Pakistan played its first international cricket match in the year 1952. The cricket world has so far received many star players from Pakistan, including the names of veterans like Imran Khan, Waqar Younis, Wasim Akram and Shoaib Akhtar. Pakistan's team has all cricketers Muslims since recently. But there have been some cricketers in Pakistan cricket team who have become part of this team despite being non-Muslim. Whenever it comes to Pakistan's non-Muslim cricketer, the name of Danish Canaria comes to everyone's mind, who is a Hindu. But the first non-Muslim player to play cricket for Pakistan belonged to Christianity, not a Hindu.

Pakistan's first non-Muslim cricketer

Wallis Mathias was the first non-Muslim player to play in Pakistan cricket team. He made his Test debut in November 1955 at the age of 20. He was also the first Christian cricketer to play Test cricket for Pakistan. He played international cricket for Pakistan from 1955 to 1962. Apart from this, he also played more than 100 first class matches in his career. Let me tell you, Wallis Mathias was born on February 4 in Karachi.

Wallis Mathius's biggest qualification was his fielding. He was considered a safe hand in the slip, which was very important for the strong speed bowlers of Pakistan of that era. He was a middle -order batsman. But his performance as a batsman was nothing special. He scored 783 runs at an average of only 23.72 while playing 21 Tests for Pakistan, including 3 half -centuries. During this, he had a total of 22 catches.

More than 100 catches in first class cricket

Wallis Mathias scored 7,520 runs in 146 first class matches at an average of 44.49, including 16 centuries. During this time, he also caught 130 catches. He was a popular captain and a very respected person in domestic cricket. In 1969-70, he also became the first captain of the National Bank team and then also played the role of coach, selector and manager. At the same time, he died on 01 September 1994 in Karachi. At the age of 59, he said goodbye to this world due to brain hemorrhage.