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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (1935–2020)}}<br />
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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Mohammad Munaf<br />
| image = File:Mohammad Munaf of Pakistan.jpg<br />
| imagesize = 180px<br />
| caption =<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|11|2|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[British India]]<br>(now [[India]])<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|1|28|1935|11|2|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]]<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium<br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Tests]]<br />
| matches1 = 4<br />
| runs1 = 63<br />
| bat avg1 = 12.59<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0<br />
| top score1 = 19<br />
| deliveries1 = 769<br />
| wickets1 = 11<br />
| bowl avg1 = 31.00<br />
| fivefor1 = 0<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 4/42<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 0/–<br />
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches2 = 71 <br />
| runs2 = 1356<br />
| bat avg2 = 17.61<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 0/4<br />
| top score2 = 76<br />
| deliveries2 = 9115<br />
| wickets2 = 180<br />
| bowl avg2 = 24.22<br />
| fivefor2 = 6<br />
| tenfor2 = 1<br />
| best bowling2 = 8/84<br />
| catches/stumpings2= 47/–<br />
| international = true<br />
| country = Pakistan<br />
| testdebutfor =<br />
| testdebutagainst = Australia<br />
| testdebutdate = 21 November<br />
| testdebutyear = 1959<br />
| lasttestdate = 19 January<br />
| lasttestfor =<br />
| lasttestagainst = England<br />
| lasttestyear = 1962<br />
| testcap = 33<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/41291.html Cricinfo<br />
| date = 7 September<br />
| year = 2015<br />
}}<br />
'''Mohammad Munaf''' (2 November 1935 – 28 January 2020) was a Pakistani [[cricket]]er who played in four [[Test cricket|Tests]] from 1959 to 1962.<ref>{{cite book |last=Booth |first=Lawrence |date=2021 |title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack |page=267 |isbn=9781472975478}}</ref> He played [[first-class cricket]] in Pakistan from 1953 to 1971.<ref>{{cite web |title=First-Class Matches played by Mohammad Munaf |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1115/First-Class_Matches.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=9 February 2020}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education == <br />
Munaf was born in [[Mumbai|Bombay]] to a [[Konkani people|Konkani]] family who migrated to Pakistan from the west coast of [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cricketworld.com/a-throwback-to-the-amateur-days-obituary-of-mohammad-munaf/61793.htm|title=A Throwback to the Amateur Days - Obituary of Mohammad Munaf|first=Salim Parvez Monday 10|last=February 2020|website=Cricket World}}</ref><ref name="Dawn"/> He was educated at Sindh Maddrasa-tul-Islam.<ref name="Dawn">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1531416|title=Former Pakistan fast bowler Munaf passes away|first=Qamar|last=Ahmed|date=January 30, 2020|website=DAWN.COM|quote=Tall and handsome, Munaf was born in Bombay in 1935 in a Kokan family. He was one of the three Kokans from West coast of Maharashtra to represent Pakistan besides [[Ebbu Ghazali|M E Z.Ghazali]] and [[Ijaz Faqih|Ejaz Faqih]].}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
After settling in [[Karachi]], he, as a strapping young fast bowler, made his name in the Rubie Shield school tournament. At that time, he was good enough with the bat to have opened the batting with [[Hanif Mohammad]] for Sind Madrassah.<ref name=ESP/> Khadim H. Baloch wrote in his ''Encyclopaedia of Pakistan Cricket'' that Munaf delivered off a short run-up and had a slingy, round-arm action, and some reports had him, at his peak, as one of the fastest bowlers in the country.<ref name=ESP/><br />
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But his career coincided with early riches in Pakistan's pace resources. [[Fazal Mahmood]], [[Khan Mohammad]] and [[Mahmood Hussain (cricketer)|Mahmood Hussain]] were all starters for the national side ahead of him. He toured the [[Pakistani cricket team in the West Indies in 1957–58|West Indies in 1957-58]] without playing in any of the five Tests.<ref>"Pakistan in West Indies, 1958", ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 1959, pp. 803–18.</ref> His debut Test against Australia in 1959-60 only happened because Hussain was unavailable. He would go on to play only three more Tests, all in Pakistan, with a best of 4 for 42 against England in Lahore in 1961-62.<ref>{{cite web |title=1st Test, England tour of Pakistan at Lahore, Oct 21-26 1961 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17364/scorecard/62898/pakistan-vs-england-1st-test-england-tour-of-pakistan-1961-62 |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=8 February 2020}}</ref> He was also part of Pakistan's squad to India on [[Pakistani cricket team in India in 1960–61|the 1960-61 tour]], though once again he didn't play a single Test.<ref name=ESP>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28591571/former-pakistan-fast-bowler-mohammad-munaf-dies-84 |title=Former Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Munaf dies at 84 |work=Cricinfo |accessdate=29 January 2020}}</ref><br />
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Munaf's potential was never in doubt, though, as evidenced by two trips he made to England as part of the [[Pakistan Eaglets]] team. His career-best figures of 8 for 84 came on an Eaglets tour in 1963, against Kent.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kent v Pakistan Eaglets 1963 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1963/PAK-EAGLETS_IN_ENG/PAK-EAGLETS_KENT_22-24JUN1963.html |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=8 February 2020}}</ref> England may have been a good place for his bowling and though he was picked for what turned out to be a disastrous [[Pakistani cricket team in England in 1962|tour of England in 1962]], he had to withdraw with a leg injury.<ref name=ESP/><br />
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He worked for [[Pakistan International Airlines]]. After he retired he moved to the [[Netherlands]] and lived in [[Amsterdam]].<ref name="Dawn"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/41291.html Mohammad Munaf] at [[Cricinfo]]<br />
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1115/1115.html Mohammad Munaf] at CricketArchive<br />
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