- Ismail Dawood
Ismail Dawood (born
July 23 ,1976 inDewsbury ) is a former professionalcricket er currently (as of May 2007) playing withCheshire County Cricket Club . He has previously played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire, Worcestershire, Glamorgan and Yorkshire.Dawood is a lower-middle order batsman and wicket-keeper. He played in eight youth Test matches for England Under-19s scoring 240 runs, with a best of 111, at 21.81 and taking 16 catches and 4 stumpings. He first represented Northamptonshire in the
Second XI Championship in 1994, and between 1997 and 1999 appeared extensively in the competition, in the interim playing regularly in first-class cricket matches.While with Glamorgan, Dawood showed that he was also a useful lower-order batsman, and in 1999 he recorded a maiden first-class hundred by making 102 against Gloucestershire at Cardiff after being promoted to open the batting after injuries to other players. Later in the season, he also created a new county record by not conceding a bye as Lancashire totalled 556 for 6 dec at Blackpool.
In 39 first class matches Dawood scored 1122 runs at 22 with a best of 102. He took 94 catches with 6 stumpings. In 51 list A one day matches he scored 732 runs at 21.52 with a top score of 60, taking 44 catches and making 14 stumpings. He played
Twenty20 cricket in 2004 and 2005 for Yorkshire, scoring 44 runs at 8.80.External links
* [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4246/4246.html Ismael Dawood] at Cricket Archive
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