Shujauddin Siddiqi (10 May 1919 – 21 July 2003) was an Indian first-class

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, he was a first-class and

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in Pakistan. Siddiqi was born in Delhi. He played in seven

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matches for

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between 1939/40 and 1945/46, scoring 138 runs at a batting average of 12.54, and taking 12 wickets as a

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at a bowling average of 28.75. He umpired one first-class match in March 1946, the Ranji Trophy semi-final between

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. After nearly four days of play, the match was tied – Southern Punjab scored 167 in their first innings, and Baroda replied with 106. After Southern Punjab's second innings of 146, Baroda were bowled out for 207. Baroda won a coin toss to decide which team should go forward to meet

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in the final. He moved to Pakistan after

, where he continued to umpire in first-class matches, and also became a Test and ODI umpire. He appeared in 22 Tests spread over nearly 24 years, all played in Pakistan. His first Test as umpire was the match between

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and

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in January 1955. His last was also between Pakistan and India, at Karachi in November 1978. He stood in all three Tests in the MCC tour of Pakistan in 1968/9 which was marred by a series of riots. The final match, in Karachi, was abandoned during the third day due to crowd trouble, after

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reached an imposing total of 502 for 7.

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was stranded on 96*, four runs short of his maiden Test century, as rioting crowds stormed the ground. He umpired one ODI match, between Pakistan and India in Quetta in 1978, standing with

Mahboob Shah Syed Mahboob Ali Shah (born 13 October 1938) is a former Pakistani first-class cricketer and Test cricket umpire. Early life and education Syed Mahboob Ali Shah, born on 13 October 1938 in Delhi. His family moved from Delhi to Lahore and finall ...

. He died in Karachi.

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