Nasser Hussain OBE (born March 28, 1968, Madras, India) is a former Essex and England cricketer. He was born of an Indian father, Jawad (also known as \"Joe\"), and an English mother, Patricia, who changed her name to Shireen on conversion to Islam. He became the first captain of England to be of mixed English and Indian descent. Hussain was the captain of the England team for 45 Test matches from 1999 to 2003, only exceeded by Michael Atherton and Michael Vaughan. He also has the fourth most Test victories as England captain, with 17, behind only Vaughan (26), Peter May, (20) and Mike Brearley (18). His percentage of Tests won was higher than any of the previous five captains, since Bob Willis. In first-class cricket, he scored 20,698 runs in 334 matches at an average of 42.06, including 52 centuries. A pugnacious right-handed batsman, Hussain's highest Test score was 207, scored in the first Test of the 1997 Ashes at Edgbaston[1]. Hussain became Test captain when English cricket was at a low point, and his first series in charge saw England lose to New Zealand at home, after which he was booed by the England fans. However, in 2000 he led England to a 3-1 victory over the West Indies at home, and that winter the England team beat both Pakistan and Sri Lanka away. Hussain was captain of both the Test and One Day International England teams until after the 2003 Cricket World Cup, when England failed to make the second round after boycotting the match against Zimbabwe in Harare, citing security concerns. Immediately after the 2003 Cricket World Cup, after coming under heavy criticism, he stepped down as one-day captain, passing on the reins to Michael Vaughan. Later in 2003, Hussain announced his retirement as Test captain after England had been on the receiving end of Graeme Smith's 277 but had narrowly clung on for a draw in the first Test against South Africa, again being replaced by Vaughan. Vaughan's captaincy career would subsequently echo Hussain's: Vaughan resigned the one-day captaincy after a poor showing at the 2007 Cricket World Cup, and subsequently resigned the Test captaincy after a series loss instigated by Graeme Smith's batting. Hussain continued as a batsman in the Test team until May 2004; in a symbolic changing of the guard, Hussain's final Test, against New Zealand at Lord's, was Andrew Strauss' debut Test. Strauss scored 112 and 83, and Hussain scored 34 and 103 not out; although Hussain ran Strauss out in the second innings, he had the honour of hitting the winning runs. Satisfied with his replacement, Hussain announced his immediate retirement from international and first-class cricket on May 27, 2004. His father, Jawad \"Joe\" Hussain, and brother, Mehriyar Hussain, have both played first-class cricket, for Madras and Worcestershire respectively. Since his retirement he has taken up a career as a television commentator for Sky Sports. Hussain was educated at Forest School, Walthamstow and then received a degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Durham. Nasser Hussain's Test career performance graph.
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