Owais Shah
Key facts
Full Name: Owais Alam Shah
Born: October 22, 1978, Karachi
County: Essex
Other Teams: Middlesex, England, England Lions
Test Debut: India v England, Mumbai, March 18-22 2006
ODI Debut: England v Australia, Bristol, June 10 2001
T20 Debut: England v West Indies, The Oval, June 28 2007
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Off-break
Biography
Precociously talented as a youngster and the captain of England Under-19s' World Cup-winning side in 1998, Shah hit 62 against Pakistan at Lord's on his senior England one-day international debut in 2001. He has been in and out of England’s one-day side since but featured in the ICC Knock-out Trophy and in the VB Series in 2003. Shah enjoyed a good season with Middlesex in 2004 after the responsibility of captaincy was taken from him and he was subsequently selected for the National Academy for the 2004-05 winter. He toured the UAE and Sri Lanka with England A in 2005, and averaged...
