Hamid Shah


Hamid Ali Mazhar Shah is a Danish cricketer who made his debut for the Danish national side in July 2010. He is a right-handed all-rounder bowling off spin.

Career

Born in Brøndby, before making his senior debut for the national team, Shah played for Denmark at under-13, under-15, under-17, and under-19 level, as well as for Denmark A. His senior debut came in the 2010 European Cricket Championship Division One tournament in Jersey, with his highest score from three matches at the tournament being 37 from 81 balls against Scotland A. Against Norway in the final of the 2011 Nordic Cup, a 20-over tournament hosted by Denmark, Shah topscored with 40 runs out of a team total of 107. Earlier in the tournament, against Finland, he had been named man of the match after scoring 53 not out and taking 2/18. At the 2011 European T20 Championship, beginning shortly after the Nordic Cup, he played in all seven matches, having little batting success but taking seven wickets from his 12 overs bowled.
Shah had an outstanding 2012 season for Svanholm Kricketklub, his club side in the Danish Cricket League, and was named man of the match in four out of his fourteen matches. He finished fifth in the competition for runs scored, and was also his team's fourth-highest wicket taker debut for Denmark, against Jersey, on 16 June 2019.
In August 2019, he was named as the captain of Denmark's squad for the 2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A tournament. He made his List A debut for Denmark, against Malaysia, in the Cricket World Cup Challenge League A tournament on 16 September 2019. He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer for Denmark, with 191 runs in five matches.