Syed Mahboob Ali Shah (born 13 October 1938) is a former

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er and

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. Mahboob Shah was born in

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. Before becoming an umpire, he played in 14 first-class matches for Baluchistan,

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, Karachi Whites, Karachi C,

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and

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between 1954/55 and 1960/61. He reached the Final of the

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in 1957/58 with Karachi C, losing to

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. He achieved a

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of 21.10 in 21 innings, including a high score of 152, his only first-class century, for Karachi University against Sind University in February 1960; as a medium-fast bowler, he took 12

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s at a bowling average of 22.58, including 6/14 for Karachi C against Sind A in October 1957. He umpired 28 Test matches and 32 ODIs between March 1975 and March 1997, mainly in Pakistan – only four of his Test matches were overseas. He made his Test umpiring debut in March 1975, in the second Test between

and

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at the

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. He stood regularly in Test matches in Pakistan from 1978 to 1990. In 1994, he and

Khizer Hayat Khizer Hayat (Urdu: خضرحيات, born 5 January 1939) is a Pakistani former cricket player and umpire. He played first-class cricket for ten years before taking up umpiring and retired having officiated in 34 Test matches and 55 One Day In ...

were the two Pakistani representatives on the first international panel of umpires, set up by the ICC to ensure that one neutral umpire would stand in every Test match (later supplemented by the

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). He stood in his first Test outside Pakistan in March 1994, in the third Test between

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and Australia at Kingsmead,

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. His final Test was the second Test between

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and Sri Lanka at Trust Bank Park (aka Seddon Park), Hamilton, in March 1997. He made his ODI debut as umpire in the match between Pakistan and New Zealand at Jinnah Stadium,

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on 16 October 1976. He umpired in the

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in India, including the final between Australia and England at

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, on 8 November 1987, and in the

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in Sri Lanka and Pakistan. His last ODI was the third between Pakistan and New Zealand at the National Stadium, Karachi, on 8 December 1996.

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