Bilal Shafayat, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Bilal Shafayat

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1984

Place of Birth: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: Pakistan

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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About Bilal Shafayat

  • Bilal Mustapha Shafayat (born 10 July 1984, Nottingham) is an English first-class cricketer.
  • He is a middle-order batsman, fast bowler and wicket-keeper.
  • Shafayat was a former captain of the England under-19 side. He was educated at the Nottingham Bluecoat School, but left after he found a place in cricket.He started his career at Nottinghamshire but moved to Northamptonshire in 2005.
  • One early highlight of his career was a catch made for England as a substitute fielder in a Test against New Zealand in 2004.
  • He returned to Nottinghamshire for the 2007 season. He was the twelfth man in the 2009 Cardiff Test against Australia.
  • He was the focus of a controversy when he came out twice during the final overs of the match as the last pair of England batsmen were trying to save the match.
  • The Australian captain accused the England team of time-wasting. He was released by Nottinghamshire after the 2010 season.
  • He played domestic First Class cricket in Pakistan in 2010/2011. He played second eleven cricket for Hampshire at the start of 2011 and averaged 239.5 in his two matches before returning to Northamptonshire on a match-by-match basis during the 2011 season, playing for the Second XI and the first team in Twenty20 and List A matches during June and July 2011.
  • He ended the season playing for Wellington in the Birmingham league.
  • In April 2012 he joined Shropshire. In May 2012 he was registered by Hampshire and is available to play even though he does not have a contract with them. He ran a day care nursery which subsequently went into administration and was closed.
  • He was married to Sadia Altaf with whom he has four children.

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