Mohammad Ilyas (cricketer)
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| Full name | Mohammad Ilyas Mahmood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 March 1946 Lahore, Punjab Province, British India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 January 2026 (aged 79) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Legbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Nazar Mohammad (uncle) Feroz Nizami (uncle) Mudassar Nazar (cousin) Imran Farhat (son-in-law) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 49) | 4 December 1964 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 28 February 1969 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mohammad Ilyas Mahmood (Urdu: محمد الیاس محمود ; 19 March 1946 – 12 January 2026) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in ten Test matches between 1964 and 1969.[1]
Cricket career
Ilyas was an opening batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler. He played first-class cricket in Pakistan from 1961 to 1972. He scored 126 in the Third Test against New Zealand in Karachi in April 1965, when Pakistan needed 202 to win in five and half hours, and reached the target with a session to spare for the loss of only two wickets.[2][3] His highest first-class score came in December 1964 against South Australia, when he scored 154.[4]
He toured Australia a second time with the Pakistan team in 1972–73, but was injured early in the tour and omitted from the team before it left for the New Zealand leg of the tour. At the time he decided to stay in Australia to live, but he later returned to Pakistan.[5] He served for a time as a national selector, but was dismissed in 2011 for allegedly violating the Pakistan Cricket Board's code of conduct.[6]
Personal life and death
Ilyas was the father-in-law of Imran Farhat.[7][8] Nazar Mohammad was his uncle.[7]
Ilyas died from cancer in Lahore, on 12 January 2026, at the age of 79.[9][10]
References
- ^ "Mohammad Ilyas". CricketArchive.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ Wisden 1966, pp. 905–6.
- ^ "3rd Test, Karachi, Apr 9 - 14 1965, New Zealand tour of Pakistan". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Adelaide, Dec 18 - 21 1964, Pakistan tour of Australia". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ Wisden 1974, p. 913.
- ^ "Selector Ilyas suspended by PCB". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Cricketing dynasties: The 22 families of Pakistan Test cricket — Part 2". Thenews.com.pk.
- ^ "Selector files complaint against Farhat", Content-aus.criccinfo.com, Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ "Mohammad Ilyas, former Pakistan opener, dies aged 79". Espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ "Ex-cricketer Mohammad Ilyas passes away in Lahore". 24newshd.tv. Retrieved 12 January 2026.