{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Ismail Dawood | image = | country = England | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|7|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England | nickname = | family = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = Wicket-keeper | umpire = true | wodisumpired = 2 | umpwodidebutyr = 2011 | umpwodilastyr = 2013 | club1 = Northamptonshire | year1 = 1994 | club2 = Worcestershire | year2 = 1996–1997 | club3 = Glamorgan | year3 = 1998–1999 | club4 = Herefordshire | year4 = 2000–2006 | club5 = Yorkshire | year5 = 2004–2005 | club6 = Cheshire | year6 = 2007 | columns = 3 | column1 = FC | matches1 = 39 | runs1 = 1,122 | bat avg1 = 22.00 | 100s/50s1 = 1/4 | top score1 = 102 | catches/stumpings1 = 94/6 | column2 = LA | matches2 = 51 | runs2 = 732 | bat avg2 = 21.52 | 100s/50s2 = 0/4 | top score2 = 60 | catches/stumpings2 = 44/14 | column3 = T20 | matches3 = 11 | runs3 = 44 | bat avg3 = 8.80 | 100s/50s3 = 0/0 | top score3 = 15 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings3 = 5/2 | date = 23 January | year = 2020 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/11842.html Cricinfo }}
'''Ismail Dawood''' (born 23 July 1976) is a former professional cricketer, who played first-class cricket for four counties, and minor counties cricket for two more counties.
Dawood was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire.<ref name="YB">{{cite book |last=Warner |first=David |date=2011 |title=The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook |edition=113th |publisher=Great Northern Books |location=Ilkley, Yorkshire |isbn=978-1-905080-85-4 |page=367}}</ref> A wicket-keeper and useful lower-order batsman, he first played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire in 1994, followed by stints with Worcestershire, Glamorgan, Yorkshire, Herefordshire, and finishing with a season with Cheshire in 2007.
Dawood played in eight youth Test matches for England Under-19s scoring 240 runs, with a best of 111, at 21.81, and taking 16 catches and four stumpings. He first represented Northamptonshire in the Second XI Championship in 1994, and between 1997 and 1999 appeared extensively in the competition, in the interim playing irregularly in first-class matches.
While with Glamorgan, Dawood showed that he was also a useful lower-order batsman and, in 1999, he recorded a maiden first-class hundred by making 102 against Gloucestershire at Cardiff, after being promoted to open the batting after injuries to other players.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glamorgan v Gloucestershire 1999 |url=https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999/ENG_LOCAL/CC/R04/GLAM_GLOUCS_CC_14-17MAY1999.html |publisher=Cricinfo |access-date=1 July 2025}}</ref> Later in the season, he also created a new county record by not conceding a bye as Lancashire totalled 556 for 6 declared at Blackpool.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ismail Dawood |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/ismail-dawood-11842 |publisher=Cricinfo |access-date=1 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ismail Dawood |url=https://glamorgancricketarchives.com/ismail-dawood/ |website=Glamorgan Cricket Archives |access-date=1 July 2025}}</ref>
In 39 first-class matches, Dawood scored 1,122 runs at 22 with a best of 102. He took 94 catches with six stumpings. In 51 one day matches he scored 732 runs at 21.52 with a top score of 60, taking 44 catches and making 14 stumpings. He played Twenty20 cricket in 2004 and 2005 for Yorkshire, scoring 44 runs at 8.80.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ismail Dawood |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4246/4246.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=1 July 2025}}</ref>
Dawood became an umpire. He umpired 16 first-class matches between 2009 and 2014, as well as other matches.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ismail Dawood as Umpire in First-Class Matches|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4246/Umpire_in_First-Class_Matches.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=18 August 2025}}</ref> In 2021 he took part in a legal challenge to the England and Wales Cricket Board, alleging that his umpiring career had been adversely affected by racial discrimination.<ref>{{cite web |title=John Holder accuses ECB of being 'disingenuous' over racial discrimination claim |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/john-holder-accuses-ecb-of-being-disingenuous-over-racial-discrimination-claim-1265155 |publisher=Cricinfo |access-date=1 July 2025}}</ref>
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