Career
A leg-spin and googly bowler, Mohammad Amin played for Northern India in the Ranji Trophy before Pakistan gained independence. In December 1947 he played in the first first-class match in Pakistan, representing Punjab against Sindicato 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.
In a 12-a-side three-day match between Punjab and Sind in 1948-1949 he took 12 wickets. He played in Pakistan"s first match, which was against the touring West Indians in 1948-1949, taking three wickets.
He toured Ceylon with the Pakistan team later that season and played in both matches against Ceylon, but bowled only 18 overs, taking two wickets. His final match for Pakistan was against the Commonwealth XI in 1949-1950.
When the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy began in 1953-1954 he played for Railways.
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. His last season was 1957-1958, when in three matches for Railways he took 11 wickets at an average of 17.72. In his cricketing prime, he had 15 wickets under his belt, more than any other bowler for that season, including Fazal Mahmood.
He is widely considered to be the pioneer of the googly in Pakistani cricket.
Statistics also show that he had the highest bowling economy in terms of wickets for that era. As of 2014, the two of them were pursuing careers in the field computer science.
Both still compete at a local club in England.
