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Owais Shah

Owais Shah
Personal information
Full name Owais Alam Shah
Born (1978-10-22) 22 October 1978 (age 38)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Nickname Ace
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 632) 18 March 2006 v India
Last Test 6 March 2009 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 163) 10 June 2001 v Australia
Last ODI 2 October 2009 v Australia
ODI shirt no. 3 (prev. 69)
Domestic team information
Years Team
1996–2010 Middlesex
2009–2010 Kolkata Knight Riders
2009–2010 Wellington Firebirds
2002–2008 MCC
2008 Delhi Daredevils
2010–2013 Essex
2010–2014 Cape Cobras
2011 Kochi Tuskers Kerala
2011–2013 Hobart Hurricanes
2012 Rajasthan Royals
2013 Dhaka Gladiators
2014–2015 Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 6 71 17 252
Runs scored 269 1,834 347 16,357
Batting average 26.90 30.56 24.78 41.94
100s/50s 0/2 1/12 –/1 45/79
Top score 88 107* 55* 203
Balls bowled 30 193 0 2,266
Wickets 0 7 0 26
Bowling average 26.28 57.88
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a 0
Best bowling 0/12 3/15 3/33
Catches/stumpings 2/– 21/– 5/– 200/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 April 2016

Owais Alam Shah (Urdu: اویس عالم شاہ) (born 22 October 1978) is a retired English cricketer. A middle-order batsman, he played for Middlesex between 1996–2010 and Essex CCC 2011-2013 before announcing his retirement from first-class cricket. He joined Hampshire for the NatWest t20 Blast in May 2014. He has also represented England in all forms of the game.

Between 2001 and 2009, he played 71 ODIs and 17 Twenty20 Internationals. He also played 6 Tests, starting with a strong 88 on debut against India in 2006, however opportunities were limited and he did not make his third appearance until 2009 against the West Indies in 2008–09. With Michael Vaughan retired and Ian Bell dropped, Shah had the opportunity to claim the number three position for himself, however a weak series saw him dropped in favour of Ravi Bopara.

He has also represented the Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders during the 2009 and 2010 seasons before being bought by Kochi Tuskers Kerala for the following two seasons, and had a short stint at the Wellington Firebirds in New Zealand. After Kochi Tuskers were excluded from the 2012 season, he played for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 5.


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