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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Pakistani cricketer (1930–2006)}}<br />
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| name = Shujauddin<br />
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| country = Pakistan<br />
| full_name = Shujauddin Butt<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|04|10|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|02|07|1930|04|10|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = London, England<br />
| nickname = <br />
| heightft = <br />
| heightinch = <br />
| heightm = <br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = [[Slow left-arm orthodox]]<br />
| role = All-rounder<br />
| family =<br />
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| international = true<br />
| internationalspan = 1954–1962<br />
| testdebutdate = 10 June<br />
| testdebutyear = 1954<br />
| testdebutagainst = England<br />
| lasttestdate = 2 February<br />
| lasttestyear = 1962<br />
| lasttestagainst = England<br />
| testcap = 17<br />
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| club1 = [[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]]<br />
| year1 = 1947<br />
| club2 = [[Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|Punjab]]<br />
| year2 = 1947<br />
| club3 = [[Punjab University cricket team|Punjab University]]<br />
| year3 = 1948–1952<br />
| club4 = [[Combined Services (Pakistan) cricket team|Combined Services]]<br />
| year4 = 1953–1964<br />
| club5 = [[Bahawalpur cricket team|Bahawalpur]]<br />
| year5 = 1958–1970<br />
| club6 = [[Rawalpindi cricket team|Rawalpindi]]<br />
| year6 = 1966<br />
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| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]<br />
| matches1 = 19<br />
| runs1 = 395<br />
| bat avg1 = 15.19<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0<br />
| top score1 = 47<br />
| deliveries1 = 2,313<br />
| wickets1 = 20<br />
| bowl avg1 = 38.14<br />
| fivefor1 = 0<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 3/18<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 8/–<br />
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches2 = 101<br />
| runs2 = 3,490<br />
| bat avg2 = 25.28<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 6/14<br />
| top score2 = 147<br />
| deliveries2 = 18,002<br />
| wickets2 = 319<br />
| bowl avg2 = 21.91<br />
| fivefor2 = 18<br />
| tenfor2 = 4<br />
| best bowling2 = 8/53<br />
| catches/stumpings2 = 69/–<br />
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| date = 2 August<br />
| year = 2021<br />
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/shujauddin-42660 ESPNcricinfo<br />
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'''Shujauddin Butt''' (10 April 1930 – 7 February 2006) was a Pakistani army officer and [[cricket]]er who played in 19 [[Test cricket|Tests]] from 1954 to 1962.<br />
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He served in the [[Pakistan Army]] for 26 years, retiring as a [[lieutenant colonel]] in 1978. In 1955 he toured India with the Pakistan national team.<br />
He was educated at [[Islamia College, Lahore]].<br />
In 1971 he was captured during the [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1971|1971 Indo-Pakistan War]] and held as a prisoner-of-war in India for 18 months.<ref>[[Peter Oborne]], <br />
''Wounded Tiger: The History of Cricket in Pakistan'', Simon & Schuster, London, 2014, p. 25.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149345.html |title=Curtly's original demolition job |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=10 April 2018}}</ref><br />
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He managed Pakistan's tours to [[Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 1976–77|Australia]] and [[Pakistani cricket team in the West Indies in 1976–77|the West Indies]] in 1976–77.<ref>''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 2007, p. 1572.</ref> He wrote two books of Pakistan cricket history, ''From Babes of Cricket to World Champions'' (1996) and ''The Chequered History of Pakistan Cricket'' (2003), with Mohammed Salim Parvez.<ref>Oborne, p. 562.</ref><br />
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Butt died in London on 7 February 2006.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/178032 | title=Shujauddin a gutsy cricketer | date=9 February 2006 | newspaper=Dawn | location=Pakistan | accessdate=16 February 2019 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/988/988.html Shujauddin Butt] at CricketArchive<br />
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/42660.html Shujauddin] at [[Cricinfo]]<br />
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