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Said Shah
Personal information
Full name
Said Ahmed Shah
Born(1940-04-28)28 April 1940
Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, British India
Died5 February 2021(2021-02-05) (aged 80)
Peshawar, Pakistan
RoleUmpire
Umpiring information
Tests umpired1 (1997)
ODIs umpired5 (1984–1997)
Source: Cricinfo, 6 February 2021

Said Ahmed Shah (28 April 1940 – 5 February 2021) was a Pakistani academic and cricket umpire.[1] He stood in one Test match, between Pakistan and the West Indies, in 1984 and five ODI games between 1984 and 1997.[2] He also stood in ninety-four first-class cricket and forty-seven List A cricket matches between 1972 and 2000.[3][4]

He was educated at the Islamia College Peshawar between 1957 and 1963 where he did his master's degree in political science and history.[5] He started his career as a lecturer in Charsaddah College before being transferred to Government College, Peshawar in 1980 where he retired as a professor of history twenty years later.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "PCB condoles umpire Said Shah's death". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Said Ahmed Shah". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  3. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". CricketArchive.
  4. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". CricketArchive.
  5. ^ a b February 2021, Salim Parvez Tuesday 9. "A symbol of dedicated service – An obituary of Said Shah". Cricket World.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)