Nasser Hussain is a son of madrasi born Indian Muslim Jawad Hussain and first Muslim captain of England. His family was move to England in 1975. He was a leg spinner but at the age of fifteen he grew a foot injury and after that he was not able to bowl. In order to continue his cricket he focuses on his batting and with the passage of time and support of his father he becomes a good batsman. He was a captain of Essex under-16 team when he scored 1000 runs in a session and become a first player to do so since 1901. Nasser Hussain made his test debut in 1990 against West Indies. England won that test match but lost the series and Hussain was dropped from the England side on the basis of inconsistent performance. He returned to English side in 1993 ashes test series and scored 71 and 47 not out in the third test. He was dropped after the ashes series and then selected for English side in 1996 against India. He promoted at no. 3 position and scored 128 in first innings after the promotion and awarded man of the match award. In last test of that series he also made another century and received man of the series award in that summer as well.
He captains the English side for 45 test matches from 1999 to 2003 and at that time was a most successful English captain. In his captaincy England won 4 test series in a row and come at no. 3 in ICC test championship table. He step down as English one day captain after 2003 World Cup and latter that year from test captaincy as well but active playing as player in English team in May 2004. In his last test match he scored 34 and 103 not out and announced immediate retirement after that test match from international and first class cricket on 27 May 2004.
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