Munir Hussain (commentator)

Munir Hussain

Personal information
Born	(1929-11-29)29 November 1929 Amritsar, British India
Died	29 July 2013(2013-07-29) (aged 83) Karachi, Pakistan
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	Bowler
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 12 Batting average 6.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 10 Balls bowled 174 Wickets 2 Bowling average 32.00 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 2/64 Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 August 2013

Munir Hussain (29 November 1929 – 29 July 2013) was a cricket commentator, administrator, and journalist from Pakistan who also played a first-class cricket match for Kalat in the 1969–70 season. He was the first to introduce Urdu commentary to cricket, and was the founder of the first Urdu cricket magazine, Akhbar-e-Watan.^[1][2] During the 1970s, Hussain commentated on the game for Pakistan Television (PTV) and Radio Pakistan, and wrote weekly columns on cricket for the Daily Jang for many years. He received many accolades for his work for cricket. ESPNcricinfo writer Saad Shafqat described him as "a pioneering commentator, groundbreaking publisher, Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) mandarin, and sagacious elder presence in the nation's cricket circles".^[1] He also served as the president of the KCCA.