Personal information | ||||
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Full name | Nasser Hussain | |||
Born | 28 March 1968 Madras, India | |||
Nickname | Nashwan, Nass | |||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||
Batting style | Right hand bat | |||
Bowling style | Right arm leg break | |||
Role | Higher middle-order batsman | |||
International information | ||||
National side | England | |||
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 | ||||
Competition | Test | 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 |
Source: CricketArchive, 15 October 2007 |
Nasser Hussain OBE (born 28 March 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 English and Indian descent.