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Saeed Ahmed Hatteea (born 2 February 1950) is a former cricketer and business executive. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and a right-handed batsman.

Born in Bombay, India, in 1962 he moved with his family to Kensington, London, where he attended the City of London School. Having played several matches for England schools and one Second XI Championship match for Warwickshire in 1969, he was invited by India's 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 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 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. In his 8 first-class matches, he took 27 wickets at a bowling average of 28.29. His only five wicket haul came against Gujarat for Bombay.

Having returned to England, Hatteea played minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire, making 3 Minor Counties Championship appearances for the county in 1972. It was for Oxfordshire that he made his only List A appearance against Durham in the Gillette Cup. In this match he scored an unbeaten 6 runs. With the ball he took 4 wickets for the cost of 32 runs from 9.2 overs. He later played club cricket for Chorleywood and The Hurlingham Club.

In business, he worked at Marks & Spencer for 25 years, filling several top roles around the world. In 1994, he joined Kingfisher Plc, working at Woolworths as an executive director. He soon left to pursue an opportunity in Shanghai. Later, he served as Chairman of Yours Clothing.

References

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6. "Gujarat v Bombay, 1969/70 Ranji Trophy (West Zone)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
7. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Saeed Hatteea". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
8. "List A Matches played by Saeed Hatteea". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
9. "Oxfordshire v Durham, 1972 Gillette Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
10. "Miscellaneous Matches played by Saeed Hatteea". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
11. Cowe, Roger (12 February 1994). "Mair Barnes quits top Woolworths job as new broom sweeps in". The Guardian. p. 38. Retrieved 25 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
12. WW, FashionNetwork com. "Yours Clothing gets non-exec director from Missguided". FashionNetwork.com. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
13. "Yours Clothing appoints Missguided's digital boss Jonathan Wall to board - Retail Gazette". 19 March 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
14. "Peterborough clothing retailer appoints national fashion chain's digital chief to its board". Peterborough Telegraph. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2024.

External links

• Saeed Hatteea at ESPNcricinfo
• Saeed Hatteea at CricketArchive

• 1950 births
• Living people
• Cricketers from Mumbai
• Mumbai cricketers
• West Zone cricketers
• Oxfordshire cricketers
• Marks & Spencer people
• Businesspeople in retailing