Mian Mohammad Saeed (31 August 1910 – 23 August 1979) was a Pakistani cricketer, born in Lahore. He was the first captain of Pakistan.

Career

A right-handed batsman, Mohammad was the first captain of the Pakistan cricket team, before they were awarded Test status. He led them against the touring West Indies team in 1948-49, when he scored a century in the drawn match, and away against Ceylon in 1948-49 (Pakistan's first cricket tour) and 1949–50.

Mohammad Saeed (cricketer, born 1910)

In a career that extended from 1930 to 1954, he played for various Indian teams, including Southern Punjab and Northern India in the Ranji Trophy in the 1930s and 1940s, and for Punjab cricket teams in Pakistan in the late 1940s and 1950s. In all first-class matches he made 2439 runs at an average of 29.74 with three centuries and a highest score of 175 for Northern India against Southern Punjab in the Ranji Trophy in 1946–47, when he captained Northern India to a 195-run victory.

Mohammad Saeed (cricketer, born 1910)

His son Yawar Saeed played for Somerset, and his daughter married the Pakistani Test bowler Fazal Mahmood.

Mohammad Saeed (cricketer, born 1910)

After retirement he served as a cricket administrator and at the time of his sudden death he was chairman of the Pakistan Test selectors.

References

External links

Mian Mohammad Saeed at PTV Sports website

1910 births

1979 deaths

Punjab (Pakistan) cricketers

Patiala cricketers

Southern Punjab cricketers

Northern India cricketers

Cricketers from Lahore

Pakistani cricketers

Commonwealth XI cricketers

Muslims cricketers

North Zone cricketers