Shahzad Altaf Hussain (born 6 October 1957) is a Pakistani-born

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er who played for the

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between 1994 and 1998. He played as a right-arm pace bowler, and opened the bowling in two matches at the 1996 World Cup. Shahzad was born in

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, and played

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there before emigrating to the UAE.

Pakistan career

Shahzad was born in

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. In October 1975, aged 18, he played two matches of

for Lahore B in the Patron's Trophy. He opened the bowling with Jamshed Hussain on debut against

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, taking 4/25 in the first innings and 1/21 in the second. He had less success in his second game, taking 1/88 and 0/18 against Pakistan Universities.

UAE career

After immigrating to the UAE, Shahzad made his debut for the UAE national team at the 1994 ABN-AMRO Trophy, a triangular tournament in

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that also featured

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.Miscellaneous matches played by Shahzad Altaf
CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 December 2016. He made his

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debut the following year, when the UAE hosted the 1995 Interface Cup (with

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, and Sri Lanka A as participants). Shahzad played another three List A games for the UAE in early 1996, when the team participated in the Pakistan's domestic one-day competition, the Wills Kings Cup.List A matches played by Shahzad Altaf
CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 December 2016. Shahzad was the second-oldest member of the UAE squad at the 1996 World Cup, after

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. He played in two of his team's matches, both of which held

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(ODI) status. Shahzad opened the bowling with

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against

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in the first match of the tournament, but was taken out of the attack after conceding 22 runs from three overs. He did not return to the line-up until the UAE's final game, against the Netherlands. In that match, he took 1/15 from ten overs, including three maidens. A few months after the World Cup, Shahzad represented the UAE at the

1996 ACC Trophy The 1996 ACC Trophy was a cricket tournament in Malaysia, which took place from 6 to 16 September 1996. It gave Associate and Affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket and also helped form an essen ...

in Malaysia. His best performance at the tournament was 3/40 in the semi-final against

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. Shahzad made his final international appearances at the age of 41, playing in the

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in Nepal. He took 6/13 from ten overs against

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, for which he was named man of the match, and then took 2/5 from 7.1 overs in the next match against

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

Personal life

Shahzad's son, Rameez Shahzad, has also played international cricket for the UAE. They are the first father–son combination to play for the UAE."UAE's Rameez Shahzad offers pointers to England to handle Pakistan spinners"
''The National'', 12 October 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2016.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Altaf, Shahzad 1957 births Living people Cricketers at the 1996 Cricket World Cup Emirati cricketers Lahore cricketers Pakistani cricketers Pakistani emigrants to the United Arab Emirates Pakistani expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates One Day International cricketers