Gulraiz Wali (born 13 November 1943) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket in Pakistan from 1964 to 1970.
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| Born | 13 November 1943 Sialkot, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963-64 to 1965-66 | Lahore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964-65 | Punjab University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967-68 to 1969-70 | Bahawalpur | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 27 January 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Life and career
editGulraiz Wali was the youngest of the four sons of Sheikh Mohammed Waliullah, a military accountant. After moving from Sialkot to Karachi, the family settled in Lahore in 1954, where Gulraiz attended Muslim High School, captaining the school cricket team.[1]
While studying for an MA in Psychology at Government College Lahore, he played several first-class matches for Punjab University in the 1964-65 Ayub Trophy.[1] Batting at number six he scored 110 out of a team total of 212 against Railways, taking part in a partnership of 111 for the tenth wicket.[2]
In 1967 he was appointed as a lecturer at Sadiq Egerton College in Bahawalpur. He was also appointed to captain the Bahawalpur cricket team for the 1967-68 Ayub Trophy and the 1969-70 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy.[1]
He moved to England in 1971 and played league cricket as a professional in Birmingham. A stroke in 1980 ended his cricket-playing days.[1] He worked for Habib Bank in England from 1978 to 1995, then retired. He and his wife Rihana have two sons, and live in Bedfont, a south-western suburb of London.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Parvez, Saleem (29 June 2018). "Gulraiz Wali – Double Roll of Honours". CricketWorld. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "Punjab University v Railways 1964-65". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 January 2019.