Mohammad Amin (born 10 October 1920, date of death unknown) was a Pakistani cricketer who played

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from 1944 to 1957, and played for

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in the years before Pakistan played

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Cricket career

A leg-spin and googly bowler, Mohammad Amin played for

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in the

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before Pakistan gained independence. In December 1947 he played in the first first-class match in Pakistan, representing

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against

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. He took 3 for 52 and 6 for 113 to help Punjab to an innings victory. He was thus the first player to take six wickets in an innings in Pakistan. He took 15 wickets in that first short season of cricket in Pakistan; no one else took more than nine. In a 12-a-side three-day match between Punjab and Sind in 1948–49 he took 12 wickets. Amin played in Pakistan's first match, which was against the touring

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in 1948–49, taking three wickets. He toured

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with the Pakistan team later that season and played in both matches against

, but bowled only 18 overs, taking two wickets. His final match for Pakistan was against the Commonwealth XI in 1949–50. When the

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began in 1953–54, Amin played for

Pakistan Railways Pakistan Railways is the state-owned railway operator in Pakistan. Founded in 1861 as the North Western State Railway and headquartered in Lahore, it owns of operational track across Pakistan, stretching from Peshawar to Karachi, offering bot ...

. He took 13 wickets at an average of 18.15 in the two matches, including 5 for 57 and 4 for 89 when Railways lost to Punjab in the semi-final, but younger spinners were preferred for the Test tour of England in 1954. He was one of three reserve players named for the tour, but he was not required. His last season was 1957–58, when in three matches for Railways he took 11 wickets at an average of 17.72. Amin is deceased.

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