Baseer Shamsi

Brigadier Abdul Baseer Shamsi (19 September 1922 – 10 July 2015) was an officer in the Pakistan Army and a cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1953 to 1960.

Baseer Shamsi
Personal information
Full nameAbdul Baseer Shamsi
Born(1922-09-19)19 September 1922
Ferozepore, British India
Died10 July 2015(2015-07-10) (aged 92)
Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1953–54 to 1960–61Combined Services
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 13
Runs scored 233
Batting average 14.56
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 69
Balls bowled 2046
Wickets 42
Bowling average 19.47
5 wickets in innings 4
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 6/42
Catches/stumpings 5/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 October 2017

Military career

In World War II Baseer Shamsi served with the 8th Punjab Regiment in Burma and Malaya. After Pakistan’s independence he served as an officer in the Pakistan Army. He was the commanding officer of 2 Baluch during the fighting on the Sialkot front in 1965.[1]

Cricket career

He was a left-arm opening bowler who played for the Combined Services in Pakistan. He made his first-class debut in the first season of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in December 1953, and took part in Combined Services’ tour of Ceylon in December 1953 and January 1954. In the only first-class match of the tour he took 5 for 55 and 6 for 42 in the victory over the Ceylon Cricket Association in Colombo.[2]

He was selected to play for The Rest against Pakistan in 1954-55 and made his highest score, 69, in the first innings, which was also The Rest’s top score for the match; he was also The Rest’s most successful bowler, with 3 for 67 in the first innings.[3] In a semi-final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1956-57 he took 6 for 73 against Punjab, who nevertheless won by an innings.[4] In his last first-class match he captained Combined Services in the inaugural season of the Ayub Trophy in 1960-61, taking 5 for 29 in the first innings against a combined Rawalpindi and Peshawar team.[5]

References
  1. "Demise of Father of Capt Tariq Baseer Shamsi". Native Pakistan. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  2. "Ceylon Cricket Association v Combined Services 1953-54". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  3. "Pakistan v The Rest 1954-55". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  4. "Punjab v Combined Services 1956-57". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  5. "Rawalpindi and Peshawar v Combined Services 1960-61". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
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