Saeed Hatteea

Saeed Hatteea
Personal information
Full name
Saeed Ahmed Hatteea
Born (1950-02-02) 2 February 1950 (age 74)
Bombay, Bombay State
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1969/70–1970/71Bombay
1972Oxfordshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 8 1
Runs scored 1 6
Batting average 0.20 –
100s/50s –/– –/–
Top score 7 6*
Balls bowled 1,392 56
Wickets 27 4
Bowling average 28.91 8.00
5 wickets in innings 1 –
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling 5/33 4/32
Catches/stumpings 6/– –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 May 2011

Saeed Ahmed Hatteea (born 2 February 1950) is a former cricketer and business executive. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and a right-handed batsman.

Born in Bombay, India, in 1962 he moved with his family to Kensington, London, where he attended the City of London School.[1] Having played several matches for England schools and one Second XI Championship match for Warwickshire in 1969,[2] he was invited by India's chairman of selectors, Vijay Merchant, to play in India.[3] He made his first-class debut for Bombay against Saurashtra in the 1969–70 Ranji Trophy. He played three further first-class matches for Bombay that season,[4] and was expected by some to be named in the squad for national team's tour of the West Indies, but he was not selected.[3][5]

Hatteea returned to England for the 1970 season, where he played second XI cricket for Gloucestershire.[2] He also played for a Rest of the World XI against TN Pearce's XI in England that September. Back in India later in the year, he played two further matches for Bombay, and made a single appearance for West Zone against South Zone, in the 1970–71 Duleep Trophy semi-final.[4] In his 8 first-class matches, he took 27 wickets at a bowling average of 28.29. His only five wicket haul came against Gujarat for Bombay.[6]

Having returned to England, Hatteea played minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire, making 3 Minor Counties Championship appearances for the county in 1972.[7] It was for Oxfordshire that he made his only List A appearance against Durham in the Gillette Cup.[8] In this match he scored an unbeaten 6 runs. With the ball he took 4 wickets for the cost of 32 runs from 9.2 overs.[9] He later played club cricket for Chorleywood and The Hurlingham Club.[10]

In business, he worked at Marks & Spencer for 25 years, filling several top roles around the world.[1] In 1994, he joined Kingfisher Plc, working at Woolworths as an executive director.[11] He soon left to pursue an opportunity in Shanghai.[1] Later, he served as Chairman of Yours Clothing.[12][13][14]

References

  1. ^ a b c "OC Profile | "Cricket has opened doors for me, wherever I've been"" (PDF). Gazette. John Carpenter Club. pp. 22–23. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Teams Saeed Hatteea played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  3. ^ a b Natarajan, H. (14 April 2015). "Seven deserving fast bowlers who sadly never got the India cap". Cricket Country. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Saeed Hatteea". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  5. ^ Gavaskar, Sunil (1976). Sunny Days: An Autobiography. Rupa. p. 25. ISBN 9788129118011.
  6. ^ "Gujarat v Bombay, 1969/70 Ranji Trophy (West Zone)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Saeed Hatteea". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  8. ^ "List A Matches played by Saeed Hatteea". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  9. ^ "Oxfordshire v Durham, 1972 Gillette Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  10. ^ "Miscellaneous Matches played by Saeed Hatteea". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  11. ^ Cowe, Roger (12 February 1994). "Mair Barnes quits top Woolworths job as new broom sweeps in". The Guardian. p. 38. Retrieved 25 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ WW, FashionNetwork com. "Yours Clothing gets non-exec director from Missguided". FashionNetwork.com. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Yours Clothing appoints Missguided's digital boss Jonathan Wall to board - Retail Gazette". 19 March 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  14. ^ "Peterborough clothing retailer appoints national fashion chain's digital chief to its board". Peterborough Telegraph. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2024.