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Heroes of Pakistan Cricket Team Log in / create account Article Discussion Read View source View history Search Imran Khan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Main page For other people named Imran Khan, see Imran Khan (disambiguation). Imran Khan (ﻋﻤﺮان ﺧﺎن ﻧﻴﺎﺯی :Contents Imran Khan Niazi (Punjabi, Urdu Featured content (born 25 November 1952) is a retired Pakistani cricketer Current events who played international cricket for two decades in the Random article late twentieth century and has been a politician since the Donate to Wikipedia mid-1990s. Currently, besides his political activism, Khan is also a charity worker and cricket commentator. Interaction Help Khan played for the Pakistani cricket team from 1971 to About Wikipedia 1992 and served as its captain intermittently throughout Community portal 1982-1992. After retiring from cricket at the end of the Recent changes 1987 World Cup, he was called back to join the team in Personal information Contact Wikipedia 1988. At 39, Khan led his teammates to Pakistan's first and only World Cup victory in 1992. He has a record of Full name Imran Khan Niazi Toolbox 3807 runs and 362 wickets in Test cricket, making him Born 25 November 1952 (age 58) Print/export one of eight world cricketers to have achieved an 'All- Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan rounder's Triple' in Test matches.[1] On 14 July 2010, Batting style Right-handed Languages Khan was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[2] Bow ling style Right-arm fast اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ Role All-rounder In April 1996, Khan founded and became the chairman of বাংলা International information Deutsch Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice), a small National side Pakistan open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com National side Pakistan Español and marginal political party, of which he is the only [3] Test debut (cap 65) 3 June 1971 v England Français member ever elected to Parliament. He represented Last Test 7 January 1992 v Sri Lanka ગુજરાતી Mianwali as a member of the National Assembly from [4] ODI debut (cap 12) 31 August 1974 v England हद November 2002 to October 2007. Khan, through Last ODI 25 March 1992 v England Bahasa Indonesia worldwide fundraising, helped establish the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre in Domestic team information ಕನಡ 1996 and Mianwali's Namal College in 2008. Years Team ქართული 1977 – 1988 Sussex मराठ Contents [hide] 1984/85 New South Wales Bahasa Melayu Nederlands 1 Family, education, and personal life 1975 – 1981 PIA 日本語 2 Cricket career 1971 – 1976 Worcestershire 2.1 Captaincy Oxford University 1975 – 1973 ﭘﺘﻮ 2.2 Post-retirement Simple English 1969 – 1971 Lahore 3 Social work Svenska Career statistics 4 Political work த Competition Test ODI FC LA 4.1 Ideology Matches 88 175 382 425 లుగు 4.2 Criticism Runs scored 3807 3709 17771 10100 ارﺩﻭ 5 Awards and honours 中文 Batting average 37.69 33.41 36.79 33.22 6 Writings by Khan 100s/50s 6/18 1/19 30/93 5/66 7 References Top score 136 102* 170 114* 8 Further reading 9 External links Balls bowled 19458 7461 65224 19122 Wickets 362 182 1287 507 Family, education, and personal life Bowling average 22.81 26.61 22.32 22.31 5 wickets in innings 23 1 70 6 Imran Khan was born to Shaukat Khanum (Burki)[5] and 10 wickets in match 6 n/a 13 n/a Ikramullah Khan Niazi, a civil engineer, in Lahore. A quiet Best bowling 8/58 6/14 8/34 6/14 and shy boy in his youth, Khan grew up in a middle- Catches/stumpings 28/– 36/– 117/– 84/– [6] class Niazi Pathan family with four sisters. Settled in Source: CricketArchiv e , 26 June 2008 Punjab, Khan's father descended from the Pashtun open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com (Pathan) Niazi Shermankhel tribe of Mianwali in Punjab .[7] Imran's Mother Shaukat Khanam (Burki's) family includes successful hockey players[5] and cricketers such as Javed Burki and Majid Khan.[7] Khan was educated at Aitchison College, the Cathedral School in Lahore, and the Royal Grammar School Worcester in England, where he excelled at cricket. In 1972, he enrolled to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Keble College, Oxford, where he graduated with a second-class degree in Politics and a third in Economics.[8] On 16 May 1995, Khan married English socialite Jemima Goldsmith, a convert to Islam, in a two-minute Islamic ceremony in Paris. A month later, on 21 June, they were married again in a civil ceremony at the Richmond register office in England, followed by a reception at the Goldsmiths' house in Surrey.