Arshad Khan (Pakistani cricketer)
Arshad Khan (Urdu: ارشد خان, born 22 March 1971) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who is the current bowling coach of Pakistan women's cricket team.[1] He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler.
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| Born | 22 March 1971 Peshawar, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 149) | 17 November 1997 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 24 March 2005 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 87) | 1 February 1993 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 11 February 2006 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNCricinfo, 19 February 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A tall man at 6'4", Arshad bowls in a classical off-spinner's mould, preferring a nagging line to any great variation.[2]
In 2015, he moved to Sydney, Australia where he worked as a taxi driver for few years before going back to cricket as a coach.[3]
Cricket career
Arshad was first picked to play against the West Indies during the 1997–98 season, and the following year, was part of the team which won the Asian Test Championship at Dhaka against Sri Lanka. He captained Pakistan in the 1998 Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur. He was a regular inclusion in the Pakistani side until 2001.[2]
Four years later, a strong performance in the Pakistani domestic championship meant that Arshad earned a recall for Pakistan's 2005 tour of India. He performed credibly, particularly in the Bangalore Test, which Pakistan won in the last session to draw the series.[2]
He toured the Caribbean in May 2005, and has retained his place for the upcoming England series.[2]
During the 2005 One Day International series against England, Arshad was used in the second and fifth matches and proved effective at repressing the England batsmen, allowing very few runs to be scored off him and also taking wickets. During the fifth match, his economy was just over 3 runs per over – a very good figure for any bowler, especially a spinner.[2][4]
Coaching career
On 12 November 2020, he was appointed as bowling coach of Pakistan women's national cricket team.[5]
References
- "Former Pakistan cricketer now steers a cab in Australia". September 2015.
- "Rezaul Karim Refath". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- "From playing international cricket to taxi driver: The tragic life story of Arshad Khan". DNA India. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- BBC scorecards Results of the 2005 Pakistan versus England tour.
- "Younis Khan appointed Pakistan men's batting coach until T20 World Cup 2022". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
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