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{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (1932–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Waqar Hasan<br />وقارحسن
| fullname = Waqar Hasan Mir
| image = Waqar Hasan of Pakistan.png
| caption =
| imagesize = 160px
| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|9|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Amritsar]], [[British Punjab|Punjab]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|2|10|1932|9|12|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], [[Pakistan]]
| family = [[Pervez Sajjad]] (brother)
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm
| role =
| international = true
| country = Pakistan
| testdebutagainst = India
| testcap = 11
| testdebutdate = 16 October
| testdebutyear = 1952
| lasttestdate = 21 November
| lasttestagainst = Australia
| lasttestyear = 1959
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 21
| runs1 = 1,071
| bat avg1 = 31.50
| 100s/50s1 = 1/6
| top score1 = 189
| deliveries1 = 6
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1= 10/–
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches2 = 99
| runs2 = 4,741
| bat avg2 = 35.64
| 100s/50s2 = 8/27
| top score2 = 201[[not out|*]]
| deliveries2 = 294
| wickets2 = 2
| bowl avg2 = 86.00
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 1/9
| catches/stumpings2= 47/–
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/43541.html Cricinfo
| date = 10 February 2020
}}

'''Waqar Hasan Mir''' ({{lang-ur|وقارحسن}}; 12 September 1932 – 10 February 2020) was a Pakistani [[cricket]]er who played in 21 [[Test cricket|Test matches]] from 1952 to 1959, and the last surviving member of Pakistan's inaugural Test squad.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28669947/waqar-hasan-last-link-pakistan-inaugural-test-dies-87 |title=Waqar Hasan, last link to Pakistan's inaugural Test XI, dies at 87 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=10 February 2020}}</ref> He scored 1,071 runs in Test cricket, and played in 99 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1607359 |title=Waqar Hasan, last-surviving member of Pakistan's maiden Test XI, passes away at 87 |work=International Cricket Council |accessdate=11 February 2020}}</ref>

==Cricket career==
Waqar Hasan attended [[Government College University (Lahore)|Government College, Lahore]], where he played for the cricket team.<ref name=IC/> He toured England with the [[Pakistan Eaglets]] team of young cricketers in 1951.<ref name=IC/>
[[File:Waqar_Hasan_(left)_and_Imtiyaz_Ahmed_(right).jpg|thumb|left|Waqar Hasan (left) and [[Imtiaz Ahmed (cricketer)|Imtiaz Ahmed]] come out to bat during the Second Test [[New Zealand cricket team in Pakistan in 1955–56|against New Zealand]] in 1955.]]
An "attractive stroke-making right-handed batsman, who was ideal in a crisis",<ref>[[Christopher Martin-Jenkins]], ''The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers'', Rigby, Adelaide, 1983, p. 479.</ref> he played in Pakistan's first 18 Tests, including its first five victories. In Pakistan's first Test series, [[Pakistani cricket team in India in 1952–53|against India in 1952–53]], he was the highest scorer on either side, with 357 runs at an average of 44.62, playing several defiant innings when Pakistan were in trouble.<ref>''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 1953, pp. 872–83.</ref> He was less successful on the 1954 tour of England, with 103 runs at 14.71, but impressed with his fielding in the covers.<ref>''Wisden'' 1955, pp. 215–19.</ref>

He scored his only Test century against New Zealand in 1955–56 at Lahore, when he made 189 in 430 minutes, adding 309 for the seventh wicket with [[Imtiaz Ahmed (cricketer, born 1928)|Imtiaz Ahmed]] after the score had been 111 for 6.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21795.html| title = Pakistan v New Zealand, Lahore 1955–56| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 26 August 2015}}</ref> His 189 set a new record for Pakistan's highest Test score which lasted only until Ahmed (who made 209) overtook it the next day.<ref>[[Don Neely]] & Richard Payne, ''Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985'', Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 240–41.</ref> Hasan played five more Tests without reaching 50.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/937/t_Batting_by_Season.html| title = Waqar Hasan, Test batting by season| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 26 August 2015}}</ref>

