tenfor1 = -<br />
| best bowling1 = -<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = -/-<br />
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches2 = 18 <br />
| runs2 = 271<br />
| bat avg2 = 15.05<br />
| 100s/50s2 = -/1<br />
| top score2 = 53<br />
| deliveries2 = 1530<br />
| wickets2 = 14<br />
| bowl avg2 = 53.28<br />
| fivefor2 = -<br />
| tenfor2 = -<br />
| best bowling2 = 3/82<br />
| catches/stumpings2 = 11/-<br />
| international = true<br />
| testdebutfor = Pakistan<br />
| testdebutagainst = England<br />
| testcap = 16<br />
| testdebutdate = 10 June<br />
| testdebutyear = 1954<br />
| lasttestdate = 22 July<br />
| lasttestfor = Pakistan<br />
| lasttestagainst = England<br />
| lasttestyear = 1954<br />
| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/41041.html<br />
| date = <br />
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'''Syed Khalid Wazir''' (27 April 1936 &ndash; 27 June 2020) was a Pakistani [[cricket]]er who played in two [[Test cricket|Test matches]] in 1954.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/987/987.html| title = Khalid Wazir | publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2012-05-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29386467/former-pakistan-cricketer-khalid-wazir-dies-84 |title=Former Pakistan cricketer Khalid Wazir dies at 84 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=30 June 2020}}</ref><br />
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He was selected for the 1954 tour of England 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.<ref>''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 1955, p. 220.</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite book |last=Booth |first=Lawrence |date=2021 |title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack |page=261 |isbn=9781472975478}}</ref> and is thus the only Test cricketer whose first-class career ended before he turned 19.{{cn|date=July 2020}}<br />
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He played one match as a professional for East Lancashire in the [[Lancashire League (cricket)|Lancashire League]] in 1957, taking 5 for 57.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lancashireleague.com/Seasons/1957/Averages/1957_ll_Pros_Bowling_by_Average.html|title=Lancashire Cricket League|website=lancashireleague.com}}</ref><br />
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==Early education and family==<br />
He was educated at the [[St. Patrick's High School, Karachi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stpats.edu.pk/notable-alumni/|title=Notable Alumni – St. Patrick's High School}}</ref><br />
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His father [[Wazir Ali]] played Test cricket for India in the 1930s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/672206-cricketing-dynasties-the-twenty-two-families-of-pakistan-test-cricket-part-4|title=Cricketing Dynasties: The Twenty Two Families of Pakistan Test Cricket – Part 4 &#124; Sports &#124; thenews.com.pk|website=www.thenews.com.pk}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/41041.html Khalid Wazir at Cricinfo]<br />
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[[Category:1936 births]]<br />
[[Category:2020 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistani cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistan Test cricketers|Khalid Wazir]]<br />
[[Category:Cricketers from Jalandhar]]<br />
[[Category:St. Patrick's High School, Karachi alumni]]<br />
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