fatman17
PDF THINK TANK: CONSULTANT
- Joined
- Apr 24, 2007
- Messages
- 32,563
- Reaction score
- 98
- Country
- Location
The fabulous Mohammad boys
The second pair of brothers to open for their country in Test cricket
Today is Sat, October 24th
Hanif Mohammad: opened the batting with brother Sadiq in his last Test © The Cricketer International
1969
Hanif and Sadiq Mohammad opened the batting for Pakistan in the first Test against New Zealand in Karachi, only the second instance of two brothers doing so in a Test. The first was at The Oval in 1880, when EM and WG Grace opened against Australia. This was Hanif's last Test - he played in all bar two of Pakistan's first 57 matches - and it ended in a draw despite the best efforts of offspinner Mohammad Nazir, who took 7 for 99, the best bowling figures by a Pakistan debutant until Mohammad Zahid took 7 for 66 against New Zealand in Rawalpindi in 1996-97.
1976
In the second Test between Pakistan and New Zealand in Hyderabad, Sadiq and Mushtaq Mohammad became only the second pair of brothers (after Greg and Ian Chappell) to score hundreds in the same Test innings. Sadiq made 103 and Mushtaq 101 to set up a match-winning total of 473 for 8 declared. New Zealand were legspun to a 10-wicket defeat, with Mushtaq, Intikhab Alam and Javed Miandad (playing in only his second Test), sharing 10 wickets. It's easy to forget, but Miandad started off as a budding allrounder. His first seven Tests yielded 15 wickets, but the next 107 brought only two as he settled for becoming one of the world's best batsmen.
The second pair of brothers to open for their country in Test cricket
Today is Sat, October 24th
Hanif Mohammad: opened the batting with brother Sadiq in his last Test © The Cricketer International
1969
Hanif and Sadiq Mohammad opened the batting for Pakistan in the first Test against New Zealand in Karachi, only the second instance of two brothers doing so in a Test. The first was at The Oval in 1880, when EM and WG Grace opened against Australia. This was Hanif's last Test - he played in all bar two of Pakistan's first 57 matches - and it ended in a draw despite the best efforts of offspinner Mohammad Nazir, who took 7 for 99, the best bowling figures by a Pakistan debutant until Mohammad Zahid took 7 for 66 against New Zealand in Rawalpindi in 1996-97.
1976
In the second Test between Pakistan and New Zealand in Hyderabad, Sadiq and Mushtaq Mohammad became only the second pair of brothers (after Greg and Ian Chappell) to score hundreds in the same Test innings. Sadiq made 103 and Mushtaq 101 to set up a match-winning total of 473 for 8 declared. New Zealand were legspun to a 10-wicket defeat, with Mushtaq, Intikhab Alam and Javed Miandad (playing in only his second Test), sharing 10 wickets. It's easy to forget, but Miandad started off as a budding allrounder. His first seven Tests yielded 15 wickets, but the next 107 brought only two as he settled for becoming one of the world's best batsmen.
