Shahid Mahmood (Urdu: شاہد محمود) (17 March 1939 – 13 December 2020)[1] was a Pakistani cricketer who played in one Test in 1962.[2]

Shahid Mahmood
Personal information
Born(1939-03-17)17 March 1939
Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
Died13 December 2020(2020-12-13) (aged 81)
New Jersey, U.S.
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 0/0 5/15
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 0/- 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.[3][4]

I.A. Khan was his maternal uncle.[5]

After retirement from cricket, he settled in the United States and died in New Jersey on 13 December 2020.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Ex-Test cricketer Shahid Mahmood passes away". The News International. 14 December 2020.
  2. ^ Booth, Lawrence (2021). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. p. 284. ISBN 9781472975478.
  3. ^ "Karachi Whites v Khairpur 1969-70". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  4. ^ "PCB offers condolence on demise of Shahid Mahmood". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  5. ^ December 2020, Salim Parvez Tuesday 22. "Shahid Mahmood standing tall - An Obituary". Cricket World.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Shahid Mahmood, first Pakistani player to take ten wickets in an innings, dies aged 81". ESPNcricinfo.
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