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Full name
  
Shujauddin Butt

1947
  
Northern India

Batting style
  
Right-handed

Name
  
Shujauddin Butt


National side
  
Pakistan

Role
  
Cricket Bowler

Born
  
10 April 1930 (
1930-04-10
)
Lahore, Punjab, British India

Last Test
  
2 February 1962 v England

Died
  
February 7, 2006, London, United Kingdom

Test debut (cap 17)
  
10 June 1954 v England

Bowling style
  
Left-arm orthodox spin

Shujauddin Butt (10 April 1930 – 7 February 2006) was a Pakistani army officer and cricketer who played in 19 Tests from 1954 to 1962.

He served in the Pakistan Army for 26 years, retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 1978. In 1971 he was captured during the Bangladesh war and held as a prisoner-of-war in India for 18 months.

He managed Pakistan's tours to Australia and the West Indies in 1976–77. He wrote two books of Pakistan cricket history, From Babes of Cricket to World Champions (1996) and The Chequered History of Pakistan Cricket (2003), with Mohammed Salim Parvez.

References

Shujauddin Butt Wikipedia