Raees Mohammad (Urdu: رئيس محمد; 25 December 1932 – 14 February 2022) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 30 first-class matches from 1948 to 1963.[1] A right-handed batsman and a leg-spinner, he scored 1,344 runs with the help of two centuries, and took 33 wickets.[2] He was one of the five Mohammad brothers, four of whom played Test cricket for Pakistan. Former Test cricketer Shoaib Mohammad is his nephew.
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| Born | (1932-12-25)25 December 1932 Junagadh, Junagadh State, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 February 2022(2022-02-14) (aged 89) Karachi, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm Legbreak googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Wazir Mohammad (brother) Hanif Mohammad (brother) Mushtaq Mohammad (brother) Sadiq Mohammad (brother) Asif Mohammad (son) Shoaib Mohammad (nephew) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953/54 – 1961/62 | Karachi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959/60 | Peshawar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 March 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.[3] His nephew, Shoaib Mohammad, also represented Pakistan at Test level, as well as playing One Day International cricket.[4] His son, Asif Mohammad, played first-class and List A cricket.[5]
He died in Karachi on 14 February 2022, at the age of 89.[1][6]
Raees started his first-class career for Karachi and Sind against Commonwealth XI in December 1949 at Karachi Gymkhana Ground.[7] He played his next match against the rest in March 1953 in which he scored 8 and 66 runs.[8][9] In the next two seasons, Raees played eight matches, aggregating 603 runs, including his career best 118 not out against Sind.[10][11] He also took 15 wickets in the 1954–55 season.[12] In the final match of the 1954–55 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, he made his second century, 110 not out, against the Combined Services. He also achieved his best bowling performance in the match, taking four wickets for 82.[13] From 1955 to 1958, he played nine matches, scored 341 runs averaged under 25 and took 10 catches.[10][12]
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, in the semi-final of the 1961–62 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy.[10][14] 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.[10] 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.[2]