Murawwat Hussain (8 August 1918 – 25 September 1984) was a Pakistani cricketer and umpire.

Murawwat Hussain
Personal information
Full name
Murawwat Hussain Shah
Born(1918-08-08)8 August 1918
Sialkot, Punjab Province, British India
Died25 September 1984(1984-09-25) (aged 66)
Lahore, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-pace
Umpiring information
Tests umpired1 (1959)
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 37
Runs scored 1468
Batting average 29.36
100s/50s 4/4
Top score 164
Balls bowled 2864
Wickets 44
Bowling average 28.36
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/27
Catches/stumpings 24/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 July 2013

A right-handed batsman and medium-pace bowler, Murawwat Hussain played first-class cricket in India and Pakistan from 1935 to 1954, and toured Ceylon with the Pakistan team in 1948-49. In the second of the two matches between Pakistan and Ceylon he made his highest first-class score, 164, and he and Nazar Mohammad put on 269 for the second wicket.[1]

He umpired 52 first-class matches in Pakistan, mostly in Lahore or Bahawalpur, from 1957 to 1978.[2] He stood in one Test match, the First Test of the series between Pakistan and West Indies in 1959, played at the National Stadium, Karachi.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Ceylon v Pakistan 1948-49 (II)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Murawwat Hussain as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Murawwat Hussain". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
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