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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Murtuza Baig<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| country = India<br />
| fullname = Murtuza Ali Baig<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|11|8|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[British Raj]] (now [[India]])<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|7|17|1941|11|8|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Banjara Hills]], Hyderabad, India<br />
| batting = Right-handed <br />
| bowling = Right-arm off-spin<br />
| family = [[Abbas Ali Baig]] (brother)<br>[[Mazhar Ali Baig]] (brother)<br />
| club1 = [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]<br />
| year1 = 1958-59 to 1970-71<br />
| club2 = [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]]<br />
| year2 = 1961 to 1964<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 48 <br />
| runs1 = 1898<br />
| bat avg1 = 27.50<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 1/10<br />
| top score1 = 103<br />
| deliveries1 = 474<br />
| wickets1 = 6<br />
| bowl avg1 = 49.83<br />
| fivefor1 = &ndash;<br />
| tenfor1 = &ndash;<br />
| best bowling1 = 4/44<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 13/&ndash;<br />
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34162/34162.html Cricket Archive<br />
| date = 16 May<br />
| year = 2014<br />
}} <br />
'''Murtuza Ali Baig''' ({{lang-te|ముర్తుజా అలీ బిగ్}}; 8 November 1941 &ndash; 17 July 2015) was a [[first-class cricket]]er who played for [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] and [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] between 1958 and 1971.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Baig made his first-class debut for Hyderabad in the [[Ranji Trophy]] in 1958-59 as a middle-order batsman. He played once in that season, and three times in 1959-60, but with little success.<br />
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After attending [[Osmania University]] in Hyderabad he went to [[New College, Oxford]]. Between 1961 and 1964 he played 28 times for Oxford University, scoring 1349 runs at an average of 27.53.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34162/f_Batting_by_Team.html Murtuza Ali Baig batting by team]</ref> His highest score was 103 against [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]] in 1962.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/25/25463.html Oxford University v Derbyshire 1962]</ref> He played three times in the annual match against [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]]; in 1962 his brother [[Abbas Ali Baig|Abbas]] was also in the team, and they shared a partnership of 72 for the second wicket after Oxford had lost their first wicket to the first ball of the innings.<ref>''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 1963, pp. 354-55.</ref><br />
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He returned to India and played irregularly for Hyderabad between 1965–66 and 1970-71. His highest score for Hyderabad was 83 (retired hurt) against [[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]] in 1966-67.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/28/28501.html Andhra v Hyderabad 1966-67]</ref><br />
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He lived in [[Banjara Hills]] in [[Hyderabad]] with his wife Dilnaz.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/contemporising-traditions/article2834321.ece Contemporising traditions] Retrieved 16 May 2014.</ref> He died at home in July 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ex-Cricketer Murtuza Baig Passes Away |url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/deccan-chronicle/20150718/282016146012492 |website=Press Reader |access-date=22 March 2021}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cricinfo|id=27559}}<br />
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34162/34162.html Murtuza Ali Baig at CricketArchive]<br />
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[[Category:1941 births]]<br />
[[Category:2015 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Oxford University cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Hyderabad cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Cricketers from Hyderabad, India]]<br />
[[Category:Osmania University alumni]]<br />
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