10 greatest Pakistani cricketers of all time

#5. Hanif Mohammad

Hanif Mohammad first scored a mammoth inning of 337 against West Indies in 1957/8 and then scored a knock of 499, the then highest score in first-class cricket in 1958/9. These two innings that signified tremendous patience and grit made him Pakistan's first cricket superstar and his batting heroics made the game popular among the masses. Thus was born the legend of Hanif.

In a career spanning for 55 Tests, the Pakistani opener scored 3915 runs at an average of 43.98 with 27 scores of fifty-plus in 97 innings. In first-class cricket, he has amassed 55 centuries at an average of 52.32.