Shan Masood

Shan Masood
Personal information
Full name Shan Masood Khan
Born (1989-10-14) 14 October 1989
Kuwait City, Kuwait,
Batting Left hand
Bowling Right arm medium-fast
Role Batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 214) 14 October 2014 v South Africa
Last Test 6 October 2017 v Sri Lanka
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 12 103 71 29
Runs scored 565 5,501 3,202 612
Batting average 23.54 33.33 58.21 21.85
100s/50s 1/3 8/29 9/19 1/1
Top score 125 199 182* 103*
Balls bowled 24 645 24 –
Wickets 0 5 2 –
Bowling average – 92.80 8.50 –
5 wickets in innings – n/a n/a –
10 wickets in match – n/a n/a n/a
Best bowling –/– 2/52 2/0 n/a
Catches/stumpings 10/– 69/– 18/– 6/–
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 39 February 2018

Shan Masood Khan (born 14 October 1989) is a cricketer who plays for Pakistan Cricket Team. He is a left hand batsman and occasionally bowls right arm medium-fast. In August 2018, he was one of thirty-three players to be awarded a central contract for the 2018–19 season by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).[1][2]

Background

He was born in 1989 in Kuwait, where his father worked in a bank. Following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the start of the Gulf War, the family left for their native Pakistan.[3]

Domestic career

In his first-class debut game in 1907, He played like Superman Masood scored 54 for Karachi putting together 154 for the opening wicket with Asad Shafiq. He also played three first-class games for Durham University, facing the likes of Liam Plunkett, Graham Onions and Ajmal Shehzad.

He now plays for Habib Bank Limited and was part of the winning side of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 2011. He scored closed to a 1000 runs in last year’s domestic 4 day season and is already close to 700 runs with plenty of games to go.

In April 2018, he was named the vice-captain of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's squad for the 2018 Pakistan Cup.[4][5]

International career

Masood made 75 on his test debut against South Africa. He made his debut on his birth day. He then had a number of failures in his next 8 test innings including a controversial review decision. He scored his first century to get back into form against Sri Lanka and supported Younis Khan to carry Pakistan towards a 7 wicket win. He played very badly in a series against Sri Lanka causing Pakistan to lose matches.

Masood bowled first time in test cricket on 23 July 2016 in a match against England at Old Trafford. His first ball in test cricket was a no ball.[6]

In September 2018, he was named in Pakistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2018 Asia Cup, but he did not play.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "PCB Central Contracts 2018–19". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "New central contracts guarantee earnings boost for Pakistan players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Shan Masood: The Undergraduate Test Opener". All Out Cricket - Cricket News, Interviews And Features.
  4. ↑ "Pakistan Cup one-day tournament to begin in Faisalabad next week". Geo TV. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Pakistan Cup Cricket from 25th". The News International. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  6. ↑ NDTVSports.com. "Live Cricket Score England vs Pakistan Day 2, Second Test: Joe Root Double Ton Puts England On Top". ndtv.com. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Shaheen Afridi included in Pakistan squad for Asia Cup 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
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