Top 5 England cricketers of Pakistani origin

#5 Owais Shah

One of the most loved and well-remembered England cricketers of Pakistani origin to have represented the country is Owais Shah. Considered as a cricketing prodigy from his boyhood days, Shah went on to become a renowned player in the English county circles.

Having captained the England U-19 team to a World Cup victory in 1998, he made his ODI debut against Australia at Bristol in 2001. He, however, had to wait for his Test debut till 2006 when he scored 88 in his very first Test against India at Mumbai.

Despite his bad reputation of being a nudger and even unathletic at times, Shah was phenomenal when it came to playing stylish pick-up shots on the leg-side. He scored 1834 ODI runs and 347 T20I runs for England.