Shahid Mahmood

Shahid Mahmood (Urdu: شاہد محمود) (17 March 1939 13 December 2020)[1] was a Pakistani cricketer who played in one Test in 1962.

Shahid Mahmood
Personal information
Born(1939-03-17)17 March 1939
Lucknow, British India
(now India)
Died13 December 2020(2020-12-13) (aged 81)
New Jersey, United States
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 40)26 July 1962 v England
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 1 66
Runs scored 25 3117
Batting average 12.50 31.80
100s/50s -/- 5/-
Top score 16 220
Balls bowled 36 5940
Wickets 0 89
Bowling average - 21.65
5 wickets in innings - 3
10 wickets in match - 1
Best bowling - 10/58
Catches/stumpings -/- 25/-
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 13 June 2017

He played first-class cricket in Pakistan from 1957 to 1969. He played his only Test on the tour to England in 1962. In his last season, 1969–70, he became the first Pakistani bowler to take all ten wickets in a first-class innings.[2][3]

After retirement from cricket, he settled in the United States and died in New Jersey on 13 December 2020.[4]

References

  1. "Ex-Test cricketer Shahid Mahmood passes away". The News International. 14 December 2020.
  2. "Karachi Whites v Khairpur 1969-70". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  3. "PCB offers condolence on demise of Shahid Mahmood". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  4. "Shahid Mahmood, first Pakistani player to take ten wickets in an innings, dies aged 81". ESPNcricinfo.

ESPN Shahid Mahmood, first Pakistani player to take ten wickets in an innings, dies aged 81


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