Full name Syed Nayyar Hussain 1964-65 Rawalpindi Greens Batting style Right-handed 1965-66 to 1967-68 Lahore Greens | Bowling style Right-arm leg-spin Name Nayyar Hussain | |
Born 16 January 1936 ( 1936-01-16 ) Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India | ||
1954-55 to 1977-78 Combined Services | ||
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Syed Nayyar Hussain (born 16 January 1936, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1955 to 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. 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 and scored 427 runs at 47.44. Combined Services played two matches that season in the Ayub Trophy, in which 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, 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. Playing for Rawalpindi Greens in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, he scored his only first-class century, 125 against Pakistan International Airlines.
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.