Majid Khan (cricketer)

Majid Khan
Pakistan
Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm off-break Right-arm medium pace
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	63	23
Runs scored	3931	786
Batting average	38.92	37.42
100s/50s	8/19	1/7
Top score	167	109
Balls bowled	3584	658
Wickets	27	13
Bowling average	53.92	28.76
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	4/45	3/27
Catches/stumpings	70/-	3/-
As of 4 February 2006 Source: [1]

Majid Jahangir Khan is a former cricket player, specialist batsman and former captain of the Pakistan cricket team.

Born in 1946 in Ludhiana, in the state of Punjab in India, Khan grew up in Lahore, the capital of the Punjab in Pakistan. His father, Jahangir Khan, had played Test cricket for the Indian cricket team. Majid Khan had started as a pace bowler, but an injury and doubts over his technique converted him into an off-spin bowler and batsman. He also played for the teams of Glamorgan and Cambridge University in England, for Queensland, Australia, and in Pakistan for Pakistan International Airlines, Rawalpindi and the province of Punjab.

Majid got famous in 1967 when he hit glamorgan bowler Roger Davis for 5 sixes in an over. He scored a century in that match and later Glamorgan signed him for further eight seasons. Majid solved Pakistan's opening problem in 1974 when Pakistan team toured England. He opened the innings for Pakistan at The Oval in 3rd test scoring 98. In the first one day international he played one of the finest innings of limited overs cricket. Majid scored 109 and smash Bob Willis, Peter Lever, Derek Underwood and Tony Greig all over the park.

Majid's best series was in 1976-77 against West Indies, when he scored 530 runs in 5 Tests against the hostile West Indian attack of Andy Roberts, Joel Garner and Colin Croft. His Test-best scores of 167 and 4-45 were both scored in the Third Test of this series, in Georgetown.[2]

Khan's first-class career spanned from 1961 to 1985, and he played 63 Tests for Pakistan, scoring 3,931 runs and making 8 centuries, and scoring over 27,000 first-class runs and making 73 first-class centuries, with 128 fifties. Majid played his last test for Pakistan in January 1983 vs India at Lahore and his last ODI was in July 1982 vs England at Manchester.

Majid Khan also lead Pakistan in 3 Test Matches against England. After retirement, Khan became a match referee, and later an administrator with the Pakistan Cricket Board, becoming the CEO in the late 1990s. He remains an active and important influence in the game in Pakistan today. Imran Khan, the legendary Pakistani ex-captain and fast bowler, is his cousin, and Bazid Khan, Majid's son, has begun a Test career for Pakistan, making the family the second, after the Headleys, to have three consecutive generations of test cricketers.

v • d • e Pakistan squad - 1975 Cricket World Cup 1 Asif Iqbal (c) • 2 Asif Masood • 3 Imran Khan • 4 Javed Miandad • 5 Majid Khan • 6 Mushtaq Mohammad • 7 Naseer Malik • 8 Pervez Mir • 9 Sadiq Mohammad • 10 Sarfraz Nawaz • 11 Wasim Bari (wk) • 12 Wasim Raja • 13 Zaheer Abbas

v • d • e Pakistan squad - 1979 Cricket World Cup 1 Asif Iqbal (c) • 2 Haroon Rashid • 3 Imran Khan • 4 Javed Miandad • 5 Majid Khan • 6 Mudassar Nazar • 7 Sadiq Mohammad • 8 Sarfraz Nawaz • 9 Sikander Bakht • 10 Wasim Bari (wk) • 11 Wasim Raja • 12 Zaheer Abbas