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Owais Shah

Full name: Owais Alam Shah

Born: 22nd October 1978, Karachi, Sind, Pakistan

Batting: Right-hand batsman
Bowling: Right-arm off-break

Teams: England (Test: 2005/06-2007); England (ODI: 2001-2008/09); England (Int Twenty20: 2007-2008); Middlesex (Main FC: 1996-2008); Marylebone Cricket Club (Main FC: 2002-2008); Middlesex (Main ListA: 1995-2008); Middlesex (Main Twenty20: 2003-2008); All teams

Middlesex cap: 2000

Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year: 2001

Middlesex benefit season: 2008

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Articles: Its 5-0 for India as the Juggernaut roles on

India win the series

India beat England by 16 runs through D/L method and take a 3-0 lead in this series

Its Yuvraj Singh's show at Indore once again as India thrash England

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Pictures: Owais Shah in action during a one day international for England

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He promised much but failed to deliver early on in his career and it seemed that he would never get his one big chance. But fate smiled on him in 2006 when he made his test debut against India at Mumbai due to injury to Michael Vaughan. He immediately impressed with a well made 88 as India were beaten at home. He is a batsman in the classic test mould and made his first-class debut in 1996, and at the end of only his first summer, was named by Wisden as a talent to watch out for. A couple of poor seasons meant that he was dropped even by his county side Middlesex. He bounced back in 2001 in fine form, and was drafted into England's one-day side, but still continued to play on and off, never cementing his place in the side. He played against Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Australia and New Zealand, but chances were far and few in number and they were too easily squandered. His international ambitions suffered a further blow when he was relieved of the vice-captaincy at Middlesex in June 2004 after a string of bad results. However, 1728 runs at a healthy average of 66.46 in 2005 meant that he was again knocking on the doors of the selectors and was eventually included in the England A tour of the Caribbean in 2006, and ultimately got his Test debut. But he had to wait another 18 months for his second Test but a series of consistent performances followed in the one-day series. More or less he still continues to be a spectator within the team.
Profile DateLine: 12th June 2008 by CricketArchive

Test Career Batting and Fielding (2005/06-2007)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
England	2	4	0	136	88	34.00	0	1	44.73	1

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1996-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	196	333	31	12984	203	42.99	35	66	154

First-Class Career Bowling (1996-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	1938	43	1324	22	3-33	60.18	0	0	88.09	4.09

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2001-2008/09)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
England	52	48	6	1288	107*	30.66	1	9	79.90	15

One-Day International Career Bowling (2007-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
England	114	0	126	3	1-18	42.00	0	0	38.00	6.63

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1995-2008/09)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	282	266	34	7879	134	33.96	11	50	94

One-Day Career Bowling (1996-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	753	0	755	18	2-2	41.94	0	0	41.83	6.01

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2007-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
England	10	9	1	235	55*	29.37	0	1	135.05	3

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2003-2008/09)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	41	40	8	1057	79	33.03	0	7	141.12	11

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2004-2006)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	13	0	11	1	1-10	11.00	0	0	13.00	5.07

Youth Test Career Batting and Fielding (1995/96-1998)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
England Under-19s	10	16	3	761	139	58.53	2	4	14

Youth Test Career Bowling (1996-1998)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
England Under-19s	204	9	81	6	3-32	13.50	0	0	34.00	2.38

Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1995/96-1998)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
England Under-19s	17	17	4	392	59*	30.15	0	3	10

Youth One-Day International Career Bowling (1997/98-1998)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
England Under-19s	30	0	48	1	1-28	48.00	0	0	30.00	9.60