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Nayyar Hussain

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Nayyar Hussain
Personal information
Full name
Syed Nayyar Hussain
Born (1936-01-16) 16 January 1936 (age 88)
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, British India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1954/55Punjab
1958/59–1977/78Combined Services
1964/65Rawalpindi Greens
1966/67–1967/68Lahore Greens
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 36
Runs scored 1,343
Batting average 22.38
100s/50s 1/8
Top score 125
Balls bowled 3,456
Wickets 70
Bowling average 21.61
5 wickets in innings 5
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 7/55
Catches/stumpings 29/–
Source: CricketArchive, 24 June 2014

Syed Nayyar Hussain (born 16 January 1936) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1955 and 1978.

Nayyar Hussain made his first-class debut for Central Zone against the touring Indians in 1954-55, scoring 60 not out in a team total of 123 in the first innings, and taking two wickets.[1] Over the next few seasons he appeared regularly for Combined Services, having moderate success as a middle-order batsman and occasional leg-spinner.

He established himself as an all-rounder in 1964-65, when in six matches he took 23 wickets at an average of 14.34[2] and scored 427 runs at 47.44.[3] Combined Services played two matches that season in the Ayub Trophy: he took 5 for 25 and 6 for 61 and top-scored in each innings with 57 and 28 in a four-wicket victory over Sargodha,[4] then a few days later he took 7 for 55 and 1 for 63 and top-scored with 58 and then second-top-scored with 46 in a three-wicket loss to Lahore Education Board.[5] Playing for Rawalpindi Greens in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, he scored his only first-class century, 125 against Pakistan International Airlines.[6]

The Combined Services team went into abeyance after the 1964-65 season. Nayyar Hussain played two matches for Lahore Greens in the next three seasons. When Combined Services returned to first-class level in 1976-77 he was appointed captain, and resumed his career at the age of 41 to lead the team in the Patron's Trophy in 1976-77 and 1977-78. In his last match, against Peshawar, he bowled 59 overs and took 4 for 77 and 4 for 161.[7]

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