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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Nazir Ali<br />
| image = File:1932 Indian Test Cricket team.jpg<br />
| caption = The 1932 Indian Test Cricket team that toured England. Nazir Ali is seen sitting fifth on the bench starting with his brother, [[Wazir Ali|Syed Wazir Ali]] on the extreme left<br />
| fullname = Syed Nazir Ali<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|06|08|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Jullundur]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|02|18|1906|06|08|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Lahore]], Punjab, Pakistan<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium<br />
| family = {{ubl|[[Wazir Ali]] (brother)|[[Khalid Wazir]] (nephew)}}<br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]<br />
| matches1 = 2<br />
| runs1 = 30<br />
| bat avg1 = 7.50<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0<br />
| top score1 = 13<br />
| deliveries1 = 138<br />
| wickets1 = 4<br />
| bowl avg1 = 20.75<br />
| fivefor1 = 0<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 4/83<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 0/–<br />
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches2 = 75<br />
| runs2 = 3,440<br />
| bat avg2 = 30.17<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 7/15<br />
| top score2 = 197<br />
| deliveries2 = 8,360<br />
| wickets2 = 158<br />
| bowl avg2 = 25.49<br />
| fivefor2 = 6<br />
| tenfor2 = 0<br />
| best bowling2 = 7/93<br />
| catches/stumpings2= 48/–<br />
| country = India<br />
| international = true<br />
| internationalspan = 1932–1934<br />
| testcap = 8<br />
| testdebutagainst = England<br />
| testdebutdate = 25 June<br />
| testdebutyear = 1932<br />
| lasttestdate = 10 February<br />
| lasttestagainst = England<br />
| lasttestyear = 1934<br />
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| source = http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/31816.html ESPNcricinfo<br />
| date = 10 May<br />
| year = 2020<br />
}}<br />
'''Syed Nazir Ali''' {{audio|Nazir Ali.ogg|pronunciation}} (8 June 1906 – 18 February 1975) was a prominent player from the early days of [[Cricket in India|Indian cricket]].<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/31816.html |title=Nazir Ali|accessdate=10 May 2020 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> Later, he migrated to Pakistan, where he played a few first-class matches and became an administrator. He was a Test selector from 1952 to 1968 and the Secretary of the [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] in 1953-54.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/672206-cricketing-dynasties-the-twenty-two-families-of-pakistan-test-cricket-part-4 |title=Cricketing Dynasties: The Twenty Two Families of Pakistan Test Cricket – Part 4 &#124; Sports |publisher=thenews.com.pk |date=June 14, 2020 |accessdate=2022-09-04}}</ref><br />
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Nazir Ali was an attacking right-handed batsman, a fast-medium bowler, and a good fielder. He was the younger brother of [[Wazir Ali]].<br />
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When [[Marylebone Cricket Club|MCC]] toured India in 1926/27, he impressed the MCC captain [[Arthur Gilligan]] who suggested that Nazir should qualify for [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]]. Some months later Nazir Ali wakened up the secretary of Sussex at 1 am asking for hospitality or to be sent where he could find it.{{ref|CMJ}}<br />
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Nazir was lucky to have a patron in the [[Maharaja of Patiala]] who sent him to England to study electrical engineering. There he represented Sussex once and played in other matches, resuming his career in India four years later.<br />
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He played in India's [[Indian cricket team in England in 1932#Test summary|first Test match in 1932]] scoring 13 and 6 and picked up an injury while fielding during England's second innings. He scored 1020 runs and took 23 wickets in the tour. Nazir's most memorable feat was perhaps the 52, with five fours and three sixes, that he scored against [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] out of India's 66 all out.<ref>https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/f/13/f13731.html {{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> No other batsmen scored more than three in that inning. This is still the lowest [[first class cricket|first class]] total to include an individual fifty.<ref name="Frindall">{{cite book|last1=Frindall|first1=Bill|title=The Wisden Book of Cricket Records|date=1998|publisher=Headline Book Publishing|location=London|isbn=0747222037|page=157|edition=Fourth}}</ref><br />
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Nazir played one other Test, against England at [[M.A. Chidambaram Stadium|Madras]] [[English cricket team in India in 1933–34|in 1933/34]]. After 1947, he settled in [[Pakistan]] and was an administrator.<br />
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==References==<br />
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* {{note|CMJ}} Christopher Martin-Jenkins, ''The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers''<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cricinfo|id=31816}}<br />
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