798:, breaking a number of club records. Owais scored a league 154 for the senior first XI when aged only 12. He won numerous awards for the club including the Ken Barrington National Cup. His maturity at a young age allowed him to work his way through both the England Youth and Middlesex Cricket County System. He made his first-class debut at age 17 in
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played the first Test at 3, he was dropped and replaced by Shah for the remainder of the Test series. Shah only managed one half-century, although he did reach 13,000 first-class runs during the third Test, and was not chosen for the summer Tests against
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1184:England v West Indies 2nd Twenty20: In pictures
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1035:On 31 August 2009 it was announced that the
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1067:. In November 2020, he was selected by the
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703:Between 2001 and 2009, he played 71
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1260:"Shah to play Twenty20 event in NZ"
1097:"Shah happy in look and learn mode"
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36:Personal information
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711:. He also played 6
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1301:. 6 November 2016.
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1353:Shah family
1343:1978 births
1272:1 September
1043:Cape Cobras
973:. Although
949:New Zealand
898:West Indies
746:during the
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393:Competition
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139:(2001–2009)
1337:Categories
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1229:11 January
1130:2 November
1083:References
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30:Owais Shah
1181:BBC News
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984:Australia
945:Sri Lanka
832:Australia
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678:Middlesex
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624:stumpings
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466:41.94
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460:30.56
457:26.90
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397:Test
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