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{{Short description|British Pakistani schoolteacher (1952–2006)}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Wasim Raja
| image =
| country = Pakistan
| fullname = Wasim Hasan Raja
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1952|07|03|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Multan]], [[West Punjab
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|08|23|1952|07|03|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Marlow, Buckinghamshire]], England
| family = {{ubl|[[Rameez Raja (cricketer, born 1962)|Rameez Raja]] (brother)
| batting = Left
| bowling = Leg spin
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| internationalspan = 1973–1985
| testdebutdate = 2 February
| testdebutyear = 1973
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| lastodiagainst = India
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[Test cricket|
| matches1 = 57
| runs1 =
| bat avg1 = 36.16
| 100s/50s1 = 4/18
| top score1 = 125
| deliveries1 =
| wickets1 = 51
| bowl avg1 = 35.80
| fivefor1 =
| tenfor1 =
| best bowling1 = 4/50
| catches/stumpings1 = 20/
| column2 = [[One Day International|
| matches2 = 54
| runs2 = 782
| bat avg2 = 22.34
| 100s/50s2 =
| top score2 = 60
| deliveries2 =
| wickets2 = 21
| bowl avg2 = 32.71
| fivefor2 =
| tenfor2 =
| best bowling2 = 4/25
| catches/stumpings2 = 24/
| date = 4 February
| year = 2017
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'''Wasim Hasan Raja''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], {{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|وسیم حسن راجہ}}}}) (3 July 1952 – 23 August 2006) was a [[British Pakistani]] schoolteacher, [[match referee]], cricket coach and
▲(3 July 1952 – 23 August 2006) was a [[British Pakistani]] schoolteacher, [[match referee]], cricket coach and [[cricket]]er who played in 57 [[Test cricket|Tests]] and 54 [[One Day International|ODI]]s for the [[Pakistani national cricket team]] from 1973 to 1985.
His younger brother, [[
== Early and personal life ==
Wasim Raja was born in [[Multan]] in the [[Punjab region|Punjab]]. His father was a high-ranking [[civil servant]]. Raja obtained a [[master's degree]] in political science from [[Government College, Lahore]]. He was captain of the [[Pakistan national under-19 cricket team|Pakistan Under-19 side]].
He settled in London after marrying an Englishwoman, Ann.
He died of a heart attack in [[Marlow, Buckinghamshire]], England, in August 2006 while playing cricket for the Surrey over-50s side. He is survived by his wife and his sons, Ali and Ahmad.
== Career ==
During his playing career, Raja was known primarily as a dashing middle-order left-handed batsman, with a characteristically generous backlift and breathtaking
His finest hour in Test cricket was the tour to the West Indies in 1976–77, when he topped the Pakistani [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]]s with 517 runs at 57.4 and came second in the [[bowling average]]s with 7 wickets at 18.7, behind [[Majid Khan (cricket player)|Majid Khan]]. He also scored 14 [[six (cricket)|sixes]] in the Test series, setting a record that has been equalled 4 times but still remains the only instance away from home.[http://in.rediff.com/cricket/2006/feb/02sixes.htm] He top-scored in both innings of the drawn [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1976-77/PAK_IN_WI/PAK_WI_T1_18-23FEB1977.html 1st Test] in [[Barbados]], to push the West Indies to within one wicket of their first loss at [[Kensington Oval]] since 1935. In their second innings, Pakistan were reduced to 158–9 by [[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|Andy Roberts]] and [[Colin Croft]], a lead of only 144 just over
== Book ==
With Adam Licudi, ''Cornered Tigers: History of Pakistan’s Test Cricket from Abdul Kardar to Wasim Akram'', 1997, 300 p.
==See also==
* [[List of fatalities while playing cricket]]
== References ==
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* {{cricinfo|ref=pakistan/content/player/43553.html}}
* [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/current/story/230242.html Wasim Raja – A breathtaking strokeplayer], [[Cricinfo]], 23 August 2005
* [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/257622.html Only the good die young], [[Cricinfo]], 23 August 2006
*[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/257605.html Wasim Raja dies playing cricket], [[Cricinfo]], 23 August 2006
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070313091428/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=
*[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2326047.html Obituary], ''[[The Times]]'', 24 August 2006
*[https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,1857767,00.html Obituary], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 25 August 2006
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