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	Raees started his [[First-class cricket\|first-class]] career for Karachi and Sind against Commonwealth XI in December 1949 at [[Karachi Gymkhana\|Karachi Gymkhana Ground]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19130.html\|title=Karachi and Sind v Commonwealth XI – Commonwealth XI in India, Pakistan and Ceylon 1949/50\|publisher=CricketArchive\|url-access=subscription\|accessdate=14 March 2013}}</ref> He played his next match against the rest in March 1953 in which he scored 8 and 66 [[Run (cricket)\|runs]].<ref name="FCM">{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43152/First-Class_Matches.html\|title=First-class matches played by Raees Mohammad (30)\|publisher=CricketArchive\|url-access=subscription\|accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20544.html\|title=Pakistan v The Rest – First-class matches in Pakistan 1952/53\|publisher=CricketArchive\|url-access=subscription\|accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref> In the next two seasons, Raees played eight matches, aggregating 603 runs, including his career best 118 [[not out]] against [[Sindh cricket team\|Sind]].<ref name="Seasonbat">{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43152/f_Batting_by_Season.html\|title=First-class batting and fielding in each season by Raees Mohammad\|publisher=CricketArchive\|url-access=subscription\|accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21352.html\|title=Karachi v Sind – Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1954/55\|publisher=CricketArchive\|url-access=subscription\|accessdate=14 March 2013}}</ref> He also took 15 [[wicket]]s in the 1954–55 season.<ref name="Seasonbol">{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43152/f_Bowling_by_Season.html\|title=First-class bowling in each season by Raees Mohammad\|publisher=CricketArchive\|url-access=subscription\|accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref> In the final match of the [[Quaid-i-Azam Trophy#Winners\|1954–55 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy]], he made his second [[Century (cricket)\|century]], 110 not out, against the Combined Services. He also achieved his best bowling performance in the match, taking four wickets for 82.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21462.html\|title=Karachi v Combined Services – Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1954/55 (Final)\|publisher=CricketArchive\|url-access=subscription\|accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref>		Raees started his [[First-class cricket\|first-class]] career for Karachi and Sind against Commonwealth XI in December 1949 at [[Karachi Gymkhana\|Karachi Gymkhana Ground]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19130.html\|title=Karachi and Sind v Commonwealth XI – Commonwealth XI in India, Pakistan and Ceylon 1949/50\|publisher=CricketArchive\|url-access=subscription\|accessdate=14 March 2013}}</ref> He played his next match against the rest in March 1953 in which he scored 8 and 66 [[Run (cricket)\|runs]].<ref name="FCM">{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43152/First-Class_Matches.html\|title=First-class matches played by Raees Mohammad (30)\|publisher=CricketArchive\|url-access=subscription\|accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20544.html\|title=Pakistan v The Rest – First-class matches in Pakistan 1952/53\|publisher=CricketArchive\|url-access=subscription\|accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref> In the next two seasons, Raees played eight matches, aggregating 603 runs, including his career best 118 [[not out]] against [[Sindh cricket team\|Sind]].<ref name="Seasonbat">{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43152/f_Batting_by_Season.html\|title=First-class batting and fielding in each season by Raees Mohammad\|publisher=CricketArchive\|url-access=subscription\|accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21352.html\|title=Karachi v Sind – Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1954/55\|publisher=CricketArchive\|url-access=subscription\|accessdate=14 March 2013}}</ref> He also took 15 [[wicket]]s in the 1954–55 season.<ref name="Seasonbol">{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43152/f_Bowling_by_Season.html\|title=First-class bowling in each season by Raees Mohammad\|publisher=CricketArchive\|url-access=subscription\|accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref> In the final match of the [[Quaid-i-Azam Trophy#Winners\|1954–55 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy]], he made his second [[Century (cricket)\|century]], 110 not out, against the Combined Services. He also achieved his best bowling performance in the match, taking four wickets for 82.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21462.html\|title=Karachi v Combined Services – Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1954/55 (Final)\|publisher=CricketArchive\|url-access=subscription\|accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref>

