Bazid Khan

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Bazid Khan
Personal information
Born (1981-03-25) 25 March 1981 (age 42)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Relations Jahangir Khan (grandfather)
Majid Khan (father)
International information
National side
Only Test(cap  185)25 May 2005 v  West Indies
ODI debut(cap  151)30 September 2004 v  Zimbabwe
Last ODI16 April 2008 v  Bangladesh
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches15151112
Runs scored321317,6473,983
Batting average 16.0026.2036.4144.25
100s/50s0/00/215/395/33
Top score2366300* 116
Balls bowled12612485
Wickets 57
Bowling average 64.0059.00
5 wickets in innings 00
10 wickets in match00
Best bowling2/232/38
Catches/stumpings 2/–1/–143/–54/–
Source: CricInfo, 10 March 2013

Bazid Khan (born 25 March 1981) is a Pakistani cricket commentator and former cricketer.

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In the 2021 edition of Wisden Cricketer's Almanack , he was named as the Schools Cricketer of the Year for his performances between 1998 and 2000. [1]

Early life and family

Hailing from Burki tribe of Pashtuns, Khan belongs to a famous cricketing family, with his grandfather Jahangir Khan having represented India before the independence of Pakistan in 1947 and his father Majid (both of whom were Cambridge Blues), and uncles Imran Khan (the former Prime Minister of Pakistan) and Javed Burki having all captained Pakistan. [2]

Khan received his education from the Brighton College. [3]

Career

With a combination of an orthodox technique in batting and a reliably calm temperament, Khan began playing for the Pakistani Under-19s at the age of just 15, and moved to England to finish his cricketing and academic education. He played in the same Brighton College (where he studied between 1998 and 2000 [4] ) team as Matt Prior when they won 20 matches in 1999, [4] and also later played at the Marylebone Cricket Club.

Having enjoyed an excellent 2003–04 season, having averaged over 70, Khan was finally given his chance to shine for Pakistan in a triangular tournament early the following season. He has played seven youth Test matches, as well as a single senior Test, and made his Test debut in the 2nd Test against the West Indies, making the family the second, after the Headleys, to have grandfather, father and son as Test cricketers. In the 2004–05 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Khan scored 300 not out batting for Rawalpindi against Hyderabad. [5]

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References

  1. "Brighton College scores four Wisden Cricketers of the Year". Old Brightonians - The Alumni of Brighton College.
  2. "Cricketing Dynasties: The twenty two families of Pakistan Test cricket — Part 1". The News International .
  3. "Brighton College are the pride of Sussex". The Argus. Melbourne. 2 September 2001.
  4. 1 2 "OBA Cricket". Archived from the original on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
  5. "Ahsan Ali, ninth batter to record triple century in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy". Pakistan Cricket Board. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2021.