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| Full name | Owais Alam Shah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1978-10-22)22 October 1978 (age 46) Karachi,Sindh, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Ace | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armoff break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 632) | 18 March 2006 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 6 March 2009 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 163) | 10 June 2001 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 2 October 2009 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 3 (prev. 69) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 27) | 28 June 2007 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 30 August 2009 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2010 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Delhi Daredevils | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009/10 | Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Kolkata Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010/11–2012/13 | Cape Cobras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Kochi Tuskers Kerala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011/12–2013/14 | Hobart Hurricanes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Rajasthan Royals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Dhaka Gladiators | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Jamaica Tallawahs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Sylhet Super Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Owais Alam Shah (born 22 October 1978) is a former Englandcricketer. A middle-orderbatsman, he played forMiddlesex from 1995 to 2010 andEssex from 2011 to 2013 before announcing his retirement fromfirst-class cricket. He playedTwenty20 cricket forHampshire in 2014 and 2015. He also representedEngland in all forms of the game.
Between 2001 and 2009, he played 71ODIs and 17Twenty20 Internationals. He also played 6Tests, starting with a strong 88 on debut againstIndia in 2006, however opportunities were limited and he did not make his third appearance until 2009 against theWest Indies in 2008–09. WithMichael Vaughan retired andIan Bell dropped, Shah had the opportunity to claim the number three position for himself, however a weak series saw him dropped in favour ofRavi Bopara.
He also represented theIndian Premier League teamKolkata Knight Riders during the2009 and2010 seasons before being bought byKochi Tuskers Kerala for the following two seasons, and had a short stint at theWellington Firebirds in New Zealand. After Kochi Tuskers were excluded from the2012 season, he played forRajasthan Royals inIPL 5.
Shah was born inKarachi,Sindh,Pakistan on 22 October 1978;[1] a cricketing prodigy as an adolescent,[2] Owais Shah began his career playing cricket forWycombe House Cricket Club, breaking a number of club records. Owais scored a league 154 for the senior first XI when aged only 12. He won numerous awards for the club including the Ken Barrington National Cup. His maturity at a young age allowed him to work his way through both the England Youth and Middlesex Cricket County System. He made his first-class debut at age 17 in1996 and won theNBC Denis Compton Award in 1997. In early 1998 he captained England to victory in the Under 19's World Cup in South Africa, and the following season he wascaptain of theEngland Under-19 cricket team for their "Test" match series at home againstPakistan. His selection for the England 'A' team that toured Australia in late 1998 at the age of 17 suggested he was on the verge of a call-up to England's Test side.[3] However, two poor seasons followed, and despite beingcapped in2000, by the end of that season—in which he made under 500 first-class runs—he could no longer command a place in the Middlesex first team. However, he made a return to form in2001, averaging 41.60 and making his ODI debut againstAustralia atBristol. Later that summer, he made 62 against Pakistan, and in 2001 Shah was named by theCricket Writers' Club as their Young Cricketer of the Year. Owais attended Isleworth and Syon School for Boys, Lampton School (Hounslow) for his A Levels and is also a university graduate.
Despite a fairly solid start to his international career, Shah could not produce the required consistency of form, making just one more fifty in ten innings from 2001/02 to 2002/03. He also suffered from a perception that his fielding was below par, something close to unforgivable in the modernone-day game, and he was dropped from the England side without having had a chance atTest cricket. In2004, a year of success with the bat (1,336 runs at 53.44) was tempered by the loss of his Middlesex captaincy in mid-season after some poor results.
2005 brought much-improved returns, as he was top-scorer of theFirst Division of the County Championship with two weeks left to play, having made 1578 runs at anaverage of 65.75. At the end of the county season in September, Shah was being talked of as a possibility for England's winter tours of Pakistan andIndia.
He was selected for the England 'B' team tour of the West Indies that winter, but was called up to the squad for the first-team tour of India after England suffered several injuries. He made his Test debut in the third Test atMumbai on 18 March 2006, making 88 in his first Test innings.
He returned to the England Test squad, after 15 months out, for thefirst Test match against theWest Indies at his home ground ofLord's; however, he scored 6 and 4 in the two innings, in an otherwise productive England batting line-up. He was dropped from the squad for the second Test following captainMichael Vaughan's return to fitness.[4]
Shah was, however, brought back for theODI series, including twoTwenty20 Internationals. While making little contribution with the bat in the first match, in which England were defeated, Shah hit a match winning 55 off 35 deliveries in the second, with England drawing the Twenty20 series 1–1.[5] He was later mademan of the match. He has changed his game somewhat in recent times, and is not the classical batsman that he was in his early years; however, he still possesses a wide range of shots, with the pull shot and the fierce slap through extra cover being the most prominent.[6]
His maiden ODIcentury came againstIndia atThe Oval on 5 September 2007, when he made 107* off 95 balls. Later in the same match, he bowled in an ODI for the first time, and with his 17th delivery, took his first ODI wicket, the victim being the Indian captainRahul Dravid. Shah touredSri Lanka with England in late 2007, and then played in the ODI series againstNew Zealand in early 2008. While he had a disappointing ODI series, he top-scored with 96 in the first warm-up match to enhance his claims to the Test squad.[7]
In July 2008 he helped Middlesex win theTwenty20 Cup with a match winning innings in the final with 75 runs scored off just 35 balls, the highlight of which was three successive sixes over mid-wicket off Kent off-spinnerJames Tredwell.
After the retirement of captainMichael Vaughan during summer 2008, Shah had a chance to claim a place on thetour to the West Indies. AlthoughIan Bell played the first Test at 3, he was dropped and replaced by Shah for the remainder of the Test series. Shah only managed one half-century, although he did reach 13,000 first-class runs during the third Test, and was not chosen for the summer Tests againstWest Indian cricket team in England in 2009 andAustralia.
He had a poorODI series against Australia in 2009, failing to record a score of higher than 44 in all seven matches. Going into the2009 ICC Champions Trophy, he was under severe pressure for his place, but scored another 44 in the opening match against Sri-Lanka, before a match-winning 98 in the second group game against hosts South Africa. This came too late though, as Shah was not included in any of England's squads for thetour to South Africa. Despite still having a central contract and later being included in the England Performance Squad for the 2010 home series,[8] he was not included in any of the final squads and did not represent England during 2010.
Middlesex announced on 31 August 2010 that they would not be renewing Shah's contract at the end of the 2010 season.[9]
With England players free to participate in the second season of the Indian Premier League, Owais Shah was signed by theDelhi Daredevils for $275,000 during their second player auction. He was then traded toKolkata Knight Riders in exchange of Moises Henriques. He was bought by the new teamKochi Tuskers Kerala for $200,000 and played for them in the fourth season of the IPL. In IPL 5 he played forRajasthan Royals
On 31 August 2009 it was announced that theWellington Firebirds had signed Shah for their domestic Twenty20 competition in December 2009. He was recommended by his former Middlesex colleague Stephen Fleming.[10]
Shah played for the Cape Cobras in South Africa winning the first-class, one day and Pro20 competitions during his stay.
Shah served as interim head coach ofUnited Arab Emirates national team from November 2016 to January 2017, when he was succeeded byDougie Brown. The sole major tournament for the UAE during that time was the2017 Desert T20 Challenge.[11][12] In November 2020, he was selected by theDambulla Viiking as the head coach for theinaugural edition of theLanka Premier League.[13]
