Nadeem Ghauri

Mohammad Nadeem Ghauri (Urdu: محمد نديم غورى, born 12 October 1962) is a Pakistani former international cricketer and cricket umpire.

Nadeem Ghauri

Personal information
Full name	Mohammad Nadeem Ghauri
Born	12 October 1962 (1962-10-12) (age 62) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side	Pakistan
Only Test (cap 117)	3 February 1990 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 75)	3 January 1990 v Australia
Last ODI	25 February 1990 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1977–1979	Servis Industries
1979–1994	Lahore City
1983–1986	Pakistan Railways
1986–1999	Habib Bank
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	5 (2005–2006)
ODIs umpired	43 (2000–2010)
T20Is umpired	4 (2008–2010)
FC umpired	121 (1999–2012)
LA umpired	117 (2000–2012)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 1 6 147 127 Runs scored – 14 1,163 121 Batting average – 14.00 11.40 6.72 100s/50s – 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score – 7* 38 11* Balls bowled 48 342 36,290 6,180 Wickets 0 5 641 152 Bowling average – 46.00 22.58 25.51 5 wickets in innings – 0 47 0 10 wickets in match – 0 12 0 Best bowling – 2/51 8/51 4/14 Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/– 55/– 21/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 March 2019

Playing career

Ghauri was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. He played in one Test match and six One Day Internationals (ODI) for his country in 1990. Ghouri's only Test match appearance came against Australia.^[1] He has the unfortunate record of scoring neither a run nor taking a wicket in his Test career.^[2]

Umpiring career

In 2005, Nadeem Ghauri officiated in his first Test as umpire, making his debut at Dhaka in a Test between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.^[3] Five years earlier, he made his debut as a One Day International umpire in his hometown in match played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka.^[4] Nadeem Ghauri has officiated in five Tests, 43 ODIs and four T20Is.

In 2009, while Ghouri was traveling with the Sri Lankan cricket team to Gaddafi cricket stadium, the bus in which they were riding was attacked by terrorists. Ghouri was not injured.^[5]

In April 2013 Nadeem Ghauri was suspended from umpiring for four years by the Pakistan Cricket Board, after being guilty of being willing to accept money for favourable umpiring decisions.^[6][7] In December 2014, he asked the PCB to reconsider his ban.^[8]

References

1. "Nadeem Ghauri". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
2. "Pakistan tour of Australia, 3rd Test: Australia v Pakistan at Sydney, Feb 3-8, 1990". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
3. "Zimbabwe in Bangladesh Test Series – 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
4. "AusSri Lanka in Pakistan ODI Series – 3rd ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
5. "Sri Lankan cricket attack: How the terrorist violence unfolded ". The Telegraph.
6. "Pakistan ban two umpires for corruption". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
7. "Pakistan Cricket Board rejects banned umpire Nadeem Ghouri's appeal". NDTV Sports. 29 June 2013.
8. "Nadeem Ghauri requests PCB to reconsider ban". Dunya News. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2015.

External links

• Nadeem Ghauri at ESPNcricinfo