Career
A right-handed batsman and a leg-spinner. He scored 1,344 runs with the help of two centuries, and took 33 wickets. He was one of the five Mohammad brothers, four of whom played Test cricket for Pakistan.
Raees comes from a large and famous Pakistani cricketing family.
Raees started his first-class career for Karachi and Sind against Commonwealth XI in December 1949 at Karachi Gymkhana Ground. He played his next match against The Rest in March 1953 in which he scored 8 and 66 runs.
In the next two seasons, Raees played eight matches aggregating 603 runs including his career best 118 not out against Sindicato He also took 15 wickets in the 1954-1955 season.
In the final match of 1954-1955 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, he made his second century, 110 not out, against the Combined Services.
From 1955 to 1958, he played nine matches, scored 341 runs averaged under 25 and took 10 catches. During Raees" next three seasons—1959-1960, 1960-1961 and 1961-1962—he played in two, one and three matches scoring 68, 12 and 117 runs respectively. His highest score remained 73 against Karachi Blues, in the Semi-final of 1961-1962 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy.
He played last time in the 1962-1963 Pakistani domestic seasons.
He played five matches, scored 192 runs at the average of above 27 including a half century. In all, Raees played 30 first-class matches and scored 1,344 runs at the average of 32.78 including two centuries and eight half centuries.
He also took 33 wickets and 21 catches.
