Cricket awesome Hanif Mohammad battles for life at Karachi clinic

Cricket awesome Hanif Mohammad battles for life at Karachi clinic

KARACHI: Pakistan's cricket awesome Hanif Mohammad was on Monday moved to a ventilator after he confronted respiratory confusions amid his continuous treatment at the Aga Khan Hospital here, his child Shoaib Mohammad told DawnNews. 

The previous batting legend, who is experiencing lung growth, was admitted to the healing center on July 31 following a two-week-long battle with breathing issues and clog, Shoaib told Dawn.com. 

In the wake of being determined to have lung growth in 2013, Hanif experienced surgery in London which brought it under control, Shoaib said. "Be that as it may, the disease spread with time." 

"We sent the most recent biopsy to our specialist in London and he said that chemotherapy won't be a powerful alternative for further treatment." 

Shoaib, who is a Pakistan International Airlines worker, said new medications are costly and will be troublesome for him to fund all alone. 

"The most recent and viable treatment for this issue costs twofold the measure of the past treatment and we will require the assistance of the legislature — likely from games assets to help his (Hanif's) recuperation," he said. 

Conceived on Dec 21, 1934 in Junagarh, Hanif played 55 Test matches for Pakistan between 1952-53 and 1969-70 and arrived at the midpoint of a fine 43.98 involving twelve hundreds. 

At his top, Hanif was viewed as one of the best batsmen on the planet. 

Hanif's marathon thump of 337 that he scored against the West Indies in a Test at Bridgetown in 1957-58, is viewed as one of the epic thumps in the whole cricket history. After Pakistan ended up taking after on from a first-innings deficiency of 473 keeps running on the evening of the third day, Hanif spent over sixteen hours at the wrinkle arranging his runs, permitting Pakistan to draw the diversion. 

It remains the longest innings in Test history (and remained as the longest in all top of the line cricket for more than 40 years). 

It was the main Test match occasion of a triple century in a group's second innings until it was equalled by New Zealand's Brendon McCullum against India in 2014. 

In 1958-59, Hanif surpassed Sir Don Bradman's record for the most astounding individual top of the line innings. Hanif made 499 preceding being run out endeavoring his five hundredth run. This imprint remained for over 35 years before being surpassed by Brian Lara in 1994. 

In all Hanif made 55 top of the line hundreds of years and completed with a solid profession normal of 52.32. 

Hanif was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1968. In January 2009, Hanif was named alongside two other Pakistani players — Imran Khan and Javed Miandad — among the inaugural cluster of 55 inductees into the ICC's Hall of Fame.