Shujauddin Butt Explained

Shujauddin
Country:Pakistan
Fullname:Shujauddin Butt
Birth Date:10 April 1930
Birth Place:Lahore, Punjab, British India
Death Place:London, England
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Slow left-arm orthodox
Role:All-rounder
International:true
Internationalspan:1954–1962
Testdebutdate:10 June
Testdebutyear:1954
Testdebutagainst:England
Lasttestdate:2 February
Lasttestyear:1962
Lasttestagainst:England
Testcap:17
Club1:Northern India
Year1:1947
Club2:Punjab
Year2:1947
Club3:Punjab University
Year3:1948–1952
Club4:Combined Services
Year4:1953–1964
Club5:Bahawalpur
Year5:1958–1970
Club6:Rawalpindi
Year6:1966
Columns:2
Column1:Test
Matches1:19
Runs1:395
Bat Avg1:15.19
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:47
Deliveries1:2,313
Wickets1:20
Bowl Avg1:38.14
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:3/18
Catches/Stumpings1:8/–
Column2:First-class
Matches2:101
Runs2:3,490
Bat Avg2:25.28
100S/50S2:6/14
Top Score2:147
Deliveries2:18,002
Wickets2:319
Bowl Avg2:21.91
Fivefor2:18
Tenfor2:4
Best Bowling2:8/53
Catches/Stumpings2:69/–
Date:2 August
Year:2021
Source:https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/shujauddin-42660 ESPNcricinfo

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 Bangladesh 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]

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Notes and References

  1. [Peter Oborne]
  2. Web site: Curtly's original demolition job . ESPN Cricinfo . 10 April 2018.
  3. Wisden 2007, p. 1572.
  4. Oborne, p. 562.
  5. News: Shujauddin a gutsy cricketer . 9 February 2006 . Dawn . Pakistan . 16 February 2019 .