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Full name Mohammad Nissar
Born August 1, 1910, Hoshiarpur, Punjab
Died March 11, 1963, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan (aged 52 years 222 days)
Major teams India,Maharaja of Patiala's XI,Muslims,Railways,Southern Punjab,Uttar Pradesh
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
6
11
3
55
14
6.87
0
0
0
2
0
First-class
93
136
34
1120
49
10.98
0
0
65
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
6
11
1211
707
25
5/90
6/135
28.28
3.50
48.4
0
3
0
First-class
93
7010
396
6/17
17.70
32
3
Career statistics
Test debut
England v India at Lord's, Jun 25-28, 1932 scorecard
Last Test
England v India at The Oval, Aug 15-18, 1936 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1928/29 - 1953/54
Profile
Mohammed Nissar was India's first pace bowler, possible one of the fastest they have ever produced, and one of the best too. A bull of a man, Nissar could
swing and cut the ball with verve, but it was his express speed that marked him out from his peers. Of his 25 Test victims, 13 were bowled or leg-before, testimony enough to his sheer pace. Nissar's partnership upfront with Amar Singh was as legendary as it was successful. In India's maiden Test at Lord's in 1932, he plunged the England innings into disarray by knocking over the stumps of Holmes and Sutcliffe, who only ten days earlier had added 555 for the first wicket for Yorkshire, and ended with 5 for 93. On that trip, he grabbed 71 wickets at 18.09 to head the averages. The MCC tour in 1933-34 provided the setting for more heroics as he took another innings bag of five in the inaugural Test in India at the Brabourne Stadium. The only defeat that was inflicted upon the visitors on that tour was also courtesy of Nissar, whose match figures of 9 for 117 helped Vizzy XI to a 14-run victory at Benares.
Another compelling demonstration of his hostility came against Jack Ryder's Australians on their tour of India in the winter of 1935. Thirty two wickets in four 'Tests' at 13 runs apiece spoke volumes for the damage he unleashed. On his final tour of England, Nissar departed the Test scene with a devastating spell that yielded four wickets in five overs to send England hurtling from 422 for 3 to 463 for 7. He continued to entertain domestic audiences for a while longer and helped Southern Punjab to the Ranji Trophy final in 1938-39 taking 17 wickets at 11.94, including a tour de force of 6 for 17 against Sind in the semis that sent them packing for 23.
Sankhya Krishnan
