Wallis Mathias
Wallis Mathias was born on February 4, 1935. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Wallis Mathias
Wallis Mathias (4 February 1935 – 1 September 1994) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 21 Test matches from 1955 to 1962. A Catholic, he was the first non-Muslim cricketer to play for Pakistan. He belonged to Karachi's Goan community. The son of a porter at the Karachi Gymkhana Club, Mathias was a stylish right-handed middle-order batsman. He made three half centuries in his Test career, all of them against West Indies. In the Second Test against West Indies in Dacca in 1958–59, he top-scored in each innings with 64 and 45, as Pakistan won a low-scoring match by 41 runs. He was also a…