Mohammad Umar Taj was a Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler. He was born in Lahore

Lahore

Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...

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Umar made three appearances in the Tissot Cup for Pakistan Customs in April 1999, and despite helping guide the team to victory in the semi-final of the competition, did not participate in the final.

In the same season, Umar made five first-class appearances, one for Pakistan Customs and four for Lahore City.

External links

• Mohammad Umar Taj at Cricket Archive