Owais Shah

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Owais Shah
Personal information
Full name
Owais Alam Shah
Born (1978-10-22) 22 October 1978 (age 45)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
NicknameAce
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 632)18 March 2006 v India
Last Test6 March 2009 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 163)10 June 2001 v Australia
Last ODI2 October 2009 v Australia
ODI shirt no.3 (prev. 69)
T20I debut (cap 27)28 June 2007 v West Indies
Last T20I30 August 2009 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1995–2010
Sylhet Super Stars
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 – 2,266
Wickets 0 7 – 26
Bowling average – 26.28 – 57.88
5 wickets in innings 0 0 – 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 – 0
Best bowling 0/12 3/15 – 3/33
Catches/stumpings 2/– 21/– 5/– 200/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 April 2016

Owais Alam Shah (born 22 October 1978) is a former England cricketer. A middle-order batsman, he played for Middlesex from 1995 to 2010 and Essex from 2011 to 2013 before announcing his retirement from first-class cricket. He played Twenty20 cricket for Hampshire in 2014 and 2015. He also represented England in all forms of the game.

Between 2001 and 2009, he played 71

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 also represented the

IPL 5
.

Early career

Shah was born in

Australia at Bristol. Later that summer, he made 62 against Pakistan, and in 2001 Shah was named by the Cricket Writers' Club
as their Young Cricketer of the Year. Owais attended Isleworth and Syon School for Boys, Lampton School (Hounslow) for his A Levels and is also a university graduate.

Return to international cricket

Despite a fairly solid start to his international career, Shah could not produce the required consistency of form, making just one more fifty in ten innings from 2001/02 to 2002/03. He also suffered from a perception that his fielding was below par, something close to unforgivable in the modern

one-day game, and he was dropped from the England side without having had a chance at Test cricket. In 2004
, a year of success with the bat (1,336 runs at 53.44) was tempered by the loss of his Middlesex captaincy in mid-season after some poor results.

India
.

He was selected for the England 'B' team tour of the West Indies that winter, but was called up to the squad for the first-team tour of India after England suffered several injuries. He made his Test debut in the third Test at Mumbai on 18 March 2006, making 88 in his first Test innings.

He returned to the England Test squad, after 15 months out, for the first Test match against the West Indies at his home ground of Lord's; however, he scored 6 and 4 in the two innings, in an otherwise productive England batting line-up. He was dropped from the squad for the second Test following captain Michael Vaughan's return to fitness.[3]

Shah was, however, brought back for the

man of the match. He has changed his game somewhat in recent times, and is not the classical batsman that he was in his early years; however, he still possesses a wide range of shots, with the pull shot and the fierce slap through extra cover being the most prominent.[5]

His maiden ODI

New Zealand in early 2008. While he had a disappointing ODI series, he top-scored with 96 in the first warm-up match to enhance his claims to the Test squad.[6]

In July 2008 he helped Middlesex win the

Twenty20 Cup with a match winning innings in the final with 75 runs scored off just 35 balls, the highlight of which was three successive sixes over mid-wicket off Kent off-spinner James Tredwell
.

After the retirement of captain

Australia
.

He had a poor

tour to South Africa. Despite still having a central contract and later being included in the England Performance Squad for the 2010 home series,[7]
he was not included in any of the final squads and did not represent England during 2010.

Middlesex announced on 31 August 2010 that they would not be renewing Shah's contract at the end of the 2010 season.[8]

Indian Premier League

With England players free to participate in the second season of the Indian Premier League, Owais Shah was signed by the

Delhi Daredevils for $275,000 during their second player auction. He was then traded to Kolkata Knight Riders in exchange of Moises Henriques. He was bought by the new team Kochi Tuskers Kerala for $200,000 and played for them in the fourth season of the IPL. In IPL 5 he played for Rajasthan Royals

Wellington Firebirds

On 31 August 2009 it was announced that the

Wellington Firebirds had signed Shah for their domestic Twenty20 competition in December 2009. He was recommended by his former Middlesex colleague Stephen Fleming.[9]

Cape Cobras

Shah played for the Cape Cobras in South Africa winning the first-class, one day and Pro20 competitions during his stay.

Coaching career

Shah served as interim head coach of

Dambulla Viiking as the head coach for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[12]

References

  1. ^ Brenkley, Stephen (10 February 2002). "Shah happy in look and learn mode". The Independent. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Silverwood and Shah earn vote for winter tours". ESPNcricinfo. 11 September 1996. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
  3. ^ "Sidebottom named in Headingley squad". ESPNcricinfo. 22 May 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2007.
  4. ^ BBC News England v West Indies 2nd Twenty20 retrieved 29 June 2007
  5. ^ BBC News England v West Indies 2nd Twenty20: In pictures retrieved 29 June 2007
  6. ^ Shah enhances England Test claims BBC News retrieved 25 February 2008
  7. ^ "ECB reveals Performance Squad". ECB Press Release. Archived from the original on 11 December 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  8. ^ Middlesex release Shah at the end of the 2010 season Middlesex County Cricket Club retrieved 31 August 2010
  9. ^ "Shah to play Twenty20 event in NZ". BBC News. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  10. ^ Shah named interim head coach of the United Arab Emirates cricket team
  11. ^ "Owais Shah to continue as UAE cricket coach another three months". 6 November 2016.
  12. ^ "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
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