Sherezad Shah (born 1 August 1983) is a Zimbabwean

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er. He played three first-class matches between 2001 and 2002.

Biography

Sherezad Shah was born in a cricketing family. He is the nephew of former Test all-rounder

Ali Shah Ali Hassimshah Omarshah (born 7 August 1959), known as Ali Shah , is a former Zimbabwean international cricketer. An all-rounder who batted left-handed and bowled right-arm medium pace, Shah played in three Test matches and 28 One Day Internat ...

, who remains his mentor. Sherezad embarked on his cricket journey around the age of four, under Ali's guidance. Despite a brief interruption due to his family's relocation to

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in 1991, his structured cricket career flourished in Nelspruit. Earning a place in his school's first team at the Under-15 level, Sherezad also played for the Lowveld team and the Impala club. In 2000, he returned to Zimbabwe, aspiring for a position in the national Under-19 team. He was selected for the team for the

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, although he didn't play any matches. His participation in a quadrangular tournament led to a notable performance against

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. Sherezad had short tenures with

Prince Edward School Prince Edward School (or Prince Edward, commonly referred to as PE) is a public, boarding and day school for boys aged 13 to 19 in Harare, Zimbabwe. It provides education facilities to 1200+ boys in Forms I to VI. The school is served by a grad ...

and Ali's club, Universals, where he displayed competence in pace bowling and batting. Primarily a bowler, Sherezad also focused on improving his batting skills. With Ali's support, he joined the

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in 2002, with a lower back injury delaying his

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debut. His notable achievements include scoring "60 not out for Prince Edward School on a South African tour, and taking four wickets for 28 runs."

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* 1983 births Living people Zimbabwean cricketers CFX Academy cricketers Midlands cricketers Cricketers from Harare {{Zimbabwe-cricket-bio-stub

Biography

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