deliveries death_date columns catches/stumpings year birth_date bowling tenfor country death_place club fivefor batting name birth_place column role source date runs umptestdebutyr wickets umpire s/s testsumpired matches article_title
balls 1750 21 march 2006 1 9 / - 1934-35 to 1940-41 1953-54 to 1958-59 2013 24 december 1915 right-arm medium-fast 0 pakistan lahore , pakistan united provinces railways 1 right-handed masood salahuddin merath , pakistan first-class captain http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/41638.html cricinfo 1915 12 24 yes 528 1955 39 true 0/0 1 24 masood salahuddin

masood salahuddin

masood salahuddin -lrb- 24 december 1915 -- 21 march 2006 -rrb- was a pakistani cricket umpire .
he stood in one test match , pakistan vs. india in karachi in 1955 .
he had a long playing career in first-class cricket as a pace bowler , beginning in the ranji trophy in 1934-35 for united provinces , and continuing after independence of pakistan as captain of railways until 1958-59 .
he took 21 wickets at an average of 18.80 for united provinces , including 6 for 62 against bengal in 1939-40 .
he played two matches for india against the visiting australian team in 1935-36 .
for railways his captaincy was more important : beginning his career there at the age of 37 , in 10 matches he bowled only 102 overs and took 12 wickets at 24.41 , and sometimes made useful runs in the lower order , 275 at 17.18 .
although he had never umpired in first-class cricket , had just captained north zone against the indians a few days previously , and was one of the test selectors , he was called upon to umpire the fifth test in the 1954-55 series , with the approval of the indian team .
he explained : `` the umpire got ill and we had no reserve ... i was an official with the railways and had played cricket .
but with no umpiring experience i was asked to stand in a test . ''
he may have been being diplomatic : his obituary in `` wisden '' gives the reason for the emergency as `` a row over the appointed officials '' , and adds that he `` showed his mettle '' when he gave abdul kardar , the pakistani captain , out stumped for 93 .
he was assistant manager of the pakistan team in england in 1954 , and managed the tour of england in 1971 .
he studied architecture at university college london .
he died after a road accident in lahore .
