Nasim-ul-Ghani
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Nasim-ul-Ghani is a former Pakistani
cricket
er who played in 29 Tests
and one ODI from 1958 to 1973. At the time of his debut, aged 16 years, he was the world's youngest test player.
He became the first nightwatchman
to score a century when he hit 101 against England at Lord's in 1962. This was also his top score in Test cricket. It was also the first century by a Pakistani in England.
A slow left arm bowler, Nasim later featured in Minor County Cricket for Staffordshire from 1969-78. He has appeared as an ICC Match Referee in two Test Matches and 9 ODIs
Nasim-ul-Ghani holds the world record for the youngest person to get a 5 wicket haul in Test cricket aged 16 years 303 days following his 5-116 against West Indies in 1958.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played in 29 Tests
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
and one ODI from 1958 to 1973. At the time of his debut, aged 16 years, he was the world's youngest test player.
He became the first nightwatchman
Nightwatchman (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a nightwatchman is a lower-order batsman who comes in to bat higher up the order than usual near the end of the day's play...
to score a century when he hit 101 against England at Lord's in 1962. This was also his top score in Test cricket. It was also the first century by a Pakistani in England.
A slow left arm bowler, Nasim later featured in Minor County Cricket for Staffordshire from 1969-78. He has appeared as an ICC Match Referee in two Test Matches and 9 ODIs
Nasim-ul-Ghani holds the world record for the youngest person to get a 5 wicket haul in Test cricket aged 16 years 303 days following his 5-116 against West Indies in 1958.