Waqar Hasan Mir was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 21 Test matches from 1952 to 1959, and the last surviving member of Pakistan's inaugural Test team.
10 Facts About Waqar Hasan
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Waqar Hasan scored 1,071 runs in Test cricket, and played in 99 first-class matches.
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Waqar Hasan attended Government College, Lahore, where he played for the cricket team.
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Waqar Hasan toured England with the Pakistan Eaglets team of young cricketers in 1951.
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Waqar Hasan was less successful on the 1954 tour of England, with 103 runs at 14.71, but impressed with his fielding in the covers.
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Waqar Hasan's 189 set a new record for Pakistan's highest Test score which lasted only until Ahmed overtook it the next day.
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Waqar Hasan served as a national selector several times from the 1960s to the 1980s.
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Waqar Hasan married Jamila Razzaq, the daughter of actress Sultana Razzaq, one of the earliest film actresses from India.
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In 1954 Waqar moved from Lahore to work for the Pakistan Public Works Department in Karachi as a cinema inspector.
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Waqar Hasan died aged 87 on 10 February 2020 after suffering from illness for some years.