2003 World Cup player Fazil Sattaur dies at 58
.. Albion CC pays respects to its fallen hero

FORMER Berbice and Guyana first-class batter Abdul Fazil Sattaur passed away at the Brampton Civic Hospital in Ontario; Canada, on Monday, where he had migrated to in 1995. He was 58.
Known as the `Terminator’ in cricketing circles, Sattaur leaves to mourn six brothers, three sisters, a son, four daughters, and three grandchildren. His passing was caused by a brain stroke.

Sattaur suffered his first stroke six years ago and returned to Guyana three times since then, the last of which was in early 2020 when he seemed to be recovering well.
His funeral will be held today at 1:30 pm after Dhuhr Salah at the International Muslim Organisation (MIO) 65
An aggressive middle-order batter who began as an opener, Fazil Sattaur played 10 first-class games for Berbice and Guyana between 1984 and 1990. Scoring 372 with a highest score of 94.

The swashbuckling batter also played 16 List ‘A’ games
The right-handed Sattaur was a pugnacious batter who enjoyed playing his shots and scored at a rapid strike rate against loose bowling.

He played for Guyana as an opener in 1988 in Barbados when he also played the role as a part-time wicket-keeper in that game.
‘Satts’ hit Joel Garner for five fours in a Shell Shield Regional first-class match and said that during a Shell Shield game against Barbados, he hooked Malcolm Marshall off the front foot for four without wearing a helmet and Marshall asked if he was a madman.

Sattaur, who played for Berbice at the senior Inter-County level at a time when the final was given first-class status before 1990. He played club cricket in Berbice for Albion and for Everest in the city in the 1990s. His ODIs were the 2003 World Cup in South Africa against Kenya, Sir Lanka & Bangladesh

Meanwhile, The Albion Community Centre Cricket Club is deeply saddened by the death of Sattaur
“The news of Fazil Sattaur’s death is very sad and we at the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club would like to express our sincere condolences to his family,” said Vemen Walter, president of the Albion. Community Centre Cricket Club.

“Sats as he is known by his Club mates has served Albion’s cricket with distinction in the 80s and 90s before migrating to Canada.
“Whenever he visited Guyana it was a must for him to be at the club and was always willing to impart his knowledge to the young cricketers” Walter also disclosed.

Walter further stated, “Sats was a very humble person who gives 100 percent in everything he does. He always had his club at heart. I remember when I first started managing the Albion first-division team as a teenager, he was the club’s captain and although he was a national cricketer at the time, the respect and support he proved to me was [sic] admirable.
“Albion has lost a great son.

“Although death is inevitable, it is never easy to lose a loved one; however, we must console ourselves that God knows the best and readjust our minds to embrace such a situation. We pray that God will grant comfort to the bereaved family during this very difficult period and may the soul of the deceased RIP.” Walter concluded.