Shakoor Rana (3 April 1936 – 9 April 2001) was a Pakistani cricketer and umpire. He stood in 18 Test matches, including one in 1987, where he was involved in a public row with England captain,

Mike Gatting Michael William Gatting (born 6 June 1957) is an English former cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Middlesex (1975–1998; captain 1983–1997) and for England from 1977 to 1995, captaining the national side in twenty-three Test mat ...

, that led to the match being disrupted. He was a brother of Pakistani cricketers

Azmat Rana Azmat Rana ( ur, ), (3 November 1951 – 30 May 2015) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in one Test match and two One Day Internationals in 1980. References 1951 births 2015 deaths Azmat Rana Azmat Rana Azmat Rana Azmat Rana ( u ...

and Shafqat Rana, his sons

Mansoor Rana Mansoor Rana ( ur, ), (born 27 December 1962) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played two One Day Internationals. Despite scoring more than 12,000 runs in first-class cricket, he was unable to break into his country's Test cricket side, due t ...

and Maqsood Rana also played for Pakistan.

Playing career

Shakoor Rana played in 11 first-class matches between 1957 and 1973, accumulating 226 runs and 12

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s. He was overshadowed by his brothers Shafqat Rana and

who both represented

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at Test level.

Umpiring career

Rana made his international debut as an umpire in 1974 at

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, the city that had become his hometown. The match was between

and the

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. His career continued until his last match between

and

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in 1996, also at Lahore. He stood in 18

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and 22

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1987 Test match in Faisalabad

In a Test match in

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in 1987, Rana and

argued after Rana decided Gatting had made an alteration to the fielding positions as Eddie Hemmings ran in to bowl. Rana accused Gatting of cheating, while earlier in the series he had put on a Pakistan shirt during the match.https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/the-infamous-mike-gatting-shakoor-rana-altercation-20634 The argument stopped the match, and footage of the

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cricket captain and the umpire shouting at each other with fingers pointed in each other's faces was widely broadcast. Rana accused Gatting of cheating and both were accused of using foul language, much of which was heard by a worldwide TV audience via the

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.BBC SPORT , ENGLAND ON TOUR , Gatt regrets Rana row
/ref> Shakoor refused to stand again in that Test until he received an unconditional apology from Gatting for the language used in the dispute. Gatting was threatened with being stripped of the England captaincy and was forced into issuing a written apology to Rana. Gatting issued a written apology and has since expressed regret at his part in the row. Rana was due to umpire the third and deciding Test match of the series, however the TCCB informed Pakistan that in those circumstances England would not play the match, so he was replaced.

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Gatting controversy quotes

BBC obituary
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Playing career

Umpiring career

1987 Test match in Faisalabad

See also

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