Populist Right-wing former Mayor of Toronto whose drunken antics scandalised his fellow citizens He also took 51 wickets at 35.80 apiece, with a career best of four for 50; both his best performances came against India at Jalandhar in 1983-84. Wasim made his First-Class debut at the age of 15 and later attended Punjab University where he gained a first division in Masters in Politics. He scored a gutsy 70 in the second innings and picked up three West Indian wickets as well on the final day. There s a story that goes that Raja couldn t become the Pakistan captain because he once refused to hang out a senior s socks to dry. He enjoyed a spell as coach of Pakistan's national side, but resigned in 1999 - after Pakistan had achieved a 3-0 one-day series win against the West Indies - to pursue his career as a geography teacher in Britain. He always excelled with the bat against Caribbean opposition, averaging 57.43 in 11 Tests against the West Indies during the Clive Lloyd-Viv Richards era; this surpasses the achievement of batsmen such as Sunil Gavaskar (who averaged 53 in the same arena), Graham Gooch (45), Allan Border (39), Mohinder Amarnath (38) and Allan Lamb (34).Wasim Hasan Raja was born on July 3 1952 at Multan, in the Punjab, the son of a civil servant in the newly-created state of Pakistan. In all Wasim played in 57 Test matches, scoring 2,821 runs at 36.16 and put together four centuries; his highest score was 125. Sanders Show He was an ICC match-referee in between 2002 and 2004, in which capacity he officiated 15 Tests and 34 ODIs. Wasim Raja died yesterday, apparently from a heart attack, while playing in a match for Surrey Over-50s at High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire.
He was not in good terms with the board as he refused many of their demands. He also picked up seven wickets at an average of 18.71. Wasim Raja, born July 3, 1952, was a highly talented all-rounder who represented Pakistan with distinction in between 1973 and 1985. style of play In the World Cup match between Pakistan and West Indies at Edgbaston, Raja walking out to bat at 140 for three changed the game in his side s favour. Obituary: Swashbuckling Pakistani cricketing all-rounder. While the other batters found it tough to counter the West Indian bowling, dominance came naturally for Raja. He was also a gifted right-arm bowler of leg-breaks which he delivered with a whippy action, once bowling Pakistan to an eight-run win in a one-day game at Adelaide by dismissing four West Indians in half an hour. His maiden Test hundred was also against the Caribbean team in 1975 at Karachi. Army officer who knocked out two Tiger tanks in Germany He felt dizzy while fielding and later collapsed while leaving the field.