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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Mohammad Saeed<br />
| country = Pakistan<br />
| full_name = Mian Mohammad Saeed<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|8|31|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1979|8|23|1910|8|31|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = Lahore, Pakistan<br />
| batting = Right-handed <br />
| bowling = <br />
| family = [[Yawar Saeed]] (son)<br>[[Fazal Mahmood]] (son-in-law)<br />
| club1 = [[Muslims cricket team|Muslims]]<br />
| year1 = 1929/30<br />
| club2 = [[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]<br />
| year2 = 1933/34–1945/46<br />
| club3 = [[North Zone cricket team|North Zone]]<br />
| year3 = 1945/46–1946/47<br />
| club4 = [[Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|Punjab]]<br />
| year4 = 1947/48–1954/55<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 53 <br />
| runs1 = 2,439<br />
| bat avg1 = 29.74<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 3/13<br />
| top score1 = 175<br />
| deliveries1 = 514<br />
| wickets1 = 5<br />
| bowl avg1 = 53.60<br />
| fivefor1 = 0<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 1/6<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 31/–<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/31084.html ESPNcricinfo<br />
| date = 11 February <br />
| year = 2015<br />
}}<br />
'''Mian Mohammad Saeed''' (31 August 1910 – 23 August 1979) was a Pakistani cricketer, born in [[Lahore]]. He was the first [[Captain (cricket)|captain]] of the [[Pakistan cricket team]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
A right-handed batsman, Mohammad was the first captain of Pakistan, before they were awarded [[Test cricket|Test]] status.<ref name="WCA">''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 1980, p. 1151.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/743748-yesterdays-greats-mian-mohammad-saeed-pakistans-first-cricket-captain|title=Yesterday's Greats: Mian Mohammad Saeed, Pakistan's first cricket captain|website=[[The News International]]}}</ref> He led Pakistan against the touring [[West Indian cricket team in India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1948–49|West Indies team in 1948-49]], when he scored a [[Century (cricket)|century]] in the drawn match,<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18726.html Pakistan v West Indians 1948-49]</ref> and also led them against [[Sri Lanka cricket team|Ceylon]] in Ceylon in 1948-49 ([[Pakistani cricket team in Ceylon in 1948–49|Pakistan's first cricket tour]]) and in [[Ceylonese cricket team in Pakistan in 1949–50|Pakistan in 1949–50]].<br />
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In a career that extended from 1930 to 1954, he played for various Indian teams, including [[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]] and [[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]] in the [[Ranji Trophy]] in the 1930s and 1940s, and for [[Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Southern Punjab v Northern India 1946-47 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1940S/1946-47/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/S-PNJB_N-IND_RJI_30JAN-02FEB1947.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=15 November 2018}}</ref><br />
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His son [[Yawar Saeed]] played for Somerset, and his daughter married the Pakistani Test bowler [[Fazal Mahmood]].<ref name="WCA"/><br />
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After retirement he served as a cricket administrator and at the time of his sudden death he was chairman of the Pakistan Test selectors.<ref name="WCA"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cricinfo|id=31084}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150209031353/http://sports.ptv.com.pk/MianMohammadSaeed.asp Mian Mohammad Saeed] at [[PTV Sports]] website<br />
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[[Category:1910 births]]<br />
[[Category:1979 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Punjab (Pakistan) cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Patiala cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Southern Punjab cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Northern India cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Cricketers from Lahore]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistani cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Commonwealth XI cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Muslims cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:North Zone cricketers]]<br />
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