He played [[first-class cricket]] in Pakistan from 1949 to 1966, with a highest score of 201 not out for L. W. Cannon's XI against Hasan Mahmood's XI in 1953–54.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20884.html| title = Hasan Mahmood's XI v L. W. Cannon's XI, 1953–54| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 26 August 2015}}</ref> He captained [[Karachi cricket teams|Karachi Blues]] to victory in the final of the 1963–64 [[Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26639.html| title = Karachi Blues v Karachi Whites, 1963–64| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 26 August 2015}}</ref> and in his last first-class match he again captained them to victory in the 1964–65 competition.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/27/27971.html| title = Karachi Blues v Lahore Greens, 1964–65| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 26 August 2015}}</ref>

He served as a national selector several times from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was the chief selector when Pakistan beat India 3–0 at home in 1982-83.<ref name=IC/>

==Personal life==
Waqar Hasan's family was of [[Kashmiris|Kashmiri]] descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cricketworld.com/waqar-hasan-a-pioneer-with-a-touch-of-class/61914.htm|title=Waqar Hasan – A pioneer with a touch of class|first=Salim Parvez Monday 17|last=February 2020|website=Cricket World}}</ref> He married Jamila Razaaq, the daughter of actress [[Sultana (actress)|Sultana Razaaq]], one of the earliest film actresses from India. Jamila is also the granddaughter of India’s first female film director, [[Fatima Begum]],<ref name="amazon">{{cite web |title=Sultana-actress |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0838459/ |publisher=IMDb.com |accessdate=13 September 2012 }}</ref> and the niece of [[Zubeida]] (the leading actress of India's first talkie film, ''[[Alam Ara]]''), who was the younger sister of her mother Sultana.<ref name="cine">{{cite web |title=sultana |url=http://cineplot.com/encyclopedia/sultana/ |publisher=Cineplot.com |accessdate=13 September 2012 |quote= }}</ref>

In 1954 Waqar moved from [[Lahore]] to work for the [[Pakistan Public Works Department]] in [[Karachi]] as a cinema inspector. In the early 1960s he went into business.<ref name=IC>{{cite web|last1=Chaudhry|first1=Ijaz|title=Pakistan's first tour of India was my most memorable|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/588831.html|website=Cricinfo|accessdate=26 August 2015}}</ref> In 1970, with his partner Abdul Majeed, he took over National Laboratories, a food testing facility, and turned it into the spice-manufacturing company [[National Foods Limited]].<ref>{{cite web |date=14 June 2008|title=Spicing up Seth’s business |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/117336-spicing-up-seth%E2%80%99s-business-future-of-business-is-in-brands |website=The News |accessdate=10 February 2020}}</ref> In 2002, with the assistance of the cricket journalist [[Qamar Ahmed]], he wrote ''For Cricket and Country: An Autobiography''.<ref>[[Peter Oborne]], ''Wounded Tiger: The History of Cricket in Pakistan'', Simon & Schuster, London, 2014, p. 563.</ref>

Waqar died aged 87 on 10 February 2020 after suffering from illness for some years. The [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] expressed their sorrow, their chairman [[Ehsan Mani]] describing Waqar as "not only an outstanding cricketer but a thorough gentleman who set very high standards".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/pcb-mourns-the-passing-of-waqar-hasan-the-last-surviving-member-of-the-first-test-squad.html |title=PCB mourns the passing of Waqar Hasan, the last surviving member of the first Test squad |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |accessdate=11 February 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=43541}}
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/588831.html "Pakistan's first tour of India was my most memorable"] from [[Cricinfo]]
* [https://www.cricketworld.com/waqar-hasan-a-pioneer-with-a-touch-of-class/61914.htm "Waqar Hasan – A pioneer with a touch of class"] – biography and tributes

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