"Owais Alam Shah" (born 22 October 1978) is an English cricketer. A middle-order batsman, he played for Middlesex County Cricket Club/Middlesex between 1996–2010 and Essex CCC 2011-2013 before announcing his retirement from first-class cricket. He joined Hampshire County Cricket Club/Hampshire for the NatWest t20 Blast in May 2014. He has also represented England in all forms of the game.

Between 2001 and 2009, he played 71 One Day International/ODIs and 17 Twenty20 Internationals. He also played 6 Test cricket/Tests, starting with a strong 88 on debut against India cricket team/India in 2006, however opportunities were limited and he did not make his third appearance until 2009 against the West Indies cricket team/West Indies in 2008–09 he was dropped. With Michael Vaughan retired and Ian Bell dropped, Shah had the opportunity to claim the number three position for himself, however a weak series saw him dropped in favour of Ravi Bopara.

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After going back to England I stuck to these. They helped me here.

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He put me up in a hotel for 10 days and gave me batting lessons.

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