The sport of cricket is one of the most glorious which the people could play and enjoy watching. The game is very popular in the Indian subcontinent and in the country of India, it is quite equal to any of the religions practiced in the country. The game has received immense contributions from the cricketing legends of the world. Some of the cricketing legends who had a role to play in the way the sport of cricket shape up, include the likes of Hanif Mohammad, Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Don Bradman, Garfield Sobers, etc.

The details about career of Hanif Mohammad and about cricket are provided below. This cricket player was born on 21st December, 1934 in British India. He played for the country of Pakistan, after independence. He is regarded by all and sundry as one of the greatest batsman of all times.

Cricket player Hanif Mohammad played the sport between the time period of 1952 and 1969/70. In all he played a total of 55 test matches where he scored 3915 runs at an average of almost 44 runs per innings. Throughout his career, this player has been entertaining the spectators and his team with the finest exhibition of batsmanship. This is what enabled him to score 12 test hundreds.

Hanif Mohammad is one of those rare Pakistani test match players who has been able to perform well on foreign conditions. The subcontinental batsmen are infamous for their inability to play in conditions alien to them. But Hanif has been able to overcome those problems and come out victorious. Many of the current as well as former players in cricket hold him in awe. He also held the record of highest individual score in a first class match when he scored 499 runs in a single innings. This record was broken by Brian Lara who scored 501 runs during a country match. It took a batsman 35 years to break cricket player Hanif Mohammad's record.


Cricketing Legends

Don Bradman	Michael Holding
Hanif Mohammad	Garfield Sobers
Sunil Gavaskar	Vivian Richards
Clive Llyod	Chandrasekhar
Jeffery Thomsan	Geoffrey Boycott
Richard Hadlee	Brian Lara
Kapil Dev	Imran Khan
Shane Warne	Muralitharan
Anil Kumble	Ian Chappell
Steve Waugh	Sachin Tendulkar
Shoaib Akhtar	Courtney Walsh
Wasim Akram	Glen Mcgrath
Alan Donald

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