Saeed Hatteea

Saeed Hatteea
Personal information
Full name Saeed Ahmed Hatteea
Born (1950-02-02) 2 February 1950
Bombay, Bombay State, India
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1972 Oxfordshire
1969/701970/71 Bombay
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 8 1
Runs scored 1 6
Batting average 0.20
100s/50s / /
Top score 7 6*
Balls bowled 1,392 56
Wickets 27 4
Bowling average 28.91 8.00
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 5/33 4/32
Catches/stumpings 6/ /
Source: Cricinfo, 19 May 2011

Saeed Ahmed Hatteea (born 2 February 1950) is a former Indian cricketer. Hatteea was a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Bombay, Bombay State (today Mumbai, Maharashtra).

Hatteea made his first-class debut for Bombay against Saurashtra in the 1969/70 Ranji Trophy. He played 5 further first-class matches for Bombay, as well a single first-class match each for a Rest of the World XI against TN Pearce's XI in England in 1970, plus a single appearance for West Zone against South Zone in 1971.[1] In his 8 first-class matches, he took 27 wickets at a bowling average of 28.29. His only five wicket haul came against Gujarat for Bombay.[2]

He later appeared for Oxfordshire in Minor counties cricket, making 3 Minor Counties Championship appearances for the county in 1972.[3] It was for Oxfordshire that he made his only List A appearance against Durham in the Gillette Cup.[4] In this match he scored an unbeaten 6 runs. With the ball he took 4 wickets for the cost of 32 runs from 9.2 overs.[5]

He also played Second XI cricket for the Warwickshire Second XI and the Gloucestershire Second XI.[6]

Career

His career was equally impressive. He joined Marks and Spencer in 1971 and after a brief spell in stores moved to head office and rose through the ranks to become one of their youngest Divisional Directors. He gained extensive management experience in all areas of clothing before being asked to join a small select team to investigate international retail opportunities for Marks and Spencer. Based in New York,the company bought Brooks Brothers and Kings supermarket. Saeed was transferred to Canada as President of M&S whilst retaining director responsibilities for the USA as well. On returning to the UK three yrs later,he was appointed to the Food division. Surprisingly, he left M&S in 1994 to join the Kingfisher group as director for B&M and logistics. After a brief spell he transferred to China,developing retailing and sourcing in Shanghai and Hong Kong. Upon his eventual return to the UK he was involved with VC's and also had spells running and advising businesses in Continental Europe,the UK,Dubai and the middle east,and a furniture business in Shanghai. He continues to work as a retail consultant and is currently Chairman of 'Yours Clothing'. Current interests and hobbies include a passion for travel and cricket. He has shared his life with his brazilian partner who has met in Brazil in 2007. Saeed has three children and one grandson.

References

  1. "First-Class Matches played by Saeed Hatteea". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  2. "Gujarat v Bombay, 1969/70 Ranji Trophy (West Zone)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  3. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Saeed Hatteea". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  4. "List A Matches played by Saeed Hatteea". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  5. "Oxfordshire v Durham, 1972 Gillette Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  6. "Teams Saeed Hatteea played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2011.

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