Saeed Hatteea
Saeed Ahmed Hatteea is a businessman and former first-class cricketer. In business, he was CMO of Woolworths, CEO of Novel Department Stores in Shanghai and chairman of Yours Clothing Group. In cricket, he was a right-arm fast-medium bowler.
Early life and education
Born in Bombay, shortly after the end of British governance, in 1962 he moved with his family to London. Here, he was educated at the London School">Central London">London School, where he developed a strong interest in cricket. As a pace bowler, he represented Surrey Cricketers, English Schools, and MCC Schools.Cricket career
Having played several matches for England schools and one Second XI Championship match for Warwickshire [County Cricket Club|Warwickshire] in 1969, upon completing his education, he was invited by chief chairman of selectors, Vijay Merchant, to play in India. He made his first-class debut for Bombay against Saurashtra in the 1969–70 Ranji Trophy. He played three further first-class matches for Bombay that season, and was expected by some to be named in the squad for national team's Indian [cricket team in the West Indies in 1970–71|tour of the West Indies], but he was not selected.Hatteea returned to England for the 1970 season, where he played second XI cricket for Gloucestershire. He also played for a Rest of [the World cricket team in England in 1970|Rest of the World XI] against TN Pearce's XI in England that September. Back in India later in the year, he played two further matches for Bombay, and made a single appearance for West Zone against South Zone, in the 1970–71 Duleep Trophy semi-final. His only five wicket haul came against Gujarat for Bombay. In his 8 first-class matches, he took 27 wickets at a bowling average of 28.29.
In 1972, Hatteea played Minor counties of [English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket] for Oxfordshire, making appearances in three Minor Counties Championships. That same year, he featured in his only List A match during the Gillette Cup against Durham, where he took 4 wickets for 32 runs from 9.2 overs and scored an unbeaten 6 runs. Hatteea has remained active in sport, particularly cricket and is a member of The Hurlingham Club.