Bilal Shafayat
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Full name | Bilal Mustapha Shafayat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rashid Shafayat (brother) | 10 July 1984||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2000–2001 | Nottinghamshire Cricket Board | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2004 | Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004/05 | National Bank of Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2010 | Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007/08–2008/09 | Pakistan Customs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010/11–2011/12 | Habib Bank Limited | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Shropshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 16 July 2012 |
Bilal Mustapha Shafayat (born 10 July 1984) is an English former
Early life and family
Shafayat was born in
Career
He started his career at
He was the twelfth man in the 2009 Cardiff Test against Australia. He was the focus of a controversy when he came out twice during the final overs of the match as the last pair of England batsmen were trying to save the match. The Australian captain accused the England team of time-wasting.[4]
He was released by Nottinghamshire after the 2010 season.[5] He played domestic First Class cricket in Pakistan in 2010/2011. He played second eleven cricket for Hampshire at the start of 2011 and averaged 239.5 in his two matches before returning to Northamptonshire on a match-by-match basis during the 2011 season,[6] playing for the Second XI and the first team in Twenty20 and List A matches during June and July 2011. He ended the season playing for Wellington in the Birmingham league.[7] In April 2012 he joined Shropshire.[8] In May 2012 he was registered by Hampshire and went on to sign for them for 2013 season.[9]
References
- ^ a b "Player profile: Bilal Shafayat". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ "Shafayat revives Nottinghamshire". The Independent. 5 July 2001. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ "Notts release Shafayat and Wood". BBC News. 9 September 2010.
- ^ "Northants sign batsman Shafayat". BBC News. 17 June 2011.
- ^ "League leaders held by Wellington". BBC News. 8 August 2011.
- ^ "Shropshire's chairman Toby Shaw predicts bright future". BBC. 10 April 2012.
- ^ "Where are they now? Nottinghamshire - 2004 Division Two champions". 12 October 2015.