Murtaza Hussain

Murtaza Hussain is an off-spin bowler who has played first-class cricket in Pakistan since 1990, and has even played for Pakistan A. He has played club cricket in England and recently gained his British passport, qualifying to play for England. He had played for the second XIs at Derbyshire, Middlesex and Surrey before finally making his debut for Surrey's Championship side in September 2007.

Alan Butcher, the Surrey coach, said, "I became aware of Murtaza about two years ago and since that time he has gained English qualification. He has taken over 500 wickets in first-class cricket in Pakistan and he has trained and played some cricket with us in the second team this year. As such, we have registered him for the remainder of this season."

Cricinfo staff September 2007

Murtaza Hussain Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	Ct	St
FC	148	211	40	3571	117	20.88	1	12	70	0
List A	106	70	18	762	85	14.65	0	1	33	0

Bowling

Format	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
FC	148	34051	14304	573	9/54	-	24.96	2.52	59.4	-	36	7
List A	106	4827	3375	132	5/18	5/18	25.56	4.19	36.5	6	1	0

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Recent Matches of Murtaza Hussain

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
Surrey vs Kent	24	2/208	10-Jul-2009	The Oval	FC
Surrey vs Middlesex	13	1/75 & 2/69	30-Jun-2009	Lord's	FC
Surrey vs Leics	1	1/1 & 2/96	16-Jun-2009	Leicester	FC
Surrey vs Northants	34	0/16 & 2/72	11-Jun-2009	Northampton	FC
Surrey vs Glamorgan	5	1/56	06-Jun-2009	Cardiff	FC