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Place of Birth: Nairobi, Kenya
About Basher Hassan
- Sheikh Basharat "Basher" Hassan (born March 24, 1944) in Nairobi, Kenya, was a Kenyan first-class cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire from 1966 to 1985.
- A right-handed batsman, he made 14,394 runs at an average of 29.07. After playing club cricket in Kenya, Hassan made his first-class debut for an East African Invitation XI against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1963.
- He moved to England and made his debut for Nottinghamshire in 1966 against Oxford University whilst serving the then mandatory period of qualification.
- Having made 579 runs in 1967 he was forced to sit out the 1968 season when Gary Sobers was engaged.
- Initially a wicketkeeper, he developed as an opening batsman although he occasionally kept wicket in List A cricket.
- He was a notable fieldsman; in 1971 Wisden said that "his brilliance in the covers stamped him as one of the outstanding men in this position in the country" and that his team-mates were "fired by the example of the enthusiastic Hassan".He became a regular member of the Nottinghamshire first team in 1969 and scored 1,000 runs in a season on five occasions and scored fifteen centuries.
- His highest score was 182 not out against Gloucestershire in 1977.
- In List A matches his highest was 120 not out against Warwickshire in 1981. He was 12th man for England in a Test in 1985 at Trent Bridge during the Ashes series after which he retired from county cricket.
- He was for some years the Nottinghamshire Development Manager.
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