Rana Omer Hussain better known as Omer Hussain, is a Scottish cricket

Cricket

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 player. He made his debut for the Scottish cricket team

Scottish cricket team

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 on 18 September 2005 in a C&G Trophy

C&G Trophy

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 match against Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

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. He has played seven times in all for Scotland, including two One Day Internationals. He has also represented his country at Under 15, Under 17, Under 19 and Under 23 level and at international levels. Omer Hussain is a left-handed batsman and is cousin of fellow Scottish international cricketer Majid Haq

Majid Haq

Rana Majid Haq Khan , better known as Majid Haq, is a Scottish cricket player of Pakistani descent. He is a left-handed batsman and an off spin bowler. He has represented Scotland at Under 17, Under 19 and Under 23 levels, making his debut for the senior side on 20 July 2002 in a European...

. Both Omer and Majid have played for Kelburne Cricket Club, Ferguslie Cricket Club and currently play for Clydesdale Cricket Club

Clydesdale Cricket Club

Clydesdale Cricket Club is a sporting club situated at Titwood on the periphery of Pollokshields in the south of Glasgow. Founded in Kinning Park in 1848 by Archibald Campbell, it was formed by members of two previous clubs which played on Glasgow Green, to cater for the burgeoning residential...

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Education

Omer was brought up in Paisley, going to Todholm Nursery and South Primary School in his early life. He then spent 5 years at Paisley Grammar School

Paisley Grammar School

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, then continuing his education at Reid Kerr College

Reid Kerr College

Reid Kerr College is a further education college in Paisley, Renfrewshire. According to its website, it is one of the fastest growing further education institutions in Scotland with over 20,000 students, 650 staff and 300 courses....

. Omer is a graduate in Electronic Engineering

Electronic engineering

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, obtaining his degree from the University of Paisley

University of Paisley

The University of the West of Scotland is a university operating from four campuses in south-western Scotland, in the towns of Paisley, Hamilton, Ayr and Dumfries. The present institution dates from August 2007, following the merger of the University of Paisley with Bell College, Hamilton...

 on 4 July 2006.

Cricketing career

Omer and Majid grew up in the same house in Hunterhill, going to the same school and cricket clubs, firstly the Old Grammarians, then Kelburne, where they were coached by Roddy McLelland. At the end of 2002, Omer moved to rivals, Ferguslie Cricket Club after Roddy McLelland retired from coaching. Majid soon followed after the next season. Omer became involved in the game through his family who all played, perhaps his greatest influence was his cousin Majid Haq who he played with as a youngster and who played for Scotland at various age groups – and is a full international.

Omer regards the two highlights of his cricketing career to date as winning the Under-19 2002 European championships for Scotland and qualifying for the 2004 Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh after finishing as runners up in the 2003 European U19 championship. Another highlight of his career was helping Ferguslie to lift the Colonel's Scottish Cup in 2005 in which Omer scored the remaining runs to beat Aberdeen.

Current

Omer and his cousin Majid were selected for the provisional World Cup squad which is to take place in 2007 in the West Indies. They were both told to improve their fitness. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2094-2340850,00.html Omer was offered a place to take part in a 7 week fitness improvement at the ICC

International Cricket Council

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 'boot camp' in the University of Pretoria

University of Pretoria

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. http://sport.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=841&id=1520682006 Omer was not selected for the tour of Dubai and Kenya, and for the World Cricket League Division One tournament

2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One

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 which will determine whether Scotland will play in the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship

2007 Twenty20 World Championship

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 being held in South Africa later in the year. http://sport.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=841&id=1912062006 Omer was not given the opportunity to show his batting skill and is determined to board the plane in which the English cricket team

English cricket team

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 will also travel on. Omer is currently in Pakistan and is training with the Multan

Multan

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 cricket team to improve his batting skill even more and mark his place in future cricket with Scotland. http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000035/003584.shtml Omer Hussain was called to Kenya to compete in the ICC World Cricket League after fellow cricketer, Glenn Rogers

Glenn Rogers

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 was diagnosed with typhoid. http://www.allmediascotland.com/media_releases/1239/hussain_replaces_rogers_in_scotlands_wcl_squad Omer was officially reprimanded by the International Cricket Council

International Cricket Council

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 after gesturing against his dismissal by the umpire in which he claimed was a wrong decision.http://www.sportsfeatures.com/index.php?section=pp&action=show&id=36644 Omer scored 121 runs for the Scotland A team in the 2nd XI County Championship against Yorkshire 2nd XI. http://sport.scotsman.com/cricket.cfm?id=655482007