Shujauddin Butt
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Full name | Shujauddin Butt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Lahore, Punjab, British India | 10 April 1930|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died |
7 February 2006 75) London, England | (aged|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | 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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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1947 | Northern India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1947 | Punjab | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1948–1952 | Punjab University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1953–1964 | Combined Services | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1958–1970 | Bahawalpur | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1966 | Rawalpindi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 2 March 2013 |
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 1971 he was captured during the Bangladesh war and held as a prisoner-of-war in India for 18 months.[1]
He managed Pakistan's tours to Australia and the West Indies in 1976-77.[2] 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.[3]
References
- ↑ Peter Oborne, Wounded Tiger: The History of Cricket in Pakistan, Simon & Schuster, London, 2014, p. 25.
- ↑ Wisden 2007, p. 1572.
- ↑ Oborne, p. 562.
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