Nasser Hussain
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| Nasser Hussain | ||||
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| Full name | Nasser Hussain | |||
| Nickname | Nashwan | |||
| Born | 28 March 1968 | |||
| Madras, India | ||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||
| Role | Higher middle-order batsman | |||
| Batting style | Right hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Right arm leg break | |||
| International information | ||||
| Test debut (cap 542) | 24 February 1990: v West Indies | |||
| Last Test | 20 May 2004: v New Zealand | |||
| ODI debut (cap 105) | 30 October 1989: v Pakistan | |||
| Last ODI | 2 March 2003: v Australia | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 3 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1987–2004 | Essex | |||
| 1991 | MCC | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Tests | ODIs | FC | LA | |
| Matches | 96 | 88 | 334 | 364 |
| Runs scored | 5764 | 2332 | 20698 | 10732 |
| Batting average | 37.18 | 30.28 | 42.06 | 30.28 |
| 100s/50s | 14/33 | 1/16 | 52/108 | 10/72 |
| Top score | 207 | 115 | 207 | 161* |
| Balls bowled | 30 | – | 312 | – |
| Wickets | 0 | – | 2 | – |
| Bowling average | – | – | 161.50 | – |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – | – | – |
| 10 wickets in match | – | n/a | – | n/a |
| Best bowling | 0-15 | – | 1-38 | – |
| Catches/stumpings | 67/– | 40 | 350 | 161 |
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Nasser Hussain (born March 28, 1968, Madras, India) is a former Essex and England cricketer. He was born of an Indian father, Jawad (also known as "Joe"), and an English mother, Patricia, who changed her name to Shireen on conversion to Islam. He became the first captain of England to be of mixed Anglo-Indian ethnicity.
Hussain was the captain of the England team for 45 Test matches from 1999 to 2003, only exceeded by Michael Atherton. He also has the fourth most Test victories as England captain, with 17, behind only Michael Vaughan (22), Peter May, (20) and Mike Brearley (18). His percentage of Tests won was higher than any of the previous five captains, since Bob Willis.
In first-class cricket, he scored 20,698 runs in 334 matches at an average of 42.06.
Hussain became Test captain when English cricket was at a low point, and his first series in charge saw England lose to New Zealand at home, after which he was booed by the England fans. However, in 2000 he led England to a 3-1 victory over the West Indies at home, and that winter the England team beat both Pakistan and Sri Lanka away.
Hussain was captain of both the Test and One Day International England teams until after the 2003 Cricket World Cup, when England failed to make the second round after boycotting the match against Zimbabwe in Harare, citing security concerns.
Immediately after the 2003 Cricket World Cup, after coming under heavy criticism, he stepped down as One Day Skipper passing on the reigns to Michael Vaughan. Later in 2003, Hussain announced his retirement as Test captain after England had narrowly clung on for a draw in the first Test against South Africa, being replaced as captain by Michael Vaughan. Hussain continued as a batsman in the Test team until May 2004, when, after scoring a century and the winning runs in the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's, Hussain announced his immediate retirement from international and first-class cricket on May 27, 2004.
His father,Jawad "Joe" Hussain, and brother, Mehriyar Hussain, have both played first-class cricket, for Madras and Worcestershire respectively.
Since his retirement he has taken up a career as a television commentator for Sky Sports.
Hussain and was educated at Forest School,Walthamstow and then graduated in Natural Sciences from the University of Durham.
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| Preceded by Paul Prichard |
Essex County Captain 1999 |
Succeeded by Ronnie Irani |
| Preceded by Alec Stewart |
English national cricket captain 1999-2003 |
Succeeded by Michael Vaughan |
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