Hanif Mohammed (born 21 December 1934 in Junagadh, Gujarat, India) was one of Pakistan's greatest cricketers, playing for the Pakistani cricket team in 55 Test matches between 1952/53 and 1969/70 and averaging a fine 43.98, with twelve hundreds. The highest of those centuries, 337 against West Indies in 1957/58, was the longest innings in Test history (and stood as the the longest in all first-class cricket for over 40 years) as Hanif spent more than 16 hours at the crease to save his team from a hopeless position after they had followed on 473 runs behind. December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Junagadh is a city, and also a district, in the Indian state of Gujarat. ... Gujarat (ગુજરાત in Gujarati) is the most industrialized state in India after Maharashtra and is located in western India, bordered by Pakistan to the northwest and Rajasthan to the north. ... Cricket is a team sport played between two groups of eleven players each. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... It has been suggested that Test status be merged into this article or section. ... 1952 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Batting average is a statistic in both baseball and cricket measuring the performance of baseball hitters and cricket batsmen, respectively. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

In 1958/59, he produced another astonishing batting display by breaking Don Bradman's record for the highest individual first-class innings. Hanif made 499 before being run out attempting his five hundredth run; this mark stood for more than 35 years before being eclipsed by Brian Lara in 1994. Plenty more runs were still to come, and in all he made 55 first-class centuries and finished with an outstanding first-class career average of 52.32. He could bowl with either arm, and even kept wicket on a number of occasions. 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Donald George Bradman (August 27, 1908 - February 25, 2001) was an Australian cricket player who is universally regarded as the greatest batsman of all time, and one of Australias greatest popular heroes. ... Brian Charles Lara (born May 2, 1969) is an outstanding West Indian cricketer. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... A wicket keeper in characteristic position, ready to face a delivery. ...

Hanif's long career lasted until 1975/76 and took him all over the world, but he never played in the English County Championship, although he did have a single outing for the Northamptonshire Second XI in August 1965 whilst preparing for his appearance for a Rest of the World XI against England at the Scarborough Festival a few days later. Hanif was in fact working in England in 1994, and hearing of the possibility of his record being broken rushed to Edgbaston, unfortunately too late to witness any of Lara's innings. 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... In the UK, County cricket is the domestic form of the sport of cricket that is considered to be first-class cricket. ... Northamptonshire Cricket Club is one of the 18 major counties which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Map sources for Scarborough at grid reference TA0388 The South Bay at Scarborough // Geography Scarborough lies on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England. ... Edgbaston constituency shown within Birmingham Edgbaston is an area in Birmingham, England, UK. It is also a formal district, managed by its own district committee. ...

Hanif was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1968. The Wisden Cricketers of the Year award is made annually in the pages of the Wisden Cricketers Almanack yearbook. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

In a test match against the Australian, hanif scored a century in the first innings. In the second innings he was wrongly given stumped out by Barry Jarman of the bowling of Tom Veivers for 93 just 7 runs shy of his second century in the test.Hanif showed great sportsmen spirit and respected the umpires decision. Barry Jarman the Aussie wicket keeper, later in a press conference admitted that hanif was not out.

Many of Hanif's brtohers and son were also fine cricketers: his brothers Mushtaq, Sadiq and Wazir all played Tests for Pakistan, as did his son Shoaib, another brother Raees was once twelfth man for Pakistan, and four nephews had first-class careers. His mother Ameer Bee was a national badminton champion in pre-independence India and is considered responsible for inspiring her sons to take up sports. This article is about the racquet sport badminton. ...

External links

• Player Profile: Hanif Mohammad from Cricinfo
• Ramachandra Guha : The original little master