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Full name | Shah Naweed Siddiqi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Islington, London, England | 13 September 1959||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1984–1985 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,15 January 2022 |
Shah Naweed Siddiqi (born 13 September 1959) is an English neurosurgeon and former first-class cricketer.
Siddiqi was born at Islington in September 1959. He studied medical sciences and psychology at University College London, [1] before proceeding to Hughes Hall at the University of Cambridge where he obtained his medical degree. [2] While studying at Cambridge,he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1984 and 1985,making seven appearances. [3] Playing as an all-rounder in the Cambridge side,Siddiqi scored 219 runs at an average of 16.84;he made one half century,a score of 52. [4] With his off break bowling,he took five wickets, [5] all of which came in a single innings against Warwickshire at Fenner's in 1984. [6]
His medical career took him to Canada in the 1990s,where he held a neurosurgery residency at University of Toronto,and a fellowship at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Siddiqi is currently a neurosurgeon across a number of hospitals in Texas. [1]
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