Mahboob Shah

Syed Mahboob Ali Shah (born 13 October 1938) is a Pakistani former first-class cricketer and Test cricket umpire.

Early life and education Syed Mahboob Ali Shah was born on 13 October 1938 in Delhi, British India. His family moved from Delhi to Lahore and finally settled in Quetta after the partition of India. as a medium-fast bowler, he took 12 wickets at a bowling average of 22.58, including 6/14 for Karachi C against Sind A in October 1957.

Umpiring Shah umpired 28 Test matches and 32 ODIs between March 1975 and March 1997, mainly in Pakistan – only four of his Test matches were overseas. He made his Test umpiring debut in March 1975, in the second Test between Pakistan and the West Indies at the National Stadium, Karachi. He regularly officiated in Test matches in Pakistan from 1978 to 1990. In 1994, he and Khizer Hayat were the two Pakistani representatives on the first international panel of umpires, set up by the ICC to ensure that one neutral umpire would stand in every Test match (later supplemented by the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires). He stood in his first Test outside Pakistan in March 1994, in the third Test between South Africa and Australia at Kingsmead, Durban. His final Test was the second Test between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at Trust Bank Park ( Seddon Park), Hamilton, in March 1997.

He made his ODI debut as an umpire in the match between Pakistan and New Zealand at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot on 16 October 1976. He umpired in the 1987 Cricket World Cup in India, including the final between Australia and England at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, on 8 November 1987,