Shujauddin Butt
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| Full name | Shujauddin Butt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 April 1930 Lahore, Punjab, British India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 February 2006 (aged 75) London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 17) | 10 June 1954 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 2 February 1962 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1947 | Northern India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947 | Punjab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1948–1952 | Punjab University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953–1964 | Combined Services | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958–1970 | Bahawalpur | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966 | Rawalpindi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 August 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shujauddin Butt (10 April 1930 – 7 February 2006) was a Pakistani army officer and cricketer who played in 19 Tests from 1954 to 1962.
He served in the Pakistan Army for 26 years, retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 1978. In 1955 he toured India with the Pakistan national team. He was educated at Islamia College, Lahore. In 1971 he was captured during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War and held as a prisoner-of-war in India for 18 months.[1][2]
He managed Pakistan's tours to Australia and the West Indies in 1976–77.[3] He wrote two books of Pakistan cricket history, From Babes of Cricket to World Champions (1996) and The Chequered History of Pakistan Cricket (2003), with Mohammed Salim Parvez.[4]
Butt died in London on 7 February 2006.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Peter Oborne, Wounded Tiger: The History of Cricket in Pakistan, Simon & Schuster, London, 2014, p. 25.
- ^ "Curtly's original demolition job". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ Wisden 2007, p. 1572.
- ^ Oborne, p. 562.
- ^ "Shujauddin a gutsy cricketer". Dawn. Pakistan. 9 February 2006. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
External links
[edit]- Shujauddin Butt at CricketArchive
- Shujauddin at Cricinfo
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