Mel Hussain

Mehriyar Hussain (born 17 October 1963), known as Mel Hussain, is an English former cricketer who played one first-class cricket match for Worcestershire County Cricket Club in 1985. He also played one List A match for Essex Cricket Board 16 years later in 2001.

Mel Hussain
Personal information
Full nameMehriyar Hussain
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-break
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 1 1
Runs scored 4 12
Batting average 4.00 12.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 4 12
Balls bowled 0 18
Wickets – 0
Bowling average – –
5 wickets in innings – –
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling – –
Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 June 2019

At a lower level, he played for Hampshire's Second XI and, briefly, Warwickshire's and Worcestershire's seconds. In 1982 he played for a MCC side against Ireland, and between 1991 and 1994 appeared a number of times for an England Amateur XI against other home nations, the matches in the last two of those years forming part of the Triple Crown Tournament. He played club cricket with Ilford,Fives, Gidea Park and Romford in the Essex Premier League and at a lower level for High Roding in the Mid-Essex League.Also for Bishop Stortford. A top order batsman and off spinner who rarely gives his wicket away.

In February 2020, he was named in England's squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa.[1][2] However, the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches due to the coronavirus pandemic.[3]

Hussain's younger brother, Nasser Hussain, captained England and Essex, while his father Jawad Hussain played once for Tamil Nadu in 1964/65 and another brother, Abbas Hussain, reached Second XI level with Essex. His son, Reece, played first-class cricket for Oxford MCCU in 2017.[4]

References
  1. "2020 over-50s world cup squads". Over-50s Cricket World Cup. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. "Over-50s Cricket World Cup, 2019/20 - England Over-50s: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. "Over-50s World Cup in South Africa cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak". Cricket World. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. "Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches, Oxford MCCU v Surrey at Oxford, Mar 28-30, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2017.


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