	In the same season, he was named 12th man for the Dhaka Test match against India, the first ever hosted by Pakistan.<ref name=":0"~~>{{cite web\|url=https:~~//www.espncricinfo.com/story/raees-mohammad-brother-of-hanif-wazir-mushtaq-and-sadiq-dies-aged-89-1301215 \|title=Raees Mohammad, brother of Hanif, Wazir, Mushtaq and Sadiq, dies aged 89 \|publisher=ESPNcricinfo\|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref>		In the same season, he was named 12th man for the Dhaka Test match against India, the first ever hosted by Pakistan.<ref name=":0"/>

	From 1955 to 1958, he played nine matches, scored 341 runs [[Batting average (cricket)\|averaged]] under 25 and took 10 [[Caught\|catches]].<ref name="Seasonbat"/><ref name="Seasonbol"/>		From 1955 to 1958, he played nine matches, scored 341 runs [[Batting average (cricket)\|averaged]] under 25 and took 10 [[Caught\|catches]].<ref name="Seasonbat"/><ref name="Seasonbol"/>

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{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (1932–2022)}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Raees Mohammad
| image = Cricket_no_pic.png
| country = Pakistan
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|12|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Junagadh]], [[Junagadh State]], [[British Raj|British India]]
|family = {{ubl|[[Wazir Mohammad]] (brother)|[[Hanif Mohammad]] (brother)|[[Mushtaq Mohammad]] (brother)|[[Sadiq Mohammad]] (brother)|[[Asif Mohammad]] (son)|[[Shoaib Mohammad]] (nephew)}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|2|14|1932|12|25|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Karachi]], Pakistan
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[legbreak]], [[googly]]
| role = [[Batsman]]
| club1 = [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1953/54–1961/62}}
| club2 = [[Peshawar cricket team|Peshawar]]
| year2 = 1959/60
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 30
| runs1 = 1,344
| bat avg1 = 32.78
| 100s/50s1 = 2/8
| top score1 = 118[[Not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 1,032
| wickets1 = 33
| bowl avg1 = 31.27
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 4/82
| catches/stumpings1 = 21/–
| date = 14 March
| year = 2013
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/42504.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Raees Mohammad''' ({{langx|ur|رئيس محمد}}; 25 December 1932 – 14 February 2022) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 30 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches from 1948 to 1963.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/raees-mohammad-brother-of-hanif-wazir-mushtaq-and-sadiq-dies-aged-89-1301215 |title=Raees Mohammad, brother of Hanif, Wazir, Mushtaq and Sadiq, dies aged 89 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref> A right-handed batsman and leg-spinner, he scored 1,344 [[Run (cricket)|runs]] including two [[Century (cricket)|centuries]], and took 33 wickets.<ref name="Profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/42504.html|title=Player profile: Raees Mohammad|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|accessdate=14 March 2013}}</ref> He was one of the five Mohammad brothers, four of whom ([[Wazir Mohammad|Wazir]], [[Hanif Mohammad|Hanif]], [[Mushtaq Mohammad|Mushtaq]] and [[Sadiq Mohammad|Sadiq]]) played [[Test cricket]] for [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]]. Former Test cricketer [[Shoaib Mohammad]] is his nephew.

==Personal life==
Raees came from a large and famous Pakistani cricketing family. His brothers, [[Wazir Mohammad]], [[Hanif Mohammad]], [[Mushtaq Mohammad]] and [[Sadiq Mohammad]] played [[Test cricket]] for [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152560.html|title=The family Pakistan cannot play without, 1976 – The greatly-praised Hanif and his brothers|first=Basil |last=Easterbrook|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=1976|accessdate=14 March 2013}}</ref> His nephew, [[Shoaib Mohammad]], also represented Pakistan at Test level, as well as playing [[One Day International]] cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/42658.html|title=Player profile: Shoaib Mohammad|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=14 March 2013}}</ref> His son, [[Asif Mohammad]], played [[first-class cricket|first-class]] and List A cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/502404.html|title=Sadiq Mohammad – 'Self-belief was my best attribute'|first=Ijaz |last=Chaudhry|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=22 February 2011|accessdate=14 March 2013}}</ref>

