| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 6th 1975 Karachi, Pakistan |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 1994/95–2004/05 | Karachi |
| 1996/97 | Pakistan Customs |
| 2008/09–2009/10 | Sui Southern Gas Corporation |
Muhammad Masroor (Urdu:محمد مسرور) (born August 6, 1975) is a former Pakistani domestic cricketer and a Level 3 qualified coach. Before taking up coaching as his full time job with PCB in 2012, he played first class cricket inPakistan for thirteen years and league cricket inEngland for nine years.
Masroor played in 55 first class games in his career from 1995 to 2008. He scored 2418 runs at an average of 28.11 with 14 50s and 3 hundreds. Masroor also occasionally bowled, taking 5 wickets at an average of 35.60 and an economy rate of 2.96 with his best figures being 3/14.[1]
Masroor played league cricket for Alder Cricket Club in England for eight years.[2] His name was included in the club's Hall of Fame for getting nine wickets for 47 runs in a one day game.[3] He also played in theDhaka Premier League forBrothers Union Club from 2001 until 2003.
After retiring from cricket, Masroor took up coaching. In 2011 he was appointed as the head coach ofKarachi Dolphins in RBS T20 Tournament where his team finished as runners up. In 2015 he was appointed as assistant coach of Pakistan Under 16 tour to Australia where his team won against Australia. He won the Tri Nation Series in 2016 as the head coach of Pakistan Under 19.[4] He holds the titles of the National Under 16 championships for four consecutive years. He coached the Sindh under-19 team to the National under-19 three-day and one-day titles.[5] He also coached thePakistan Under 19's in the2016 Under-19 World Cup where they finished 5th.[6] He was the assistant coach in Emerging Asia Cup in 2018. He was the head coach of Pakistan Under 16 Tour to Australia in 2018.[7] He has been the fielding coach ofKarachi Kings inPakistan Super League from 2017 till 2020. After this he then became the assistant coach ofNorthern cricket team.[8] In 2021 afterMohammad Wasim left his role as Northern head coach, Masroor was appointed interim head coach of Northern for the2020-21 Pakistan Cup.[9][10] Ahead of the 21-22 season Masroor moved toSindh where he is their current assistant coach.[11]