Mudassar Nazar

Mudassar Nazar
مدثر نذر

Personal information
Nickname	Golden Arm
Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling style	Right-arm medium (RM)
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs Matches 76 122 Runs scored 4114 2653 Batting average 38.09 25.26 100s/50s 10/17 -/16 Top score 231* 95 Balls bowled 5967 4855 Wickets 66 111 Bowling average 38.36 30.91 5 wickets in innings 1 1 10 wickets in match – n/a Best bowling 6/38 5/29 Catches/stumpings 48/– 21/–
Source: [1], 7 January 2006

Mudassar Nazar (Urdu: مدثر نذر) (born 6 April 1956) is a former Pakistani cricketer with a career in Test cricket for Pakistan and in league cricket in Pakistan and England. After retiring from professional cricket, he has had a number of administrative positions in the cricketing world, including two stints as coach for Pakistan in 1993 and 2001, for Kenya and for several other teams. He was born in Lahore, Punjab.

Summary of career

Mudassar made his debut in Test cricket for Pakistan against Australia in Adelaide on 24 December 1976. The son of Test cricketer Nazar Mohammad, he followed in his father's footsteps to open Pakistan's opening batting. Mudassar now resides in Bolton, England. He played for many prominent league teams in Pakistan, and played his last Test match against New Zealand at Auckland on 28 February 1989, but he continued playing first-class cricket until 1993. He became the second Pakistani after his father to carry the bat as an opener in the fifth Test of the 1982–83 series against India. One time Mudassar Nazar held a record for highest partnership in Test Cricket of 451-runs, 3rd-wicket with Javed Miandad against India at Hyderabad, Pakistan in 1982–83. He also holds the record for the slowest Test match century. He was also a useful bowling option for his captain and earned the reputation of a shock bowler because he was good at breaking long partnerships and batsmen who played long innings.

After retiring from professional cricket, Mudassar became national coach for Pakistan and has coached a number of other teams, including Kenya's national team in the season of 2005. In 1982 he earned the title of 'Golden Arm' at Lord's for his match winning bowling spell against England.

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Mudassar Nazar's career performance graph.

External links

• ESPNCricinfo – Player profile