Muzaffar Mahmood

Summary

Muzaffar Mahmood (born 13 June 1963) is a Pakistani-born Scottish former first-class cricketer. He is the father of Aqsa Mahmood, an ISIS bride.

Muzaffar Mahmood
Personal information
Full name
Muzaffar Mahmood
Born (1963-06-13) 13 June 1963 (age 60)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1990Scotland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 3
Batting average 3.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 3
Balls bowled 186
Wickets 4
Bowling average 25.75
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 3/63
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 October 2022

Mahmood was born at Lahore in June 1963. He emigrated to Scotland as a child in the 1970s,[1] where he was educated at Bellahouston Academy. A club cricketer for Clydesdale, Mahmood was selected to tour Pakistan with the Scottish Select team in November 1989.[2] The following year he represented Scotland in a first-class match against Ireland at Edinburgh,[3] becoming the first Pakistani-born player to represent Scotland.[1] Playing as an off break bowler in the Scottish team, he took three wickets in Ireland's first innings and the only wicket to fall in their second innings, finishing with match figures of 4 for 104.[4]

Mahmood is married to Khalida, with the couple having four children.[5] Their daughter, Aqsa, gained notoriety in 2013 when she fled to Syria to become an ISIS bride, having become radicalised.[1] As of 2024, Aqsa is presumed to have been killed in fighting in February 2019 in the Syrian civil war.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Atika Shubert and Bharati Naik. "How a Glasgow girl became an ISIS bride". CNN. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Scots cricketers to tour Pakistan". The Herald. 9 September 1989. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Muzaffar Mahmood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Scotland v Ireland, 1990". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  5. ^ Sim, Melissa (14 September 2014). "Behind the veil of foreign jihadi brides". The Straits Times. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Aqsa Mahmood". www.counterextremism.com. Retrieved 20 October 2022.

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