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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (1928–2009)}}<br />
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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Khan Mohammad<br />
| image = Khan Mohammad in 1954.jpg<br />
| caption = Khan Mohammad in 1954<br />
| country = Pakistan<br />
| full_name = Khan Mohammad<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|1|1|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|7|4|1928|1|1|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[London]], [[England]]<br />
| nickname = <br />
| heightft = <br />
| heightinch = <br />
| heightm = <br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]]<br />
| role = Opening bowler<br />
| international = true<br />
| internationalspan = 1952–1958<br />
| testdebutdate = 16 October<br />
| testdebutyear = 1952<br />
| testdebutagainst = India<br />
| testcap = 8<br />
| lasttestdate = 31 March<br />
| lasttestyear = 1958<br />
| lasttestagainst = West Indies<br />
| club1 = [[Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|Punjab]]<br />
| year1 = 1947/48<br />
| club2 = [[Punjab University cricket team|Punjab University]]<br />
| year2 = {{nowrap|1947/48–1948/49}}<br />
| club3 = [[Pakistan Universities cricket team|Pakistan Universities]]<br />
| year3 = 1949/50<br />
| club4 = [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]]<br />
| year4 = 1951<br />
| club5 = [[Bahawalpur cricket team|Bahawalpur]]<br />
| year5 = 1953/54<br />
| club6 = [[Sind cricket team|Sind]]<br />
| year6 = 1955/56<br />
| club7 = [[Karachi Whites cricket team|Karachi Whites]]<br />
| year7 = 1956/57<br />
| club8 = [[Lahore cricket team|Lahore]]<br />
| year8 = 1960/61<br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]<br />
| matches1 = 13<br />
| runs1 = 100<br />
| bat avg1 = 10.00<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0<br />
| top score1 = 26[[not out|*]]<br />
| deliveries1 = 3,157<br />
| wickets1 = 54<br />
| bowl avg1 = 23.92<br />
| fivefor1 = 4<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 6/21<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–<br />
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches2 = 54<br />
| runs2 = 544<br />
| bat avg2 = 11.57<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 0/1<br />
| top score2 = 93<br />
| deliveries2 = 10,496<br />
| wickets2 = 214<br />
| bowl avg2 = 23.22<br />
| fivefor2 = 16<br />
| tenfor2 = 1<br />
| best bowling2 = 7/56<br />
| catches/stumpings2 = 20/–<br />
| date = 6 July<br />
| year = 2009<br />
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/934/934.html CricketArchive<br />
}}<br />
'''Khan Mohammad''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], {{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|خان محمد}}}}) (1 January 1928 – 4 July 2009) was a cricket player who was a member of [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan's]] first Test team that played against [[India national cricket team|India]] in 1952. Born in [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], he was educated at the city's [[Islamia College (Lahore)|Islamia College]]. He played in 13 Tests as an opening bowler who shared the new ball with [[Fazal Mahmood]]. He also holds the distinction of bowling Pakistan's first ball and taking Pakistan's first [[Dismissal (cricket)|wicket]] in Test cricket.<br />
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He even once bowled [[Len Hutton]] in a Test match for a duck, at [[Lord's]] in 1954 – a rare feat among the cricketers of that time.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}<br />
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In 1951, Khan Mohammad made one appearance for [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]], playing against the [[South African cricket team in England in 1951|South Africans]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19906.html | title = Somerset v South Africans |date = 1951-08-01 |publisher=www.cricketarchive.com | access-date = 2008-12-06}}</ref> He took five wickets in the match, and the intention appears to have been for him to qualify for the county by residence, which would have taken three years by the then rules, but he returned to Pakistan, when Test cricket started there 18 months later. He chose country over county, as his newly founded nation desperately needed experienced cricketers.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}<br />
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Khan Mohammad, who had been living in [[England]] during the last four decades, died of [[prostate cancer]] in [[London]] on 4 July 2009.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Licudi |first1=Adam |title=Obituary - Khan Mohammad: Bowler who helped establish Pakistan as a force in Test cricket |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/khan-mohammad-bowler-who-helped-establish-pakistan-as-a-force-in-test-cricket-1793530.html |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=The Independent |date=26 September 2009}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cricinfo|id=41043}}<br />
*[http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Players/0/934/934.html Pakistan Cricket Board profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925040226/http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Players/0/934/934.html |date=25 September 2020 }}<br />
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