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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm medium | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 21 | 146 |
| Runs scored | 783 | 7520 |
| Batting average | 23.72 | 44.49 |
| 100s/50s | -/3 | 16/- |
| Top score | 77 | 278* |
| Balls bowled | 24 | 1090 |
| Wickets | - | 13 |
| Bowling average | - | 40.92 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - | - |
| Best bowling | - | 2/4 |
| Catches/stumpings | 22/- | 130/- |
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Test debut: 7 November, 1955 |
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Wallis Mathias (born February 4, 1935, Karachi, Sind, died September 1, 1994, Karachi) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 21 Tests from 1955 to 1962. He was the first ever non-Muslim cricketer to play for Pakistan. Mathias was a right handed middle order batsman and also a gifted slips fielder. He made three half centuries in his Test career, all of them against the West Indies. He was a prolific run scorer in Pakistani domestic cricket, making his career best score of 278 not out for Karachi Blues against Railway Greens in the 1965-66 season. Four years later he joined the newly formed National Bank cricket team and became their first ever captain, later coaching the side. Mathias died of a brain haemorrhage in 1994, aged 59.
