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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer and umpire (1918–1984)}}<br />
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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Murawwat Hussain<br />
| image = <br />
| country = Pakistan<br />
| full_name = Murawwat Hussain Shah<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1918|8|8|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Sialkot]], Punjab Province, British India<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|9|25|1918|8|8|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Lahore]], Pakistan<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm medium-pace<br />
| role = <br />
| family = <br />
| club1 = <br />
| year1 = <br />
| clubnumber1 =<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 37<br />
| runs1 = 1468<br />
| bat avg1 = 29.36<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 4/4<br />
| top score1 = 164<br />
| deliveries1 = 2864<br />
| wickets1 = 44<br />
| bowl avg1 = 28.36<br />
| fivefor1 = 0<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 4/27<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 24/–<br />
| umpire = true<br />
| testsumpired = 1<br />
| umptestdebutyr = 1959<br />
| umptestlastyr = <br />
| date = 13 July 2013<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/41917.html ESPNcricinfo<br />
}}<br />
'''Murawwat Hussain''' (8 August 1918 &ndash; 25 September 1984) was a Pakistani [[cricketer]] and [[umpire (cricket)|umpire]].<br />
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A right-handed batsman and medium-pace bowler, Murawwat Hussain played [[first-class cricket]] in [[British India|India]] and Pakistan from 1935 to 1954, and toured [[Sri Lanka|Ceylon]] with the [[Pakistani cricket team in Ceylon in 1948–49|Pakistan team in 1948-49]]. In the second of the two matches between Pakistan and [[Sri Lanka cricket team|Ceylon]] he made his highest first-class score, 164, and he and [[Nazar Mohammad]] put on 269 for the second wicket.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ceylon v Pakistan 1948-49 (II) |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18803.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=15 November 2018}}</ref><br />
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He umpired 52 first-class matches in Pakistan, mostly in [[Lahore]] or [[Bahawalpur]], from 1957 to 1978.<ref>{{cite web |title=Murawwat Hussain as Umpire in First-Class Matches |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/42/42930/Umpire_in_First-Class_Matches.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=15 November 2018}}</ref> He stood in one [[Test cricket|Test match]], the First Test of the series between [[West Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1958–59|Pakistan and West Indies in 1959]], played at the [[National Stadium, Karachi]].<ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/41917.html |title= Murawwat Hussain|access-date=13 July 2013 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Test cricket umpires]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cricketarchive|ref=Players/42/42930/42930.html}}<br />
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[[Category:1918 births]]<br />
[[Category:1984 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Cricketers from Sialkot]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistani Test cricket umpires]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistani cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Southern Punjab cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Muslims cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Punjab (Pakistan) cricketers]]<br />
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