He died in Karachi on 14 February 2022, at the age of 89.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Raees Muhammad of famed Raees clan in Pakistan passes away|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/raees-muhammad-of-famed-raees-clan-in-pakistan-passes-away/articleshow/89572665.cms |access-date=14 February 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=14 February 2022}}</ref>

==Career==
Raees started his [[First-class cricket|first-class]] career for Karachi and Sind against Commonwealth XI in December 1949 at [[Karachi Gymkhana|Karachi Gymkhana Ground]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19130.html|title=Karachi and Sind v Commonwealth XI – Commonwealth XI in India, Pakistan and Ceylon 1949/50|publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=14 March 2013}}</ref> He played his next match against the rest in March 1953 in which he scored 8 and 66 [[Run (cricket)|runs]].<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43152/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-class matches played by Raees Mohammad (30)|publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20544.html|title=Pakistan v The Rest – First-class matches in Pakistan 1952/53|publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref> In the next two seasons, Raees played eight matches, aggregating 603 runs, including his career best 118 [[not out]] against [[Sindh cricket team|Sind]].<ref name="Seasonbat">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43152/f_Batting_by_Season.html|title=First-class batting and fielding in each season by Raees Mohammad|publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21352.html|title=Karachi v Sind – Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1954/55|publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=14 March 2013}}</ref> He also took 15 [[wicket]]s in the 1954–55 season.<ref name="Seasonbol">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/43/43152/f_Bowling_by_Season.html|title=First-class bowling in each season by Raees Mohammad|publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref> In the final match of the [[Quaid-i-Azam Trophy#Winners|1954–55 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy]], he made his second [[Century (cricket)|century]], 110 not out, against the Combined Services. He also achieved his best bowling performance in the match, taking four wickets for 82.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21462.html|title=Karachi v Combined Services – Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1954/55 (Final)|publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref>

In the same season, he was named 12th man for the Dhaka Test match against India, the first ever hosted by Pakistan.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/raees-mohammad-brother-of-hanif-wazir-mushtaq-and-sadiq-dies-aged-89-1301215 |title=Raees Mohammad, brother of Hanif, Wazir, Mushtaq and Sadiq, dies aged 89 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref>

From 1955 to 1958, he played nine matches, scored 341 runs [[Batting average (cricket)|averaged]] under 25 and took 10 [[Caught|catches]].<ref name="Seasonbat"/><ref name="Seasonbol"/>

During Raees' next three seasons—1959–60, 1960–61 and 1961–62—he played in two, one and three matches scoring 68, 12 and 117 runs respectively; his highest score remained 73 against [[Karachi Blues cricket team|Karachi Blues]], in the semi-final of the 1961–62 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy.<ref name="Seasonbat"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/25/25255.html|title=Karachi Blues v Karachi Whites – Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1961/62 (Semi-final)|publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=17 March 2013}}</ref> He played for the last time in the 1962–63 Pakistani domestic season, playing five matches, scoring 192 runs at the average of above 27, including a half century.<ref name="Seasonbat"/> In all, Raees played 30 first-class matches and scored 1,344 runs at the average of 32.78, including two centuries and eight half centuries. He also took 33 wickets and 21 catches.<ref name="Profile"/>

==References==
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[[Category:1932 births]]
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[[Category:Pakistani cricketers]]
[[Category:People from Junagadh]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Gujarat]]
[[Category:Karachi cricketers]]
[[Category:Peshawar cricketers]]
[[Category:Karachi Blues cricketers]]
[[Category:Karachi B cricketers]]
[[Category:East Pakistan cricketers]]
[[Category:Karachi Whites cricketers]]
[[Category:Pakistani people of Gujarati descent]]
[[Category:Indian emigrants to Pakistan]]