Masood Salahuddin
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Born | Merath, Uttar Pradesh, India | 24 December 1915||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 21 March 2006 Lahore, Pakistan | (aged 90)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Captain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1934-35 to 1940-41 | United Provinces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1953-54 to 1958-59 | Railways | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Umpiring information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tests umpired | 1 (1955) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 December 2013 |
Masood Salahuddin (24 December 1915 – 21 March 2006) was a Pakistani cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, Pakistan vs. India in Karachi in 1955.[1]
He had a long playing career in
Although he had never umpired in first-class cricket, he had just captained North Zone against the Indians a few days previously,[4] and was one of the Test selectors, called upon to umpire the Fifth Test in the 1954-55 series, with the approval of the Indian team. He explained: "The umpire got ill and we had no reserve ... I was an official with the railways and had played cricket. But with no umpiring experience I was asked to stand in a Test."[5] He may have been being diplomatic: his obituary in Wisden gives the reason for the emergency as "a row over the appointed officials", and adds that he "showed his mettle" when he gave Abdul Kardar, the Pakistani captain, out stumped for 93.[6]
He was assistant manager of the Pakistan team in England in 1954, and managed the tour of England in 1971.
He studied architecture at University College London.[7] He died after a road accident in Lahore.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Masood Salahuddin". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ Bengal v United Provinces 1939-40
- ^ Masood Salahuddin bowling by team
- ^ North Zone v Indians 1954-55
- ^ Omar Noman, Pride and Passion: An Exhilarating Half Century of Cricket in Pakistan, OUP, Karachi, 1998, p. 99.
- ^ Wisden 2007, p. 1562.
- ^ Pakistani player Masood Salahuddin dies at age 90