Murtaza Hussain

Murtaza Hussain
Personal information
Born (1974-12-20) 20 December 1974
Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1990/91–2001/02Bahawalpur
1992/93–1993/94Pakistan Automobiles
1994/95United Bank Limited
1995/96–1996/97Pakistan National Shipping Corporation
1997/98–1999/00Khan Research Laboratories
1998/99Islamabad
2004/05–2008/09Pakistan Customs
2005/06Multan Tigers
2007–2009Surrey
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 148 107
Runs scored 3,571 774
Batting average 20.88 14.60
100s/50s 1/12 0/1
Top score 117 85
Balls bowled 34,051 4,875
Wickets 573 132
Bowling average 24.96 25.99
5 wickets in innings 36 1
10 wickets in match 7 0
Best bowling 9/54 5/18
Catches/stumpings 70/– 34/–
Source: CricketArchive, 8 May 2025

Murtaza Hussain (born 20 December 1974) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer.[1][2]

A right-arm offbreak bowler, Hussain took over 500 wickets in a first-class career which he began as a 15 year old in 1990/91.[3] He played for Surrey in 2007 and 2008 and has also played for Pakistan A.[4][5] Hussain has played club cricket for Mildenhall Cricket Club in the East Anglian Premier Cricket League.[6] His career best innings figures were 9 for 54, while his only first-class century was scored against Attock Group in 2006.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Club cricketer replaces Test star Singh at Surrey". Your Local Guardian. 6 September 2007.
  2. ^ Mukherjee, Abhishek (22 September 2015). "County Championship, 2007: The mad, mad last day". Cricket Country.
  3. ^ "First-Class Youngest Players". The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
  4. ^ "Murtaza is on the ball for Vickers". North-West Evening Mail. 12 May 1998. p. 6.
  5. ^ "Murtaza Hussain Profile - Cricket Player Pakistan | Stats, Records, Video". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Hussain the hero as Mildenhall maintain their positive sequence". Suffolk News. 16 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Naved-ul-Hasan stars with allround show". ESPN.com. 12 November 2006.