[9] The marriage, described as "tough" by Khan,[7] produced two sons, Sulaiman Isa (born 18 November 1996) and Kasim (born 10 April 1999).[10] As an agreement of his marriage, Khan spent four months a year in England. On 22 June 2004, it was announced that the Khans had divorced because it was "difficult for Jemima to adapt to life in Pakistan".[11] Khan now resides in Bani Gala, Islamabad, where he built a farmhouse with the money he gained from selling his London flat. He grows fruit trees, wheat, and keeps cows, while also maintaining a cricket ground for his two sons, who visit during their holidays.[7] Cricket career Khan made a lacklustre first-class cricket debut at the age of sixteen in Lahore. By the start of the 1970s, he was playing for his home teams of Lahore A (1969–70), Lahore B (1969–70), Lahore Greens (1970–71) and, eventually, Lahore (1970–71).[12] Khan was part of Oxford University's Blues Cricket team during the 1973-75 seasons.[8] At Worcestershire, where he played county cricket from 1971 to 1976, he was regarded as only an average medium pace bowler. During this decade, other teams represented by Khan include Dawood Industries (1975–76) and Pakistan International Airlines (1975–76 to 1980-81). From 1983 to 1988, he played for Sussex.[1] In 1971, Khan made his Test cricket debut against England at Birmingham. Three years later, he debuted in the One Day International (ODI) match, once again playing against England at Nottingham for the Prudential Trophy. After graduating from Oxford and finishing his tenure at Worcestershire, he returned to Pakistan in open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 1976 and secured a permanent place on his native national team starting from the 1976-77 season, during which they faced New Zealand and Australia.[12] Following the Australian series, he toured the West Indies, where he met Tony Greig, who signed him up for Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket.[1] His credentials as one of the fastest bowlers of the world started to establish when he finished third at 139.7 km/h in a fast bowling contest at Perth in 1978, behind Jeff Thomson and Michael Holding, but ahead of Dennis Lillee, Garth Le Roux and Andy Roberts.[1] Khan also achieved a Test Cricket Bowling rating of 922 points against India on 30 January 1983. Highest at the time, the performance ranks third on ICC's All Time Test Bowling Rating.[13] Khan achieved the all-rounder's triple (securing 3000 runs and 300 wickets) in 75 Tests, the second fastest record behind Ian Botham's 72. He is also established as having the second highest all-time batting average of 61.86 for a Test batsman playing at position 6 of the batting order.[14] He played his last Test match for Pakistan in January 1992, against Sri Lanka at Faisalabad. Khan retired permanently from cricket six months after his last ODI, the historic 1992 World Cup final against England at Melbourne, Australia.[15] He ended his career with 88 Test matches, 126 innings and scored 3807 runs at an average of 37.69, including six centuries and 18 fifties. His highest score was 136 runs. As a bowler, he took 362 wickets in Test cricket, which made him the first Pakistani and world's fourth bowler to do so.[1] In ODIs, he played 175 matches and scored 3709 runs at an average of 33.41. His highest score remains 102 not out. His best ODI bowling is documented at 6 wickets for 14 runs. Captaincy At the height of his career, in 1982, the thirty-year old Khan took over the captaincy of the Pakistani cricket team from Javed Miandad. Recalling his initial discomfort with this new role, he later said, "When I became the cricket captain, I couldn’t speak to the team directly I was so shy. I had to tell the manager, I said listen can you talk to them, this is what I want to convey to the team. I mean early team meetings I use to be so shy and embarrassed I couldn’t talk to the team."[16] As a captain, Khan played 48 Test matches, out of which 14 were won by Pakistan, 8 lost and the rest of 26 were drawn. He also played 139 ODIs, winning 77, losing 57 and ending one in a tie.[1] In the team's second match under his leadership, Khan led them to their first Test win on English soil for 28 years at Lord's.[17] Khan's first year as captain was the peak of his legacy as a fast bowler as well as an all- open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com rounder. He recorded the best Test bowling of his career while taking 8 wickets for 58 runs against Sri Lanka at Lahore in 1981-82.[1] He also topped both the bowling and batting averages against England in three Test series in 1982, taking 21 wickets and averaging 56 with the bat.
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